Atelierartisanal's Blog

When I began this blog a few years ago, I envisioned the possibility of it becoming a discussion forum by attracting like minded others.  Though it may certainly be attracting those like minded others I envisioned (at least according to the blog stats), the interactivity is not what I had hoped.  So, OK, I give up. Let this blog be what it already is,  my own personal blog.  I try to create informative posts illustrating my various challenges and experiments.  People are, as always, welcome to post comments, questions, information or links here – according to the appropriate category  – anything that relates to the knowledgeable use of craft in making fine art. 

To be fair, there are some great forums already out there  full of rich experience, depending on your speciality and interest.  For informative  troubleshooting these three are my own personal favorites : WET Canvas – especially for oils, acrylics and alkyds; the Society of Tempera Painters  – for egg tempera enthusiasts; AMIEN a non-profit forum managed by knowledgeable conservators.   To my knowledge, fresco and encaustic are not yet well represented in an informative yet disinterested format.  If someone knows contrarywise, I’d welcome the link.

Anyway, this blog began by transposing the technical info from my own personal gallery website .  That info had been there for years, but has now become interactive.  The information then is from my own knowledge and experience (very little of it came from my university years in art studio).  It has been arranged into various categories according to the topics on the right.  Additionally, I am continually adding to that knowledge through new projects.  Thus the blog format works very well as an archive for documenting “works-in-progress”.  

I am not setting myself up as an expert of any sort (other than that of experimentation) and I would not encourage anyone else to do so, either.  Let this space be the kind of open, informative possibility that the internet fosters. To comment on a particular post,  just click on the small word “Comment” at the end of the text, create a user name and supply an email address (for WordPress validation and not for me) and you’re off and running.  Abusive content, personal advertisements and spamming, etc… will be banned.  Otherwise, please consider yourself welcome – and have at it!