Review: “Living the Artist’s Life” by Paul Dorrell

On March 6th, my sister-in-law Heather sent me an email about a book called "Living the Artist's Life" by Paul Dorrell. Specifically, she sent me an email telling me that they were giving away FREE copies to bloggers and had just extended the offer to locations outside of the continental United States. A sentence containing…

Hic, haec, hoc, wheeze (huius), wheeze, wheeze….

I've always thought that the demonstrative pronouns in Latin sounded like a bad cold, which is what I have. I spent Friday night hacking, felt better Saturday and so ran around a Car Seat Clinic all day-long, paid for it that night and Sunday was a walking zombie whose husband let her go back to…

Finding Craftspeople and Artists in Newfoundland

Every day I get a few hits from people who are trying to track down other craftspeople and artists in Newfoundland. For instance, since my post on my odd habit of keeping pebbles in pottery bowls,I've had a consistent stream of hits from people searching for Christina Dove of Dove Pottery. (Christina doesn't yet have…

Review: “The Art of Fabric Books”

I picked this book up last night by grace of the generosity of friends. It's one I've heard raved and rhapsodised about on several listservs, discussion groups and blogs. Perhaps because of this, I delayed buying it for a bit. Silly, I realise, but I tend to shy away from trends almost instinctively. Perhaps it's…

Review: “The Art of Fabric Books”

I picked this book up last night by grace of the generosity of friends. It's one I've heard raved and rhapsodised about on several listservs, discussion groups and blogs. Perhaps because of this, I delayed buying it for a bit. Silly, I realise, but I tend to shy away from trends almost instinctively. Perhaps it's…