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Printing Intaglio Without a Press

2011-10-29T06:26:00.013-04:00

If you are just starting out, a student or don't have the room for a nice press, printing intaglio work can be quite a challenge. I wanted to share a technique of pressless printing that I learned a long time ago from my friend, Margaret Craig, who teaches at the Southwest School or Arts in TX.What you need are the normal things you would to print your plate + weights, transparent etching ink

Studio, Exhibition and Interview

2011-08-08T05:48:00.008-04:00

I finally got a chance to sit down and write from in between illustrating and running the house. While I have been busy with my nose buried in the studio every week, my hedgehog engraving has been popular in Etsy Treasuries, here are a couple for you to see. They are all quite beautiful. NEWS: My work is currently up in the real world at the Washington State Convention Center. The exhibition is

Interview with Abigail Anderson

2011-07-16T16:27:00.014-04:00

It is not often that I come across a new technique and a fresh point of view in printmaking. If anywhere, the SGC and MAPC conferences are great events to attend if have been lacking inspiration lately. Abigail Anderson's artwork caught my eye at the last MAPC Conference and I just had to share it with you. It's been an interview long promised, so I hope you will be as inspired as I was when I

Studio and Two Shows

2011-06-30T10:51:00.007-04:00

The studio has been somewhat taking shape, there is still a lot of organizing to do. I will get a shelving system in August that I will be able to put a lot of my things in, but until then, it will be messy. I am going to try to get it organized, since I need to get going on finishing up illustrations for a book and start work on new projects. The image is a photo collage, sort of a 360degree

Splendid Spring!

2011-06-06T14:58:00.004-04:00

I have not disappeared, and am still here. This move has taken all my strength first mentally and now physically, but we are finally on the home stretch of it I believe. We are in Germany, in a "permanent" house and our furniture arrived on Friday. Since then we have been furiously unpacking our belongings and trying to find a place for it all. My studio will be quite an interesting mixture of

Modifying Photopolymerplates with Acrylic Media

2011-03-19T21:56:00.011-04:00

The moving day is inching closer by the hour. Moving trucks are rolling in first thing on Monday, and I have been organizing our house and the studio for weeks now. I have a couple of last minute things to complete before we head out. A couple of people are coming over tomorrow for a last minute photopolymer class and there are 6 huge panels that need to be finished up for a church

Horse printed and Craft fair

2011-03-03T19:12:00.011-05:00

Greetings from rainy Dupont. Its been one of those on again/off again weeks with rain. We even had a nice little snowstorm a couple of weeks ago. It's been pretty amazing that every time I have taken our dog out for a walk, the weather has always been nice. God's pretty cool in the little things he does to bring sunshine in our day.After arriving home from TX I had the Tacoma is For Lovers craft/

San Antonio Print Crop

2011-02-10T11:02:00.010-05:00

I have arrived back in Washington from Texas! It's good to be back home, my own bed, a loving husband, a terrific dog, home cooked meals and working in my own studio. I have the "Tacoma is For Lovers" craft fair at King's Books this weekend so I will try to get some sewing done for a change. Before I left for two weeks I had gotten some very nice Japanese fabrics to sew stuff from. Can't wait to

Video Interview

2011-01-31T00:58:00.003-05:00

I was interview by the local station a couple of weeks ago about my exhibition in Kent. They did a great job editing my talk down and inserting images while I'm talking about the artwork.This is the next best thing if you can't make it to the exhibition.A photogallery of the exhibition is here.

Visiting artist in San Antonio

2011-01-29T17:37:00.004-05:00

I traveled from Seattle to San Antonio on Tuesday to do a two-week artist residency at the South West School of Arts and Crafts. I had worked here about 4 years ago when my husband was doing a four month training at Fort Sam Houston. When Margaret Craig, the printmaking instructor told me that they were starting up a visiting artist program, I was happy to get the opportunity to come back. They

Chandler O'Leary Lecture

2011-01-29T17:20:00.006-05:00

While I am waiting to finish the interview with Abbie Anderson, I wanted to post two clips from a book arts lecture that I went to a week ago. My friend Chandler O’Leary is finishing her interactive –shadowbox-book and was giving a lecture to the Puget Sound Book Artists group about it. She had received a grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission to work on it and all I knew was

Linocut Registration Jig

2010-11-10T16:45:00.004-05:00

I am sitting at La Familia Gallery in Seattle today, enjoying the sunshine through the window and the people passing through. As I have time to sit, I figured why not write. I have been promising the tell you about the registration jig for linocuts on my little proofing press, so here's the scoop.The whole thing started out, when I printed a larger reduction cut and needed good registration for

