tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75609534470291306932024-02-19T10:53:39.253-06:00Jackie's ArtPottery, fused glass, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, jewelry, painting, felting, weaving. Original art. Whimsical, clever, and fun. Serious art, too. Thoughtfully designed. Handmade and crafted with care in Grand Forks, North Dakota.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-72696441581808409292013-08-07T19:56:00.000-05:002013-08-07T19:56:32.542-05:00Holiday Glow 2013We are moving to Alexandria, MN...it will be fun to meet artists in that area and get involved in their community art scene. I am passing along the leadership of the Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show & Charity Benefit to two very capable and talented, hard-working women: Jessica Pribula and Kim Forness-Wilson. I'll try to keep you posted on their plans for this year's event on the 2nd weekend in November! In preparation for moving, I am donating a few of my major art pieces to my alma mater, UND.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-37554675183232150872012-12-12T12:17:00.001-06:002012-12-12T12:17:26.607-06:00The Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show & Charity Benefit was a huge success. I earned over $3000 for our local homeless mission. The work they do for our community is priceless and I am happy to give 1/2 of all my art sales to support their good work!<br />
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I plan to expand my glass fusing work - and do abstract birds, along with landscapes and fish. And I loved making the "Little Behinds" monoprint series ( the backsides of cute little animals!) and user friendly string puppets...new items for me this year.<br />
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Happy New Year - I hope you are well-blessed!Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-29993657309519574122012-09-11T14:50:00.000-05:002012-09-11T14:50:04.550-05:00Check out the info about Holiday Glow 2012 - Art Sale, Show and Charity Benefit at www.jackiesart.com OR www.holidayglow.net. See photos of work by all the participating artists and learn more about the show and the artists and their work, too.<br />
<br />13 Artist Open Houses in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks Nov. 9, 5-9pm, Nov. 10, 11am - 7pm and Sunday, Nov. 11 from 1-5pm. We have a new twist this year - great prizes - you'll be sure to want to win. Details coming later!Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-31891378306415756332012-08-17T14:38:00.001-05:002012-08-17T14:38:37.115-05:00Holiday Glow 2012 Artists' Open HousesHoliday Glow 2012<br />
Coming to an artist's home soon!<br />
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Nov. 9, 5-9pm, Nov. 10, 11am - 7pm, Nov. 11, 1-5pm<br />
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The following artists invite you to shop in their homes for unique gifts and art:<br />
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Piper Bloomquist, Jeanne O'Neil, Therese Jacobson, Sheila Dalgliesh, Sandy Johnson, Tom Johnson, Paula Kallinen, Terry Kuntz, Karla Nelson, Tom Perdue, Jessica Pribula, Jean Westman, Kim Wilsom and myself.<br />
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The Holiday Glow website is in the process of being updated!Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-87277854893779434702012-02-13T17:38:00.004-06:002012-02-13T17:43:36.937-06:00Bismarck Art Show BAGA<span>Life is a whirlwind - and I love it! A trip to Budapest, Vienna and Prague, then to Puerto Rico and sandwiched-in visits to our daughters and grandkids. I don't put my suitcase away these days, just wash laundry when I get home and repack for the next trip!</span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>My show at the Bismarck Art Gallery opens on Feb. 28. The reception is March 2 - everyone is invited, the more the merrier! My exhibit is called "Can You See the Forest for the Trees & Prairie Snapshots". I'm posting a few photos here.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Waiting patiently for spring in the north country...</span></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-23658763390127878332011-11-23T08:13:00.004-06:002011-11-23T08:20:29.924-06:00Holiday Art Ornaments, Vases, Jewelry<span class="Apple-style-span" >Holiday Art Ornaments, Vases, Jewelry. <br /><br />I've been on the run from home to Wichita to help our daughter and her family while she is on bed rest and pregnant. It has been a special time for me!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I have found time to make some art for the holidays: tree ornaments and holiday decorations, one of a kind art like my Abstract Autumn fused glass work, necklaces, vases, paintings for my show in Oct. at the downtown bakery, and work for the 3rd annual Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show, which was held Nov. 11, 12 and 13.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >The sale was a huge success and I raised over $2,000 for our local homeless mission. I donate 1/2 of my art sales to that organization. Check out my etsy shop and know that your purchases help the homeless!