Lisa Myers Bulmash 12/25/15 Lisa Myers Bulmash 12/25/15

Peace on earth

However you celebrate Christmas (or don't), I hope it's with people who cherish you as much as you cherish them. I'm going to listen to "The Little Drummer Boy" on repeat. Merry Christmas!

Lisa Myers Bulmash 12/18/15 Lisa Myers Bulmash 12/18/15

Artist Trust At Large: getting YOUR word out

We're going to do something different for January's Artist Trust At Large presentation: a webinar viewing party! This gathering will be laser-focused on helping artists get the word out about their work.

During the webinar, you'll learn how to create a strong online presence. You'll also get the basics of developing a social media strategy, plus tips about effective websites, courtesy of marketing consultant Kelsye Nelson. She's also an author and instructor who teaches the University of Washington's Business of Digital Publishing course.

The webinar will be streamed live statewide. I'll host the in-person portion of the event, gathering Seattle-area artists to help them network after the webinar. Details:

Please register here, especially if the whole Marketing Thing freaks you out. It's a gentle, FREE way to ease yourself into presenting your work online. See you soon!

Lisa Myers Bulmash 12/11/15 Lisa Myers Bulmash 12/11/15

The Great Mystery Project: getting a head start

I'd meant to start on the Great Mystery Project (the GMP) in January, but the ideas are coming right now. So I'm getting a head start with some prep work.

These will be similar to the washboard-mounted altered books I completed a few months ago. I've culled potentially useful text and images.

Next I'll seal the text block (all the pages) together. Normally I use a couple of trigger clamps to hold things in place while the gel medium dries.

But that section has to dry before I add more gel medium to the next section. Which slows things down, even if I speed things along a little with a heat gun. So I'm making book presses to hold the text block in place.

The presses are simple: vinyl cutting boards, carriage bolts and wing nuts. (The colors set my teeth on edge slightly, but these boards were cheaper than the bamboo ones.) On to smearing gluey stuff all over the place!