Reception and Open Studio

2010-11-08T17:51:00.007-05:00

It has been such an eventful week! I set up exhibitions in Seattle on Monday, Auburn on Wednesday, had a reception on Thursday and Open Studio Tour on Saturday. Needless to say, today has been a slow day of recuperation after all the work and being in the spotlight. Here are some photos of the events. Everything went great at our opening at La Familia Gallery in Seattle on November First Thursday

MAPC Conference

2010-10-20T22:55:00.008-04:00

It has been such an exciting week. I just returned back from Minnesota from the Mid America Print Council Conference. It was well worth the trip. Every day was packed to the max with demos, lectures, exhibitions and of course hanging out with friends. One of my favorite things is the sheer amount of prints that you see in such a short amount of time. There is so much creativity out there and it

Exhibition at Tacoma Art Place

2010-09-17T12:01:00.005-04:00

I have an exhibition up at Tacoma Art Place at the moment. Quick exhibit info:Where: TAP, 1116 S. 11th St. Tacoma, WAWhen: until Oct 10th(If you can't make it to this one, no worries, I have exhibitions coming up in November, January and April.)TAP is a non-profit art center in the middle of Tacoma. It is a great (and affordable!) place where locals can get together and make art. There are sewing

Oma Koti Onneni

2010-09-17T11:17:00.008-04:00

Oma koti onneni-thats Finnish and it means "My house is my happiness". The concept of a print with an aphorism with a border and embellishments comes from a Finnish handcraft tradition that was popular in the early 1900's (see small insert on left). We have several of these huoneentaulu's/wall hangings at our house, and I have been fascinated by them for a long time. I started a project to

From Start to Finish

2010-08-27T17:05:00.010-04:00

For some people it is a mystery what I do, and how a piece of art is created. I finally remembered to keep a camera on me, so here is a little story of how my latest print came to be.I am currently working on illustrating a book, where the main character is a little Winter Wren. I have been doing some research on the bird and found an interesting tidbit of information that I wanted to share with

Letterpress Revelations

2010-07-13T14:56:00.006-04:00

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I am taking a letterpress class with Jenny Wilkson at SVC Seattle right now. Class has been so much fun and I have learned at least a couple of new things about letterpress. In the first picture on the top our instructor, Jenny Wilkson, is showing us how to set type and how to transfer it from gallery to press without dropping type on the floor. It's all in

Honored in Kent

2010-07-13T14:22:00.003-04:00

I was part of the City of Kent juried summer art exhibit this year. The show opened last week with a busy reception. I was so happy to see friends from as far as Bellevue and Lacy and make new ones from all around the area. I'll put some pictures from the exhibit. The level of artwork was high, and I was happy to be a part of it all. You can still go and visit until Aug 27th, 2010, at the

Two etching techniques and Pronto plate results

2010-06-22T14:52:00.012-04:00

Good day to you! I am feeling great today after my surgery. I have not even needed to take a pain killer yet! Praises to God for that. I know a lot of people have been praying for me, and I think it has really helped.Today is the first day of my letterpress class, and as I had written before, I wanted to blog about my previous one before I jump into the next one. I also taught an acrylic plate

God given time to Blog

2010-06-21T23:03:00.012-04:00

I ended up getting in on a cancelled time this morning and having my two lower wisdom teeth removed. Since I am couch-stuck for a couple of days, I have time to sit and blog now! I thought I would be feeling quite a lot worse and had prepared to just watch movies, but I'm feeling way better than what I thought so here I am.I feel like a hamster right now with some very chubby cheeks... Yeah, I'm

Printmakers Today

2010-06-15T12:18:00.010-04:00

I got home last night after a meeting in Seattle, and found several boxes on the doorsteps. I was so excited when one of them was actually for me! It was the books I ordered from Schiffer Publishing. I was so excited to flip through the pages and see my own images printed in color inside. The bookgoes over the basic techniques of printmaking and then features a nice variety (63 to be exact) of

Exhibition week

2010-04-22T02:58:00.007-04:00

This last week has been loaded with art related things- I'm so happy. I taught class, went to class, had two receptions and took down and hung a show. So much fun and I hope we'll even be written up with the local news papers in Nummela Finland.Where to begin, well first I wanted to show you the doggie print. I got most votes from friends to go with the orange and brown theme, so thats what I