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I hope you and yours have a well-blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas, too!</span></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-90311676870210396702011-08-15T08:04:00.003-05:002011-08-15T08:27:47.549-05:00How to teach painting to toddlers<span class="Apple-style-span" >How to teach painting to toddlers? We recently had our 16 month old grand daughter visiting from Wichita...and I wanted her to have her first painting experience in my studio while she was here. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br />Important points to remember:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Have your camera ready to catch the artist in action.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Have several old washcloths and a bucket of water handy.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Get everything set up before you bring the child to the painting 'center'.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; "><b><i>Use only non - toxic, water based</i></b> poster or tempera paint!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Don't use water colors. They are too frustrating for young kids as the colors make 'mud' quickly.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Limit the number of colors to 2 or 3, with white, to start with. For more 'attractive' finished pieces use colors that are adjacent on the color wheel, like purple, red and blue. If you want to have the child use colors that are opposite on the color wheel, like purple and yellow, use one color then let it dry before using the second color. You may still get a little mixing (therefore brown/grays) but not nearly as much.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Tape up a really large piece of heavy paper, illustration board or scrap mat board on a wall. Make sure it is really securely attached. And try to keep the tape only on the back or the very edges of the painting surface. Or use a child's easel if you have one...they are great gifts.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Use chubby brushes, with short handles.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Lids from ice cream pails work great as palettes, if you want to wash it or toss it. See below.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Put a paint shirt on the child, and an apron on yourself and wear old clothes both of you!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Let the child 'have at it' - show how to dip the brush in the paint and then on the paper. Give praise! </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Encourage explorations - of color mixing, line and mark making. Please don't worry about rinsing out the brush between colors. Kids will lose interest quickly and mixing paint is most of the fun...as you will see on the palette!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Let the child paint her/his hands and 'print' them on the paper, too.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Most toddlers will be 'finished' quickly!</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Let the painting dry. Come back to it later to add more or frame it up! Preschool paintings are especially cute framed with a photo of the child making the art work in a double mat inside one frame. One more idea: use a thick paper palette - like another piece of illustration board or mat board and frame that with the art and the photo!</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Have fun!</span></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-68760640340065635752011-05-19T09:03:00.003-05:002011-05-19T09:14:31.123-05:00How to use E6000 glue Tips for E6000<span class="Apple-style-span" >Have you had frustrations with E6000 glue failure? Me, too! <br /><br />The main things I've learned:<br />Be sure things to be glued are very clean, free of dust, grime and grease.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Be sure everything is dry.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Use E6000 <b>SPARINGLY</b>! More is not better! The reason: E6000 does not stick well to itself. I put a small amount on the jewelry bail and the matching glass pendant, or a small amount on the glass butterfly and the matching mat board, for example. Next I spread it out <b>very</b> thinly on both surfaces with a small piece of heavy cardboard or a scrap of mat board. After waiting about 1-2 minutes, I press the two surfaces together and apply some weight. I don't move the piece for 24 hrs. to give the bond a good cure time. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I've not had any glue failure after applying the 'less is more' principle with E 6000. I would love to hear any tips or frustrations or comments you may have about E 6000. Or your recommendations about other glues that are 'out there'. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Be sure to browse my etsy shop! I have lots of fun pottery, fused glass, gourds, whimsical acrylic paintings and more. www.jackiesart.etsy.com </span></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-9258906294659604752011-04-08T13:45:00.002-05:002011-04-08T13:52:03.791-05:00Glass Craft and Bead Expo<span class="Apple-style-span" >We just returned from the Glass Craft and Bead Expo in Las Vegas at the South Point Hotel and Casino. Great place and great educational opportunity - I recommend it, even though the classes are expensive.