Part 3 of A Collaborative Artist’s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke

Assembling paper lichens - Rock Wall Accordion Book Part 3 by Ruth Bleakley

This post is the third of a six-part series detailing the assembly of a collaborative book between myself and my friend Chelsea, a talented illustrator as well as print and fiber artist (start at Part 1 here)! If you want to make sure you catch all the steps, you can subscribe via email, or RSS feed. (or just keep [...]

Part 2 of A Collaborative Artist’s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke

Cutting out paper lichens - Rock Wall Accordion Book Part 2 by Ruth Bleakley

This post is the second of a six-part series detailing the assembly of a collaborative book between myself and my friend Chelsea, a talented illustrator as well as print and fiber artist (start at Part 1 here)! If you want to make sure you catch all the steps, you can subscribe via email, or RSS feed. (or just keep [...]

Part 1 of A Collaborative Artist’s Book With My Friend Chelsea Clarke

Rock Wall Accordion Book Part 1 by Ruth Bleakley and Chelsea Clarke

I live in a very scenic part of the country – not only are we surrounded by ocean, but we also have some very lovely woods, including a 300 acre parcel of land gifted to the town, crisscrossed by wooded paths. A local gallery is having a show commemorating the 40th anniversary of the gifting of [...]

This is my bookbinding studio desk!

jars used to sort studio items - pens, paintbrushes and markers

I know I always like to take a peek into other people’s work spaces, and since mine is particularly clean (read: not like an episode of Hoarders) I thought I’d take some pictures to share! I like to surround myself with lots of cool little knick knacks – since this is where I spend a lot [...]

If you ♥ your pet, check out Jenny Baughan’s custom portraits!

Custom Meowstro Portrait by Jenny Baughan

One of my friends who was visiting this us this Labor Day weekend commented “You’re the only friends I can think of who actually buy  other people’s art…and that’s cool!”

I love surrounding myself with creative things (a real-life Pinterest, if you will) and also, how can I hope to be financially supported as an artist but [...]

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