So many colors so little time

2010-03-22T01:44:00.004-04:00

I am working on a two block linocut that will be printed this week. I carved both blocks, photographed them and am playing around with color options before I go mixing tomorrow. I liked several different ones for different reasons. If you have any opinions, let me know. It'll go through the press on Thursday...The print is for a portfolio I was invited to join. It's due at end of April, but I

News and events

2010-03-16T15:28:00.003-04:00

HI and good day! I am so happy that spring is knocking on our door. It gives me lots of energy to work and get things dine, which comes in a good crack, since I am trying to meet all kinds of deadlines before a month long trip out of town again...I am curating a show from the La Familia Gallery for a space in Finland. It is tedious as normal to put all the information together from 18 artists. I

Z-Acryl testing results

2010-03-02T16:07:00.004-05:00

We did some testing with the Z-acryl litho plates a while ago. I finally got to taking some pictures and editing them. In the first picture you can see all the different media that worked - and did not work on the plastic.All liquid pens, permanent markers, sharpies, micron pens worked well.Regular acrylic paints printed solid, but where there was a slight dimensionality to the paint, it would

Classes Starting up in Feb

2010-02-12T16:37:00.004-05:00

.The time for the relief printing class got moved to Friday afternoon. I have a spot open if you want to sign up. Fridays 11am-2pm, starting on Feb 19th.I got enough people interested in a polymer plate class, and that will be meeting Saturdays 12.30pm-3pm, starting on Feb 27th.Both class descriptions and syllabuses are available on my website front page (lower right corner).

Photopolymer / Solarplate Links

2010-02-12T16:15:00.005-05:00

I had a great time doing a demo on polymerplate printing last tuesday. Here are some of the resources that were on the handout for the class:Where I buy my plates: www.photopolymerplates.com/ Kim Becker - owner, very nice. You can tell her Mirka sent you. She is very helpful over the phone and has very affordable rates. Only minus is that there is a minimum 8 plates per order. 8.25 x 11.5” plates

Photopolymer Demo tonight + busy week

2010-02-09T13:27:00.003-05:00

Come out this week and smell the ink:I will be doing a demo for the Pacific Gallery Artists tonight 7-9pm. It is also part of their monthly meeting, so come and network with local artists, see what's coming up and learn about polymerplates. What more can you ask from a tuesday night. I'll post helpful links before I leave today. The meeting will the at the South Park Community Center, 4851 South

New video up!

2009-12-20T21:40:00.007-05:00

I finally had some time to squeeze in editing Karen Kunc's demo video. It is very long, and because there is so much to learn about her technique and process of working from sketches to finished print, I pretty much left it all in. You can go to youtube to check it out. It was taped at the Sev Shoon print center in Seattle this fall.At the same time as Karen's demo was going Zha Sai, another

News and Upcoming Exciting Events

2009-10-15T15:30:00.008-04:00

There have been so many exciting events going on in my life that I have hardly had the time to sit by the computer. I have some great video from a Karen Kunc and Zha Zai demo from Seattle to post in the near future. Also just went up- a intimate exhibition by Chandler O'Leary at the Pacific Lutheran University Gallery in Tacoma.I was selected as one of 4 artists to complete work for the NoteWorld

Well Blog Me...

2009-09-11T11:20:00.004-04:00

The bird linocuts are finished with some color. I have 10 done, and have 10 more to go. Did have time to post one on Etsy. I took a "fancy" picture of it this time in frames. I should do this for all my prints for sale on etsy. I love it when people photograph their art (for selling purposes) with props, it always makes me want to have one.My little mousy mezzotint and bird etching got featured

Print Your Heart Out!

2009-09-05T19:20:00.002-04:00

Wanted to give you a head's up on a class I am going to be teaching at my new studio. It's not the biggest palce on earth, so I am limiting class size to 5 students. That will enable everyone to get the attention they need and enough space to spread out. The class will be an introduction to photopolymer plates. Price is $180 and it will include all essential materials needed in the class. Classes

Three tips for Lincut Printing

2009-09-03T22:02:00.004-04:00

Howdy folks! I have been having a long break, spending time in Finland with family and enjoying the summer. I made a little picture diary of things that I loved there. You can find it here. As far as intaglio printing goes I am out of commission until the semester starts back up again at TCC on Sept 28th. I was silly and left my materials in the studio, thinking I would not need them. That's ok