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I took classes from Dan Jenkins (slip cast mold making), Petra and Wolfgang Kaiser (using Kaiser Lee Board for molds for fused glass) and Photopolymer Masking by Sharon and Barry Kaiser. All the classes were well organized and worthwhile. Now I need to lay in some new supplies so I can practice the techniques I learned.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Another note: I have finished some small clay sculptures that are part of my Whimsical Snapshots of Life on the Prairie series (first part of the series: small acrylic paintings). I plan to get some photos taken and posted here in May...or perhaps earlier.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I get to babysit our grand daughter, Brooke, for two weeks - she normally lives in Wichita but will be a North Dakota baby for a few weeks! Yay!</span></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-27676390710624133682011-02-27T08:25:00.004-06:002011-02-27T08:33:12.945-06:00Laugh a Lot Pottery Jackies Art Jewelry Fused Glass<span class="Apple-style-span" >I finally spent 2-1/2 days in my pottery studio...working on my own stuff! Hooray! I made covered butter dishes with a variety of knobs: butter churns, cats and flowers and two with "I am the Bread of Life" stamped on the side and a loaf of bread for the knob. I also made bowls and a large plate with "laugh a lot" stamped in the center...I really like how they turned out. I also made ice cream bowls, business card holders and pencil holders. Now I grant you they are not out of the bisque kiln! It is fun to have pottery in progress.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >We had a week with our grandkids who live in Minnesota. We were so busy having fun - tea parties, ice skating, making art, playing the Wizard of Oz. Little Jacob, one year old, was Toto the dog...but he didn't know it! I was sad to see them leave!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >My art students have started some stone carving projects. They are really just using rasps and files, but we are studying Michelangelo so I wanted them to have some sort of stone experience. I have lots of stone scraps from my own projects.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Take care...spring is on the way (I think!)</span></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-45868289820704063662011-01-31T08:50:00.002-06:002011-01-31T08:58:23.145-06:00Fused Glass Art Kiln Pressed Glass How to Remove Kiln Wash<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Just wondering if anyone knows how to remove kiln wash from fused glass - other than sandblasting. We don't have sandblasting equipment. We do have a grinder, lap wheel, and a dremel with attachnments. I don't know how I can hang on to the piece to hold it on the lap wheel as it is only about 4" in diameter, and flat (1/8" thick). Any ideas appreciated!<br /><br />I will attend the Glass Craft and Bead Expo in Las Vegas the beginning of March - looking to learn new techniques and excited to see all the new supplies and glass.<br /><br />I hosted a tie dye birthday party in my studio yesterday. The kids made tie dyed pillow cases, balloon animals and origami book marks. It was great - the kids were all well mannered and fun!<br /><br />We are looking forward to babysitting our grandkids while their parents have winter vacations in Jamaica and Peru...glad they didn't make plans to go see the Giza Pyramids in Cairo!<br /><br />I tried making a small piece of kiln pressed glass this weekend. The technique worked well so I was pleased with that...but now to get the excess kiln wash off. If I can figure that out, I will post a photo.<br /><br />Stay warm...windchill is minus 31 here today. Brrr!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-11652263388051823092010-12-07T20:34:00.002-06:002010-12-07T20:39:43.031-06:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To Italy and back home again...an awesome journey to a place where art is plentiful, often majestic and totally inspiring! What a blessing to have had this experience.<br /><br />The Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show was a wonderful success. We are looking forward to next year's event the second weekend in November 2011. I was able to raise over $1200 for the Northlands Rescue Mission; other artists donated to their favorite causes, too.<br /><br />Hoping your pre-holiday season is relaxed and fun. Merry Christmas!<br /><br /><br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-56305576096321229612010-10-14T16:21:00.003-05:002010-10-14T16:31:07.445-05:00Holiday Glow November Art Sale & Charity Benefit<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fused and stained glass, handcarved wooden Santas, Scandinavian decorative art, gourds, textile and fabric art, handmade soap, metal art, natural jewelry, mixed media...these types of art and many more coming soon to Grand Forks. </span></span>November 12, 5-9pm and Nov. 13, 10am - 5pm. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">All artists will be home to invite you in for holiday treats and to view the art in cozy, informal surroundings. A percentage of sales will be donated to the following charities: Kim Wilson (Mountain Brooke PsychoSocial Center), Marian Gates and Terry Kuntz (Community Violence Intervention Center), Sheila Dalgliesh, Karla Nelson, Sandy Johnson and Dianne Paulsen (ArtWise), Paula Kallinen (Fraternal Order of Police), Tom Johnson and Jean Westman (Salvation Army), Carolyn Meisel (Humane Society Circle of Friends), Tom Perdue and Pieper Bloomquist (American Cancer Society) and Jackie Uthus (Northlands Rescue Mission).<br /><br />Go to: www.jackiesart.com for more information.<br /></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-65037776545820393172010-09-08T09:22:00.003-05:002010-09-08T09:33:04.604-05:00Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show Visual Art Grand Forks<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh, my gosh, I can't believe the whole summer has happened! We had a wonderful time with family and friends celebrating our daughter's wedding in June, a grand daughter's baptism in July and lots of other fun but more normal summer time events: water fights, time at the lake, garage sales, etc. Monday I start with my weekly art kids!<br /><br />I've created a whole series of 44 nostalgic paintings called "Whimsical Snapshots of Life on the Prairie". Included: a windmill, oil rig, small town bank, bar, jail, clothesline, horse, cow, chicken and coop, '57 Chevy, Model T, vintage farm truck, sunflower, wheat stalk, grain elevator, grain bin, dilapidated house, barn, night sky, milk truck, one room school house, school bus and many more. I'm listing them on etsy a few at a time...<br /><br />I have the artists in place for the second annual Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show. The sale will be Nov. 12, 5-9pm and Nov. 13, 1-5pm. Fourteen artists will have 10 open houses to show their art in cozy and informal settings. Refreshments will be served and no admission charged. It will be a wonderful time to shop for special Holiday gifts!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-26505635830624193512010-07-09T07:57:00.003-05:002010-07-09T08:12:59.159-05:00How to use glass paint markers, Jackies Art, fused glass<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Life since December has been a busy blur: Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show in December, grandson Jacob born February 3 in Morris, MN, a trip with my parents the end of that month, granddaughter Brooke born in Wichita in March with some post-birth complications that necessitated me staying to help for almost a month, a family meeting in Bismarck, Jacob's baptism, our middle daughter's wedding in MN in June, Brooke's baptism in Wichita last weekend...I'm still trying to catch up! <br /><br />I've managed to make a few new art pieces, though. I had fun making pottery frames for felted whimsical houses, that I then embellished with beads and sequins. And I've given away many fused glass houses that I've personalized with names and dates. For example, Johnson House, Est. 2010. This week I'm designing fused glass guardian angels. I really like the little kiln we bought this summer!<br /><br />A class I offered for kids this summer was painting on glass. At our daughter's wedding we didn't have a traditional guest book. Instead we had a large white platter that everyone signed. We used Vitrea 160 glass paints. After drying for 24 hours I baked it in our conventional oven for 40 minutes at 325. Now the new couple can actually use their guest book. It is even dishwasher safe, although I'd recommend washing it by hand.<br /><br />For my kids' glass class we used the same paints and markers. Be sure to wash and dry the dish ware first, and clean with a cotton ball soaked in denatured alcohol if it is still greasy at all. Don't skip the 24 hour drying period - longer is better if the paint is applied thickly. Don't use a baking pan, just set the finished art on the oven racks. Turn the oven on, when the preheat light goes off, turn on your timer for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, turn off the oven, open the door. Remove the dishes when they are cool enough to touch. Viola! Lovely art to use, or to hang on the wall.<br /><br />I'm taking a fused glass class in Winnipeg in Sept. taught by Patty Gray...hope to learn lots and get inspired for creating new art for the 2010 Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show Nov. 12 & 13.<br /><br /><br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-13852530294220669542010-05-14T08:32:00.004-05:002010-05-14T08:42:28.518-05:001000Markets.com Pottery Art Sculpture<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://www.1000markets.com/users/jackiesart<br /><br />I've listed abstract, simplified ceramic sculptures on my new shop with 1000Markets. Check it out! I also listed two other fun and funky pottery pieces - a 'flower bed' - it holds a little terra cotta pot that is perfect for a mini-cactus or a bedding plant. And I listed a frog plant stand - it, too, holds a little terra cotta pot. It is one of my 'Perfect NM (No Maintenance) Pottery Pets'. Froggy comes complete with a removable tag that promise good behavior!