by Vicki Bolen | Jul 10, 2017 | Art Shows, Community Events, Featured Items by Vicki Bolen, Uncategorized
ARTful Saturdays Albuquerque artists and patrons look forward every month to ARTScrawlABQ’s First Friday ARTScrawl (5-8 pm) and ARTful Saturday (third Saturday from 1-4 pm). While First Friday ARTScrawls are city-wide events. ARTful Saturdays highlight galleries...
by Vicki Bolen | Feb 22, 2017 | Customer Orders, Studio Happenings
Last week, I received an order for six custom origami crane earrings from a customer in Italy. She wanted her earrings made with gold instead of silver findings, and I happily obliged her. When I sent the order, I included a couple of my handmade cards and an origami...
by Vicki Bolen | Feb 3, 2017 | Reflections on Art
When the painter finished painting our studio, we discovered that he had left off the handle to our exterior door. In fact, he hadn’t even painted it to match. We decided to reattach it without painting it in celebration of the Japanese aesthetic known as...
by Vicki Bolen | Jan 28, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists
One of the things Richard and I love about traveling to art shows is meeting other artists. Our biooth neighbors in Indio were Erik Sauliltis and Georgia of Danceprints. They are from Minnesota and made a joking comment about the strange “pine trees” in...
by Vicki Bolen | Jan 26, 2017 | Art Shows
We have set up our Little Bird de Papel booth at the Southwest Art Festival in Indio, CA. The weather is beautiful and my Tyvek cranes are dancing in the breeze. Among our offerings are my origami earrings, handmade art cards, original wall art, and, of course,...