Tweet tweet

2009-06-05T13:50:00.009-04:00

I have been working hard to print some of the plates that I have been working on. I had 4 plates, but no prints, so yesterday, I made a couple of hours time for myself to pull a couple of proofs off of each to at least start the edition. I wanted to have some ready to go for our reception at Grand Impromptu tonight and for a fair tomorrow. I still need to go back and take the time to properly

New Prints, Watercolors and Events

2009-05-20T21:26:00.006-04:00

The days seem to have less minutes in them every day. Its been over a week since I last stopped by the TCC print studio, even though I have been carrying supplies with me every other day, thinking that I might have some time to swing by and get some work done. Semester is only 2 more weeks, and with family coming to town this weekend, it's not looking so good for the rest of the month either...

Spring Buzz

2009-04-15T19:22:00.004-04:00

So many events so little time! Exhibition, spring cleaning, meetings, being stuck in traffic- when d I get to make some art. There are so many exciting things going on right now. I got asked to do a show at Patriots Landing, which is a retirement community here is Dupont. They have a lobby area with empty walls and no art to put up. I got a couple of other artists together and the reception will

What I've Been up to Lately

2009-04-06T01:04:00.006-04:00

.Well, it's been busy busy busy lately. But I guess thats a good thing to keep me out of trouble. I went the the SGC conference a week ago, and had a blast. I took some photos and video, that I mean to post, but haven't had the energy to edit them yet. I have cool videos of a foiling demo and a panel talk on new technologies in printmaking.I have been making some illustrations and a logo so I am

Blog Feature

2009-04-03T11:14:00.003-04:00

.Rosemary Ponnekanti of The News Tribune in Tacoma has featured my work on her GO Arts blog. Visit http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/arts/2009/03/29/up_now_on_the_walls to see her article..

Trees I Have Known

2009-03-07T20:19:00.003-05:00

One of my new Z-Acryl pieces was accepted to a juried show in Kansas: Trees I Have Known is a juried exhibition featuring artwork and ephemera made by and collected by a diverse group of artists, thinkers, and neighbors who have created work that reflects upon the tree as subject, metaphor, and inspiration.The work for this exhibition was selected from submissions by 150 artists working in

Spring Thing Reception

2009-03-04T00:58:00.003-05:00

Of course I forgot my camera (2 times now!) as we were setting up the show this week. I also went to a cool letterpress artists printpalooza at the Kings Bookstore, with steamroller printing and everything, and of course did not have my camera with either. I think I need to strap it to me permanently or something.I wanted to announce the reception for Spring Thing at the Grand Impromptu Gallery

Grand Impromptu Gallery

2009-02-26T16:49:00.002-05:00

.I am so excited to have been selected to be a member of a co-op here in Tacoma. They are a pretty new gallery that started about a year ago. The space is awesome and is part of the Tacoma art walk every month. You can visit their site at http://www.grandimpromptugallery.com/. A new show is going up at the end of the week, titled Spring Fling, and I will already have work in it. I am so happy to

Book on water and reflections

2009-02-17T17:13:00.003-05:00

I received a link for this nice book from the scientific illustration list serv. The book is from 1903, author Sir Montagu Pollock, title A Study of Reflexion and Colour in River, Lake and Sea. The book is old, but offers some intersting insights into the physical nature of reflections in water.The database can also be searched with other keywords (woodcut, print, etching etc.) to find other old

PLU National Print Exhibition

2009-02-12T13:08:00.010-05:00

. Above: Patrick Merrill, 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut, 1st prize; Robert Schwieger, Bob's Workshop, screenprint on glass. I had a chance to visit the closing reception of the Pacific Lutheran University National Print Exhibition on Friday Feb 11th. The wonderful exhibition, organized by master printer Craig Cornwall, was juried by Tacoma Art Museum curator Margaret Bullock.Below left to

Printmaking Quotes

2009-02-04T20:41:00.003-05:00

I was on the road for a couple of days with our move, and I came to my computer to find over 90 messages (daily normal around 10)! The Mid America Print Council list serv had sent me tons of quotes about printmaking. Thank goodness Nichole Geary has collected them in her blog to share to the world. Here are some of my faves:"Printmaking is fun because it takes a perfectly simple process like

Movin' and shakin'

2009-01-26T20:35:00.005-05:00

Our movers will be here on wednesday! For all the hustle and bustle I won't be able to write in a little bit. It will be a long drive from GA to WA. Hopefully we'll get internet set up at our new house within a week or so when we arrive. I packed my sewing machines yesterday, so I concentrated on some printmaking for a change today. I did the demo on the lithography plates last week, and got