<br /><br />I've also updated my website: www.jackiesart.com and my etsy shop: www.jackiesart.etsy.com. Cool, unusual and unique items that you won't find any where else. Happy shopping!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-10551612203565665272010-05-08T11:36:00.002-05:002010-05-08T11:46:15.650-05:00Time to Create Art? Fused Glass, Pottery, 1000 Markets, Etsy?<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two new grand babies - a boy on Feb. 3 and a girl on March 23 - have totally absorbed me the past several months. We've been blessed with healthy babies who are gaining weight and daughters who are recovering well from the child birth process...hooray!<br /><br />I'm trying to get things updated on my website - I have about 100 art pieces, mostly fused glass and pottery, that need to be photographed and put up for sale. My hubby is helping me get on top of the situation. I'll be updating my etsy shop and starting a shop at 1000 Markets.com, too. I'm excited to try that venue for sales. Has anyone had good success with 1000Markets?<br /><br />My art and pottery students have finished making the cutest clay rattles and whimsical houses. They are bisque firing at the moment - so next week we can underglaze, glaze and acrylic paint. It will be fun to see their work finished up. We missed several scheduled sessions because I was gone longer than originally anticipated to help with new babies.<br /><br />After a June wedding, I plan to teach a few kids' classes in June and do some traveling during the rest of the summer. Aspen, Lake Sacakawea, Wichita and in November: Italy!!!<br /><br /><br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-10486964373689057412010-02-18T08:44:00.003-06:002010-02-18T09:07:51.109-06:00How to create kids' collagraphsMy art kids have been working with printmaking for a few weeks. They are making a limited edition of 7 to 9 signed and numbered, hand-pulled prints. Most of them are turning out really nice...here are my helpful hints:<div><br /></div><div>1. Give them a piece of mat board, for their collagraph plate, to work on that is a little smaller than the paper they will print with...they will have a nice white border on the edges of their prints and space to sign, title and number them.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Encourage them to use lots of glue to hold their pieces in place...gluing right out to the edges.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Suggest they cut shapes and pieces from materials that are fairly similar in thickness...like string, yarn, cereal board cardboard (chip board), fabric, etc. If they cut one or more of their shapes from something much thicker it may cause some of the less thick shapes not to print.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Spray shellac over the entire collagraph plate, after the glue is entirely dry...drying overnight is best. Be sure the shellac is completely dry, too, before inking the plate. Don't skimp on the shellac.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Tape the inking tray to the table, so it doesn't scoot around, before the kids start rolling out the ink. Spritz the inking tray with a little water before adding water soluble ink with a flexible palette knife. Roll the ink and water to mix. </div><div><br /></div><div>6. Add a spritz of water and a small dab of ink, roll to mix, before inking the plate again or before inking the next plate.</div><div><br /></div><div>7. Center the paper over the plate, lay it on the bed of the press, adjust the pressure, roll it through. You may need to hold the paper to the plate as it comes through the press...sometimes it will slide around otherwise.</div><div><br /></div><div>8. Have a bucket of warm, soapy water and some toweling handy so they can keep their hands clean. Prints, sans fingerprints, are much more attractive!</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Printing!</div><div><br /></div><div>PS We have the most beautiful day blessing us...the trees and bushes are totally white with hoar frost. It is gorgeous!</div><div><br /></div>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-79867529793165826822010-01-16T08:49:00.004-06:002010-01-16T08:58:36.047-06:00Pro life centers YBL Your Baby LivesI dream of establishing a non-profit that would build/set upYBL Alternative Choice Centers (Your Baby Lives) near abortion clinics around the United States.<br /><br /><br /> I'm thinking of non-denominational places where women could go for free contraception (the 'pill' and 'rubbers'/contraceptive creams) and/or natural family planning advice; free medical services; emotional, job and financial counseling; adoption services and free housing through the term of their pregnancies, if that is what they need. I dream of a one-stop place that would support women, and fulfill all their needs so they have a real alternative to abortion.<br /><br /><br /> In how many places near abortion clinics do such YBL places already exist?<br /><br /><br /> What are the statistics that indicate the top five or ten reasons a woman chooses abortion over life? Financial, job, medical or a myriad of other reasons, I'm sure. I'd like to know what the top needs of a woman would be - what are the most important services to offer so that life would be a feasible option in more instances?Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-75153832008105721042010-01-02T08:29:00.002-06:002010-01-02T08:41:23.252-06:00January art - inspiration from the cold?<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit! Is it possible to draw artistic inspiration from the cold weather? In North Dakota we try not to let the temperature restrict our activities too much. We go to work, shop and some people play outside...cross country ski, hockey, skate. I'll do my daily walk outside if the wind chill temperature is zero or above. Otherwise I head to the fitness center.<br /><br />But what kind of inspiration can I or my young students or others with artistic leanings draw from the icebox that we live in? Everything is white - the ground, the roofs, the trees, the sky, the exhaust coming from our constantly running furnaces, the breath we exhale. Snow beneath our feet crunches and squeaks as we step on it. We hear the beep, beep of snowplows in reverse, or the grinding of our neighbors' cars or snowblowers trying to start. We keep our hands covered as everything outside is too cold to touch. The only smells are of gas and exhaust. There is little else to jolt our senses, to stimulate our creative juices. We need to draw from deep within - like Frederick the mouse in the children's story - to remember colors, sights, sounds and smells that we want to convey in our art. These will warm our heART until spring comes to the north...and it will, just not very soon!<br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-44698755399520204182009-12-16T08:42:00.001-06:002009-12-16T08:42:52.896-06:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Our first ever Holiday Glow Art Sale and Show the first weekend of December was very successful. Here are some tips on hosting open houses to sell handmade art:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Put out yard signs several weeks in advance.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Serve food/drinks that people will enjoy and appreciate…and tell their friends about.<span style=""> </span>We want Friday guests talking up our event on Saturday, perhaps coming back with other friends the next night!<span style=""> </span>Have enough food so you don’t run out, please.<span style=""> </span>We are all dependent on each other – we need to do a nice job.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Have someone as a greeter at your door if you worry about people walking out with unpaid items.<span style=""> </span>Your greeter can say hello, hang coats and remind people to remove their shoes.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Be organized with your cash box, bags and boxes, tissue, etc.<span style=""> </span>Also, people love on-the-spot gift wrapping!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Have holiday music playing and festive décor to set the mood and encourage purchasing gifts.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Make your business cards/brochures readily available.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Be sure your door prize (if you are offering one) is attractively presented and the slips/deposit box/pencils are user-friendly.<span style=""> </span>Have a form people can sign to be on your mailing or emailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Wear your nametag, smile & introduce yourself, invite questions about your work and then back off so guests can browse.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Email or send out ‘hint cards’.<span style=""> </span>People fill out the card with gifts that they’d like to be given, from your selection of inventory.<span style=""> </span>They return the card/email to you. You pass along the hints to their spouse/significant other.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Call and personally invite as many of your friends and acquaintances as you can.<span style=""> </span>Don’t forget about people at your church, your neighbors and at your work place.<span style=""> </span>People are much more likely to show up if they’ve had a phone call.<span style=""> </span>We can expect a turnout of ¼ of the people who find out about our sale.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Be sure you have distributed all your postcards (hand out personally or mail).<span style=""> </span>Please hang up your flyers in public places.<span style=""> </span>Many businesses will allow flyers/postcards in their break rooms, even if they don’t allow them in the lobby, etc.<span style=""> </span>Our signs and printed material will be wasted investments if we don’t get them out into our community.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you know people in the smaller outlying communities, please be sure they know about our event.<span style=""> </span>Ask them to put out flyers/postcards in their towns.<span style=""> </span>Lots of people in these communities will come to GF for a special night out like this.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Use your email contacts and any social networking sites you belong to (such as Facebook, Plaxo, etc.) to tell people now about our event.