Kerin Gale's book blog hop tour

Mixed media artist Kerin Gale has published a wonderful book; Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams; Mixed Media Projects in Epoxy Clay by North Light Books. A collaborative artist at heart, Kerin has put together a blog hop book tour with a variety of mixed media artists participating on their blogs. Everyday you can visit a new blog and read their posts relating to the book and how they’ve used epoxy clay in their art. The Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams tour begins May 1st and concludes May 22nd. Every blog will have prizes (see list below) in addition to their own giveaway (if they choose). All you have to do is leave comments in the blogs you hop too to be eligible to win a prize.

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Kerin teaches online workshops on how to work with epoxy clay, so here is some info for you in case you want to give it a try. Book & Online Workshop Bundles - special pricing of $5 off. All you need to do is put in the name of my blog when checking out through Paypal and you will receive the $5 back.

A) Resin Clay Pendants Workshop + Book = $35 + shipping (only $30 for blog hoppers)

B) Vintage Gentleman Workshop + Book = $40 + shipping (only $35 for blog hoppers)

C) Both Workshops + Book = $70 + shipping (only $65 for blog hoppers)


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here's a list of the prizes:

1) One Aves Power Pack (selection of their most popular formulas) from http://AvesStudio.com


2) Fluid Chalks Online Workshop by Lesley Venable on her The Art Of Altering site which features many other awesome online workshops http://theartofaltering.ning.com/group/fluidchalksbackgroundsbeyond


3) Two Digital Collage Sheets by Alicia Caudle of Altered Bits. You can see her very unique and cool collection here.

4) Sample pack of Silputty 40 silicone putty mold mix from Silpak.

5) 1 OZ ICE Resin and a mixed metal bezel from ICE Resin


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6) Grand Prizes For Book Reviews*



Any reader that writes a review ~ however short or long~ of Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams on amazon.com before July 31, 2011 and sends an email with the title “Inspired Remnants Review” to remnants.art@gmail.com will be entered in a drawing to win one of these prizes. Please note that your honest opinion is wanted on this review.



1) The art piece featured on the cover of the book, “Sacred Totem”

2) Power Pack plus extra Fixit Sculpt clay from Aves Studio

3) Frozen Charlotte Doll with digital tutorial “How To Crackle Charlottes” from Alicia Caudle

4) Resin Clay Pendants online workshop by Kerin Gale

5) Vintage Gentleman online workshop by Kerin Gale

6) Choice of any one workshop being taught by Kerin and Charley at Art Is You retreat in Petaluma, CA. The registration fee and workshop cost are both waived.


7) One copy each of Jen Cushman's book, Explore, Create, Resinate and Susan Lenart-Kazmer's book, Making Connections plus ICE Resin and a selection of bezels


* Please note prizes include shipping to U.S. addresses only.

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have fun on the book tour! here's a list of the participating artists:

May 1
Kerin Gale
Remnants of Olde: http://RemnantsOfOlde.com/posts


May 2
Alicia Caudle
Altered Bits: http://alteredbits.wordpress.com/


May 3
Lesley Venable
Flatwoods Folk Art: http://www.flatwoodsfolkart.typepad.com/


May 4
Christine Lehto
Lilly Bug Studio: http://lillybugstudio.com/blog/



May 5
Seth Apter
The Altered Page: http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/



May 6
Nancy Perennec
Little Bit Wired: http://littlebitwired.blogspot.com/


May 7
Jen Cushman
ICE Queen Zine: http://www.iceresin.com/category/inspired-remnants-blog-tour/


May 8
Happy Mother’s Day!

May 9
Beth Robinson
Strange Dolls: http://strangedolls.wordpress.com/


May 10
Brenda Schweder
Brenda Schweder Jewelry: http://www.brendaschweder.com/


May 11
Esther Verschoor
Vanessie Art Dolls: http://vanessies.blogspot.com


May 12
Kecia Deveny
Lemoncholy’s Flight of Fancy: http://www.lemoncholys.blogspot.com/


May 13
Rachel Whetzel
A Year In The Life Of An Art Journal: http://oneyearartjournal.blogspot.com/


May 14
Shannon LeVart
MissFickleMedia.com: http://missficklemediacom.blogspot.com/


May 15
Marlaine Verhelst
Marlaine Verhelst Art Dolls: http://marlaineverhelst.com/blog/


May 16
Lisa Jurist
Mud Hound Studio: http://mudhoundprimitives.blogspot.com/


May 17
Michelle Bernard
Yesterday’s Trash: http://michellereneebernard.blogspot.com/

May 18
Kerin Gale
Remnants of Olde – Alan Rogerson feature: http://RemnantsOfOlde.com/posts


May 19
Facebook Party!
Apoxie Clay & Epoxy Clays Page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_158159677562761

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On my featured day, May 12th, I will be posting my giveaway for my blog only. Just a little something i made using AVES expoxy clay.

