Upcoming Online Workshops Click on each image for a short video highlighting these classes Rich Textures Having at least partially satiated my need for color by painting more miniatures in the last couple of years, I notice now that I am increasingly drawn to textures. That might sound like a no brainer for someone who…
The thing I said I wouldn’t teach online For a Limited Time Only In this special, online workshop hosted by the Craft Guild of Dallas, Victoria will demystify the technique of Russian filigree (filigrana) from the basics of traditional fabrication to the intricacies of her own ground breaking, sculptural work. Students will create several pieces…
May your holiday season be joyous and bright Around the time when many countries shifted the clocks back one hour this fall, there were copious articles and news stories decrying what this twice-yearly time change does to our bodies, how it disrupts our sleep patterns, is bad for kids in school, decreases productivity, and is…
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It was one of those mornings. I sat crunched in the shower floor, attacking the grout lines with Bonamie cleanser and an old toothbrush while singing along to Louis Armstrong’s arrangement of La Vie en Rose, thus proving my firm belief that jazz makes all thing bearable.
Astrono-not-about-ME Occasionally I tell someone that I’m hugely interested in astronomy, that so much of my work is inspired by this love. Invariably, unless the person I’m telling is a scientist or of an engineering type brain, the reply I hear is, “That’s cool. When were you born?”“June”“Gemini?”“Yep.”“I can totally see that.”What I often want…
Toward the beginning of my serious calligraphic studies, I took both of Reggie Ezell’s year long workshops. Veteran calligraphers had long dubbed Reggie’s year-longs as trial by fire via dip pen and ink (and dry pigments, watercolor, gouache, gold leaf, gum Arabic, real vellum, etc.). As a total newbie, I kept my head down and…