<span style=""> </span>And remind them again a day or two before our event.</span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-63444086073749807932009-11-04T08:05:00.002-06:002009-11-04T08:18:14.593-06:00Visual art sale & show, Grand Forks, ND, December 4 & 5<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curious about the artists who are participating in the Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show? Fifteen artists at twelve open houses, Dec. 4 & 5, from 5-9pm, both Friday and Saturday nights. Besides myself (I like to make fused glass art; pottery (functional and sculptural); giant painted and woodburned gourds lamps and mini-gourd clocks; weavings and tapestries, and table/lamp combos that I call "lamples". I will have a variety of work to show and sell for holiday gift giving during the Holiday Glow event.<br /><br />Also participating in the Holiday Glow event are: Dyan Rey, Connie Hodgson, Marian Gates, Carolyn Meisel, Pat Danielson, Terry Kuntz, Laura Look, Karla Nelson, Sheila Dalgleish, Tessa Hiney, Pirjo Berg, Paula Kallinen and Tom Perdue. These artists specialize in oil painting, water color, wood carving, mixed media, sculptural garden art and jewelry. Go to: www.jackiesart.com to see photos of artists' work as well as to obtain a printable map so you know who is participating and where the various open houses are located. Each artist will have some sort of holiday treat to share and many will give away a door prize, too! (Each home will have a yard sign and their lights on so you will know you are at the right places.)<br /><br />This Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9am - 5pm I will be at the C'Mon Inn on 32nd Ave. S. in Grand Forks participating in a Holiday Art Sale. A different group of wonderful artists - come see!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-54695155744948020772009-10-27T08:04:00.002-05:002009-10-27T08:13:32.074-05:00Holiday Art Sale & Show (visual art) in Grand Forks,<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show is storming ahead, full blast! It has been a lot of work so far, but I'm learning new things every day about logos, yard signs, advertising, etc. And I'm learning that a contribution of $25 per artist doesn't buy much! Next year, we'll each have to chip in more. I have enough to buy post cards, yard signs and about thirty 8 x 11 colored flyers. I was hoping to have a bit of money left for an ad in the newspaper but we'll all have to do our best to get the word out and about through our big mouths instead!<br /><br />Artists will have their homes open and show their work, with holiday treats to share with those who stop by to browse and buy art for holiday gifts. I chose a weekend when the UND hockey team is out of town - otherwise too many people would be at "the Ralph"! Now if only the weather cooperates, we'll be in great shape. We don't usually have big blizzards that early in December, but we do live in North Dakota and blizzards are a definite possibility any time after mid-October.<br /><br />Put Friday, Dec. 4 & Saturday, Dec. 5 from 5-9pm, on your calendar and plan to attend the Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show...no admission charged!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-69845940961560402742009-10-08T08:13:00.003-05:002009-10-08T08:20:50.661-05:00Holiday Art Show (visual art) in Grand Forks<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Holiday Glow Art Sale & Show. It's a new event I've organized for Grand Forks. Friday and Saturday evenings, Dec. 4 & 5, 5pm-9pm. Artists will open their homes (or an alternative site) and display their creative art...in time for holiday shopping! Nothing says "I care" like a gift that is hand crafted and one of a kind, not run of the mill. I'm super excited about it, as are the artists that I invited to participate. We will all serve treats, like wine & cheese, or hot chocolate or hot cider and Christmas goodies. I'm looking for an inexpensive yard sign (like political signs) that I can put the Holiday Glow logo on for the artists to put in their yards a few weeks before the event.<br /><br />I've ordered a bunch of fusable glass. I'm letting my 33 art kids make their own Christmas gift this year. I'll cut blanks for them and small shapes out of various colors. They will design their own glass work, and I'll fire their pieces and have them out right before Christmas. They are super excited about it. And so am I!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560953447029130693.post-24061983894853148722009-10-01T15:34:00.002-05:002009-10-01T15:37:25.339-05:00Fused glass, Jackie's Art<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">YAY! My fused glass projects came out of the kiln and I really like how they turned out! I'm hanging them this afternoon at the Dakota Harvest Bakery downtown Grand Forks. I hope to get photos taken and list them on my website shop and etsy shop.<br /><br />My art kids are doing an Eric Carle unit - their stories turned out well and the cut paper collage is also going better than I expected!<br /><br />Hooray!<br /></span></span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398020475857989773noreply@blogger.com0