The Gryphon's Feather Studio

ART & SOUL PORTLAND!!!

 

REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY FOR ART & SOUL PORTLAND 2011!!

I'm teaching several workshops, including two very new ones!  My classes include Natural Beauty, The Big Time Book, iPhone-ography, and iPad-ology!  Yep!

I've put together videos for the iPhone and iPad classes, as well as one for The Big Time Book class.  Enjoy!!

 

 

 

Rainy days and Sundays

This weekend involved a bit more resting than I had hoped for... I picked up a stomach bug from my son's best friend. (so far, Gryphon is perfectly fine- fingers crossed)

 I've not been able to shake the fatigue from the pneumonia. If you know me even a little, then you know how weird it would be to find me unintentionally asleep in the daylight hours. I am frustrated by the effect this drained feeling is having on my life. I have things to DO!!!! 

This weekend, I had planned to do SO much.... it didn't happen. I did complete one project... I used the papers I created in my artfest classes as pages for a prototype of a book binding idea I had...

 

For those of you who have been inquiring, info on new online classes coming soon!

a peek at something fun

I am having a mix of computer -typepad-vimeo issues leaving me a bit behind,  and I am busily (frantically) catching up. I apologize for not updating here, but I have to get the rest of this resolved and updated tout de suite.

I wanted to show everyone the book I constructed for myself using the papers I made for/during/as part of my Printed Patterned Painted Journal Making class.  The papers are the ones I created during demos or to exhibit as class samples.  I used one of the bindings I teach in this class, and then did a little something different on my own to incorporate all the different paper sizes from the demos into the book.  The book dimensions are 7.5" x 9" x 2", closed.

This class is still open and accepting students - you can begin at any time, and the blog site will remain open for a good long while. (details on the class info page.)

 

on LK and Journalfest 2010

 

I have had a few people already asking about my classes for Journalfest 2010.  Class proposals were due this past Friday, and I wanted to let folks know that I did not apply.  The dates for Journalfest 2010 are October 27 to 31, falling on Halloween. 

Now, of course, Halloween gives Teesha and Tracey marvelous fodder for their incredibly creative event ideas, and Journalfest 2010 will undoubtedly be fabulous!  Can you imagine whatTeesha and Tracey's wild imaginations will turn out with HALLOWEEN as a concept with which to work??!

However, I have three littles, and Halloween is almost as big as Christmas.  We have a local parade where the littles march down Main Street and the parade-goers toss candy to the kids... there are school parties, and trick-or-treat.  And, as my dear friend Misty pointed out, you only get so many magical Halloweens before the littles are too big....  so I won't be at Journalfest.

 

 

 

 

 

The Moore's will have a terrific teacher line-up from which to choose, and the Halloweeny fun, at a location infamous for being haunted, will undoubtedly be super-cool.

(Did you know that besides An Officer and  A Gentleman, the super creepy movie, The Ring, was also filmed there? Here is a  list of the films that have been filmed there!)

I'll be home with my littles, joyfully making magic, painting faces, carving pumpkins, sewing costumes, decorating the porch, and marching in the parade! I'll think of you all and think of me, too!  Make great journal pages and blog about em!