Books provide me with an endless source of inspiration for my art projects. Like many people, I am a fan of Jane Austen’s literature. I find that Austen does these very detailed descriptions of her character’s inner life that helps me understand myself and others a little better. What is so interesting about Austen is [...]
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Emerging jewelry artists often go through an agonizing process of not only learning to create their work, but also in deciding whether to call themselves jewelry artists, jewelry designers, craftspersons, or artisans.
There are a large number of archived discussions on jewelry bulletin boards and in jewelry groups that further blur the distinctions and add complexity [...]
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The upwardly mobile characters in Jon Armstrong’s Grey, live in a futuristic world where they dine on exotic, fried whale sandwiches and are able to travel via private international highways. The idea of a private highway gives new meanings to Faith Popcorn’s predictions about the future of personal zoning. (Personal zoning, as described by Popcorn [...]
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