Art is...you, the East Coast Art Retreat

Your hostess's, Ellen and Sallianne
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Have you heard about the east coast art retreat, Art is...You? The event is taking place in October at The Danbury Plaza Hotel in Danbury, Connecticut. The dates are Oct. 7-12. I will be teaching 3 classes there along with many other very talented instructors. you can find all the workshops being offered here. It's not too late to join in on the fun!

here are a few of the workshops that are being taught:

"There's no place like home" with Jenny and Aaron
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"Icons and Angels" with Pamela Hastings
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Etching with Keith Lo Bue
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"Almost Home" with Taryn, Robin & Rachel
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"Waxing Wonders" with Suze Weinberg
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"Souvenirs de ma Vie" with kecia deveney (me!)
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"I love mudcakes" with Laurie Meseroll
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"Chunky Loteria Cards" with Michael de Meng
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"The keeper of secret and dreams" with Lesley Venable
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"Fairy Album" with Pamela Huntington

Lesley Venable (and Mr. Lesley)

Lesley and Tom arrived early Friday evening. They got stuck in a little bit of traffic, so they were happy to finally get here. After drinks, dinner and chit chat, we got them settled into the camper (now dubbed "the nest" by Tom). Tom gifted Jeff this t-shirt that says Mr. Lemoncholy art husband. how cool is that? both of the guys wore their tshirts the next morning to help us set up for Handmade Faire.

We got up quite early to make the hour drive to Medford and begin setting up for the show. Right out of the gate it was a hot one. After getting set up, Jeff headed back home for Tucker duty. Lesley's booth was very close to me, so we did a lot of visiting, as unfortunately, the weather did not encourage many people to come on out! it was just way too hot. but we made the most of it, lots of laughing, visiting, walking around and eating. we spent a lot of time watching the male psychic. he was quite interesting to watch.







after the show, we headed back towards my neck of the woods to have dinner at a yummy seafood restaurant. we took a leisurely stroll around the marina and watched the boats for a few. we were all still a bit "warm" from the day!

On Sunday, Lesley taught her angel class. we had a great time. Lesley is a wonderful teacher and shared a lot of tips, resources and materials with us. we worked with a couple of products that i wasn't familiar with, so that was cool to learn how to use them.


On Monday, I decided to show Lesley how to do some of my snippet sewing (a class i taught last year at Art-is). so we spent the day sewing while Tom cooked us a delicious dinner of homemade focaccia bread, beef stroganoff and chocolate mousse.




(some pages i sewed)

this was a little dress that Lesley bought at Handmade Faire and i asked her if could alter it with some of my sewing.

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after dinner, we went for a walk along the dog beach. it was a beautiful evening with a lovely breeze. very peaceful and quiet.





we finished off the evening with Lesley teaching me how to do some molding and creating some bezels using an epoxy putty.
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here is my angel that i made in class.

thank you Lesley and Tom for a wonderful weekend and all you shared with us.

more pics for Lesley Venable's Architectural Assemblage class

here's a couple more photos from Lesley Venable's upcoming workshop here at Lemoncholy's Studio. I like these visuals as it is giving me some ideas of how i want my angel to look. go visit Lesley's blog to see the inspiration behind these angels. And in case you missed the blog post, you can read about her classes here and here.

day two with guest artist, Lesley Venable

Day Two with guest artist - Lesley Venable

TREASURE WITHIN ALTERED TIN
By Lesley Venable

We will be altering a metal band-aid tin using our Patina Kit, rubber stamps, vintage hardware (or other goodies you’ve got hidden in that embellishment bin) and ribbon. Encased inside this beautiful treasure tin will be an altered Formica sample booklet that you will create using ephemera, your favorite quotes, charms, images, lace, tape transfers (will do small demo in class on tape transfers) and ribbon. Although I will have the tin prepared and ready for you to patina and alter I will demonstrate (outside) how to easily clean the paint off of tins you wish to alter in the future.

when: Monday, July 20th
time: 12-5
where: 1606 oxford lane
wall, nj 07719

Lesley is also teaching a class on Sunday, July 19th, read more about Lesley and her other class here.

please email me at keeshagirl4@aol.com for more information or to reserve your seat.

Guest Artist -Lesley Venable

I'm excited to announce my next visiting artist, Lesley Venable!

ARCHITECTURAL ASSEMBLAGE ANGEL
By Lesley Venable

Come and set your imaginations free as we create our own, one of a kind, architectural assemblage angel. We will dress them in wings made of antique ceiling tin, vintage hardware, dimensional findings, collage and more. The addition of gesso stamping, inking and stenciling will help to add depth and dimension to our finished pieces. The base/form of our angels is based on one my Daddy created to make folk art pieces. As a way to honor him after his passing I chose to use his design for the angels.

when: Sunday, July 18th
time: 12:00-5:00
where: 1606 oxford lane
wall, nj 07719

*this is the first time that this class has been taught!

Lesley is a self taught mixed media, collage, assemblage artist who lives in Roanoke, Virginia with her husband and their furry family which includes three dogs and two cats.

She has taught at Art Is You, Art & Soul in both Virginia and Oregon and Artiscape in Ohio. She is currently scheduled to teach in 2010 at Art & Soul Hampton, KC Willis’ Art Studio in Colorado and at Art Is You in Connecticut. She also has online classes scheduled at My Creative Classroom and has begun “The Art of Altering”, a NING group, that offers free vintage images as well as online classes (upcoming).
Her artwork has been published in the Artitude Zine, Somerset Gallery 2008 and Somerset Weddings 4. She is a co-author of “Exploring the Latest Trends in Mixed Media Arts Volume I” and a contributing artist in Volume II. Two of Lesley’s fabric collages have also been chosen to appear in this Summer’s issue of Sew Somerset.

Website: flatwoodfolkart.com
Blog: www.flatwoodsfolkart.typepad.com
NING: http://theartofaltering.ning.com/

please email me at: keeshagirl4@aol.com for more information or to reserve your seat.