Z-Acryl Lithography Printing

2009-01-22T14:59:00.003-05:00

I had a chance to demo z-acryl plates to a couple of the teachers at AASU and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to tape it and add it here. Z-acryl (brand name) makes thin plastic plates that are used similar to aluminum litho plates, but the advantage to these plates are their immediacy, cost and ease of use. There is no need to etch the images and the thin plates can be run through a

Solarplate and screenprinting videos

2009-01-18T14:49:00.004-05:00

Here are a couple of links to videos that hopefully are helpful to you. The first one was take by myself at the Southern Graphics Concil conference in Richmond last year. It features Janet Ballweg from Bowling Green State University demonstrating how to expose, wash out and ink a solarplate.The second one is a demo video for those who want to build their own screenprinting studio at home. The

Some more pictures of the show

2009-01-16T14:41:00.017-05:00

Here are a couple more pictures from the exhibition. We also had a write up in the campus news paper, I'll add that here when I get a chance. These first two are just pictures of the wall that explains the processes. I brought in some prints with plates, tools and a small litho stone. Here is me doing a short talk about all the pieces in the show. Everyone was really impressed with all the

Old Print- New Trick exhibition is up!

2009-01-13T17:07:00.004-05:00

I am happy to say that the exhibition is up and looks very nice. Even on opening day, when I was finishing up a couple of last minute things, students were already coming in and looking at the prints. Above is a picture from the back corner, and below from the opposite corner. There will be an article in thursdays Inkwell (campus news paper) about the show. I'll try to add some snippets if I can

Posters for Exhibition Done

2008-12-13T14:12:00.009-05:00

I worked hard on these all week and finally finished, just in time to take a work-free Christmas vacation! They will be printed as posters for the Old Print-New Tricks exhibition for January. I was going to adhere them to foam core, and after the exhibition, put them up in the printmaking room. If you would like to have the posters for your class, email me and I can send you the pdf file.

Moving Jitters

2008-12-08T22:26:00.010-05:00

Its been a hard with trying to make some art lately. School, holidays, house guests, emptying my studio to rip carpet out and put flooring in. Oh, I didn't know that much stuff could fit in one room... Now everything is all stacked and mixed up. The good thing that came out of it though was that I organized and photographed all the editions that I had in my flat files. Now i have to edit the

Telfair Art Fair

2008-10-23T20:01:00.003-04:00

The Telfair Museum is hosting its 14th Annual Art Fair on November 7-9th. The fair is one of the museum's largest annual fundraisers, with a juried art show and sale that showcases original artwork by painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, jewelers, and more. This year’s much-anticipated event features the work of more than eighty artists from the Savannah area and across the nation. I know

Exhibition coming up

2008-09-23T15:27:00.008-04:00

A couple of my works were accepted into the upcoming juried exhibition titled Sustainable Source.Sustainable Source is a show hosted by Longwood University’s Art Department and the American Democracy Project and it features works that highlight the theme sustainability and the resourcefulness of international contemporary printmakers and papermakers. The works accepted are one of my light boxes

Junk in da Trunk Indie Craft show

2008-09-13T20:26:00.006-04:00

Yeah! I was at a cool little art & craft fair organized by the Desotorow Gallery in Savannah this weekend. The weather was hot and humid, but that did not hinder people from showing up. It was so much fun. I am thankful for all the people who supported my work and purchased some prints. My little hedgehog print was popular - I'll post a picture of it finally. I made friends with Christi, Jeff and

Beef and hedgehog- unlikely couple

2008-08-28T20:36:00.005-04:00

I had the wonderful opportunity to work on some copper plate etchings at Savannah School of Art and Design these last 2 weeks!!! Thank you for Jennifer Jenkins for that opportunity.The two prints are not at all related, and I barely got the second one tolerable. The first print was a bull and rider titled Refined Beef and the second one was a round plate with a little hedgehog all curled up. I'll

Third Bird

2008-08-14T19:40:00.003-04:00

Two new prints to share. I have been working so hard this past week, to get these done. Next week when school starts, my time to work will diminish to next to nothing. I am teaching at Armstrong Atlantic State University, and just recently got a bid to teach a drawing class at the Macintosh Art Association, so that increases my load a little.So I did one more bird solar plate, and editioned the

