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Hope is the most supreme form
of
defiance. We must learn the comforts of haziness & be at rest beneath
veils of fog
--Katherine Vaz
General
Inspiration:
Camp Sark!
Story
People by Brian Andreas
ZBS Media--Modern Radio
Adventures
join Jack Flanders, Little Freida, Mojo Sam the YooDoo
Man and the whole gang in many wonderful adventures!
Keith E. Lo
Bue
Found object art, amazing.
Beads
Robin Atkins
Wonderful Bead Embroidery & Purchase her book!
Empyrean Beads
They
specialize
in TINY vintage beads.
Paper Arts
The
Creative Zone!
Wonderful books, kits, & classes, don't miss this
website!
Turtle Press
hand carved
art stamps, altered books, classes & turtles galore!
Sherrill Kahn
art stamps
and projects. The doll stamps are beautiful and unusual.
Adorned SurfacesHome of
Mars Tokyo Stamps
The Studio
An
inspirational zine.
Studio Buttons
Mary Dyer's Beaded
Buttons
Kay's Art
Buttons
Connie's
Bisque Babies
Judy Tamagno's Buttons
Mary
Whitaker's Painted Buttons
Glass Art
Theresa
Batty photo sensitized cast glass.
Martin Blank Sculpted
Glass
Dale Chihuly Blown Glass
Dolls
Brionie Vardon Williams
Rice
Freeman-Zachery
of Dancing Cat Studio & Voodoo Cafe
Annie Mayer Hesse
Aunt
Molly's Doll Links
Melinda Small Patterson
Yeti Doll
Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll
Art
Sara Austin's Cloth
Dolls
fiber arts and more
Lalasland
Fabric
collages, dolls, & more! Very inspirational site!
Turtle Moon Studio
quilts,
painted furniture & more
Supplies & Materials
Ultrascraps A source for
Ultraseude.
Doll Stands
Independent Book Store
Fremont Place Book Co.
Megan Noel's favorite place to buy books. Did you know that your local
independent book store can order most books for you in a day or two?
Sometimes the big faceless on-line bookstores have better "deals" but then
you
have to pay shipping! Also isn't it nice to know you are supporting your
community? & Isn't it a lot more fun to broose a lovely little shop than a
great big website? FPB has a frequent buyers club, too! All that and
they know my name WITHOUT having to put cookies on my computer. What more
could you ask for?
Other Resources
Inspirational Books
One Bead at a Time by
Robin Atkins
The Griffin & Sabine trilogy by Nick Bantock
The Artful Dodger by Nick Bantock
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Life, Paint & Passion by Nichell Cassou & Stewart Cubley
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
Off the Beading Path by Nancy Eha
The Art Of Fabric Collage by Rosemary Eichorn
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Zen of seeing by Frederick Franck
Zen Drawing, Zen Seeing by Frederick Franck
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Waking Up in America by Natalie Goldberg
An Artist Paints her World by Natalie Goldberg
Spilling Open by Sabrina Ward Harrison
There is nothing wrong with you: regardless of what you've been taught to
believe by Cheri Huber
Stamp Art by Sharilyn Miller
Creating Texture in Pen & Ink with watercolor by Claudia Nice
Painting Nature in Pen & Ink with Watercolor by Claudia Nice
Anatomy of a Doll by Susanna Oroyan
Designing the Doll by Susanna Oroyan
Interior Alchemy: Secrets to creating Expressive Ambience by Rebecca
Purcell
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
A Creative Companion by Sark
Inspiration Sandwich by Sark
Transformation Soup by Sark
Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton
Poemcrazy: Freeing your life with words by Susan Goldsmith Woolridge
Magazines
Belle
Armoire
Somerset
Studio
The Studio
Soft Dolls & Animals
Ornament
Bead & Button
Beadwork
Fiction to disassemble your worldview via:
First you should know, I love to read. All kinds of books. But here
I have only listed the sorts of books that make you stop and scrabble
frantically for a pencil to take notes and write things down, the sort of
books that contain scentences so beautiful you want to write them down or
memorize them. Lots of books are fun to read, but what I really love is
to read a book that is well written, each word lovingly set into
place. Points for a Compass Rose by Evan S. Connell (poetry)
Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel by Evan S. Connell
(Poetry)
Evan S. Connell tells the history of the world in disjointed
order within these two books which comprise a long prose-poem.
Other poets I enjoy are ee cummings, Leonard Cohen & Emily Dickinson,
to name a few.
Views from the Oldest House by Richard Grant
My
favorite book of all time, a story of archetypes set at the end of modern
civilization, when all the old stories start repeating themselves (as old
stories do) but with surreal twists...
See Under:
Love
by David Grossman
The Book of Intimate Grammer by David Grossman
David Grossman is
one
is
Israel's major modern writers. I find his work original and moving.
Sweet Days of Disclipline by Fleur Jaeggy
A very unusual book
translated from French and set in Switzerland. The style is sparce and
haunting.
Saudade by Katherine Vaz
Portuguese magical realism. The language
is lush and original, very sensual and feminine.
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
fairy tales that Grimms
never expected.