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Spokane Art and Garden Show

June 17, 2010

This is just a quick note to let everyone know that my daughter, Jessie Rasche, will be showing her oil paintings at the Spokane in Bloom art and garden show this Saturday, June 19. The South Hill gardeners will be showing off their flowers, and each garden will have space where leading Spokane artists can [...]

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Our Intentional Community Discussion Revisited

April 12, 2010

About 8 months ago we had a very interesting discussion on this blog about the concept of an intentional artists’ community. I think the discussion was so interesting because people who play around with paper mache are almost guaranteed to have great ideas about other parts of life, as well. After all, we take products [...]

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Art Projects in School – A Serious Question

April 7, 2010

I have some concerns about something I’ve learned from a few of the emails and comments I receive on this blog. The issue has to do with teachers, at all grade levels, assigning art projects to be done at home without teaching the students any of the skills they’ll need to successfully complete the assignments. [...]

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Snow Geese, Oil Painting by Jessie Rasche

Win an Original Oil Painting by Jessie Rasche

March 23, 2010

Exciting things are happening over at my daughter’s blog this week. She’s giving away one of her beautiful small oil paintings to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her blog. But that’s not all. In addition to the gallery exhibit during the month of March, she was also interviewed by a local reporter about her art, [...]

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Jessie’s Oil Paintings – Spokane Gallery Show

March 3, 2010

My daughter, Jessie Rasche, has been invited to present her work in a gallery in Spokane, beginning this Friday and continuing all through March. As you can imagine, the family is rather pumped up about it. I’ll let you tell you about it herself: I am having my first art show in a gallery this [...]

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Paper Mache Sputnik – Ideas Needed

February 28, 2010

(Note 3/6/2010 – see how Suzy’s project turned out at the end of this post) I received an email today from Suzy, asking for help with her daughter’s school project, and we’re hoping you can add to the suggestions I came up with. (I’m amazed by the number of people who are brought back to [...]

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How to Protect Your Hands While Working with Paper Mache?

February 21, 2010

This morning Liz left a question on a previous post, and it’s one of those questions that you may be better at answering than I am. I’m sure she isn’t the only one who has hands that get dry when working with paper mache. Here’s her question: I have a very practical and basic papier [...]

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Fear of Drawing? Sculpture Anxiety? Creative Block?

February 2, 2010

Do you have potential paintings or sculptures in your  mind that are so real you can close your eyes and touch the surface of the canvas, or walk entirely around the piece, exploring it’s every detail? Do you have a short story or a novel in your mind that’s so real you can see yourself [...]

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Storing Paper Mache in Hot, Humid Climate???

January 2, 2010

How can you store paper mache Christmas ornaments so they’ll still be beautiful next year? Your suggestions are welcome. Hi Everyone. A reader sent me a question I can’t answer, and I’m hoping you can help her out. She lives in Texas, and she wants to know the best way to protect a pair of [...]

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