Second bird print

2008-08-09T20:18:00.005-04:00

So I finished printing my second bird solarplate this afternoon with the help of my husband who willingly submitted to helping me wipe plates and blot paper. I had a hard time proofing, and trying to figure out colors. I printed one proof on a animal book page, below, and thought it looked nice, but then figured since I don't have similar pages, all the prints would be really different and

New bird print

2008-08-07T19:19:00.009-04:00

I am trying to get a lot of printing done before school starts next week and to have something new to submit to exhibitions. Just working on stuff helps me think and process ideas for future projects as well. I am trying to figure out what direction to go with my art, sinc I have been doing factoryfarming for so many years now. Like said in my previous post, my thoughts are dwelling on the

Website updated

2008-08-04T20:40:00.004-04:00

I updated my website with a new design this weekend. There are some new pieces in the galleries as well. The squirrel logo was something different for the page for a change. I figured it would reflect me well, since lately my mind has been dwelling on woods and forests a lot and squirrels are seen as busy bees and thifty (-like my husband sees me).

New Work

2008-07-10T19:48:00.006-04:00

I am off to go visit Finland next week, and wanted to finish and proof solar plates that I wanted to use for the animal portfolio. This one is about knowing where your meat comes from since I feel that most people are so removed from food production. I think the title is going to be short and sweet: "Shortloin".I have to play around with color a little more, but so far so good. I was going to

Completed lightbox series

2008-06-23T20:27:00.003-04:00

I finished the final piece for the lightbox series. So happy they are done, such a sense of accomplishment. Now I guess I have some lightboxes to make... I also wanted to get maybe one more print done, a solarplate, before the end of the semester in 2 1/2 weeks. We'll see if I make that deadline. The craft frontier needs some attention as well, so I might be sewing for the rest of the week. You

I'm shining today

2008-06-21T20:31:00.007-04:00

Yeah! I finished two more of the lightbox prints today. I am really trying to finish them on time to sumbit them for the Graphica Creativa exhibition in Finland, and have some time to make other prints before the end of the semester mid July. I have one more to go. I am still amazed at how they look when you flick the light on.I also was printing some cards on the side, and ended up making a

How to built a lightbox

2008-06-20T19:34:00.008-04:00

When I started working with the polymer- or solarplates last spring, I figured it would be the cheapest option just to build one. Since there was some trial and error, I figured I would share how I built the one we are using at school now.The hardest part was figuring out the lights, since there are limited resources here in the "country". (I live about an hour out of Savannah, GA) If you are

Working those light boxes

2008-06-14T18:12:00.006-04:00

I have been working on these two prints for a while now, and they are done! I have not had the time to fix up a vertical light box, so I had to take 2 of the photos sideways. I really like the way the vertical one turned out. I have three more to do for this series to finish it. I'm also working on some images for solarplates and linocuts.My work will also be part of a portfolio "Picturing the

Two new prints

2008-04-14T22:04:00.007-04:00

I worked hard this week/weekend! The theme was cow breeds in Finland that are about to go extinct. One is a 3-plate linocut and the other is a photopolymer intaglio plate. For the photopolymer, I made a drawing first, then I scanned it in and printed it on a transparency to expose the plate. Here is the first proof that I pulled off this morning. For more information on how this process works

Exhibition coming up

2008-04-11T20:48:00.003-04:00

Coming up: Art Biologic (juried exhibition) at the Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. Show will be from May 3-24, 2008Visit http://www.limnergallery.com/ for more information.Reception May 3rd, 4-6pm.

Feature

2008-04-06T18:46:00.005-04:00

So I make some crafty things too. An image of one of my creations was published all the way in Australia in Frankie Magazine!

Website up and running

2008-04-06T08:52:00.001-04:00

After ironing some kinks out, the new website is up and running. Please check it out at www.mirkah.com!

new series- lightboxes

2008-04-03T20:26:00.006-04:00

I am working on a new series that incorporates screenprints and lightboxes. Heres a couple of images of the work in progress. This is the first prototype for the box, and I think it works well. So I might keep it like this for the rest of the series too. The paper is handmade by me from recycled soymilk cartons. They are all the same size, so I have to come up with something to vary the series up

welcome to my blog!

2008-04-03T09:12:00.000-04:00

Hi, I just started my blog. I am in the process of reconfiguring my website, and thought I'd start a blog to go with it. Here you'll see glimpses into my studio processes and craft mania. I plan to post works in progress, crafty bits, inspiration and other artsy things that I get involved in.