Category Archives: papercrafting

063: Julie Loves Learning

artist, balance, classes, Failure, harvard art museums, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, lecture, MFA Boston, museums, paper marbling, papercrafting, Podcast, quilting, timna tarr, winslow homer

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features a conversation about learning in general and four particular learning experiences — the marbling class I shared in yesterday’s blog post, a lecture on Winslow Homer’s Summer Night (see a bit in this vlog), the connoisseurship dinner at the Museum of … Continue reading 063: Julie Loves Learning →

062: After Creativation

art, blogiversary, cha, classes, craft, creativation, creativity, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, MFA Boston, MoMA, papercrafting, Podcast, stamp carving, teaching, trade show

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about new classes, interrupting, the word interesting, the MFA Boston, the Blogiversary, and our visit to Creativation (formerly CHA).  I thought I’d include some photos from Creativation as a companion to the podcast.  Enjoy! I am planning to … Continue reading 062: After Creativation →

046: Not Interesting

art, Australia, cha, clothing, comparison, comparison is the thief of joy, creating every day, creative mistakes, creativity, fashion, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, papercrafting, picasso vs. braque, Podcast, scrapbook, sewing, sketching, travel

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  You’ll have to listen to the podcast if you want to know what the title means!   Here are links to some of the things we chat about on the podcast: Jen Hewett on instagram.  Her #printpatternsew adventure.  And the #memademay16 … Continue reading 046: Not Interesting →

036: On the Paper Trail with Eileen Hull

art, colorbox, craft, creativity, Eileen Hull, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, military, moving, papercrafting, Podcast, scrapbook industry, signature designer, Sizzix, teaching, wedding

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Our guest today is Eileen Hull. Eileen grew up in a large family where there was always an art project in the works. Learning to think creatively has been a huge benefit throughout her life: from thirteen military moves and raising … Continue reading 036: On the Paper Trail with Eileen Hull →

035: At The Ink Pad with Anna & Barbara

art, art vs. craft, cataracts, embossing, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, mixed media, NYC, papercrafting, Podcast, rubber stamps, store, teaching, The Ink Pad

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  We have two guests today, Anna Chiang and Barbara Briskin: Barbara (on the left) is the long-time store manager of The Ink Pad, a rubber stamp store in NYC.   Anna (on the right) is the store owner.  You can read … Continue reading 035: At The Ink Pad with Anna & Barbara →