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Interviews with artists and crafters
VintageImageCraft
is honored to bring you exclusive interviews with artists, crafters and authors who are recognized for their
creative
use of vintage images and ephemera. |
When we created VintageImageCraft, we wanted to inspire you to find new
and interesting ways to use vintage images, clip art, and antique
ephemera in your crafting and scrapbooking. We set about creating
unique crafts and projects, not much thinking about where our own
inspiration was coming from. Looking back, it should have been obvious
to us: we've spent countless hours in bookstores bent over new craft
books, analyzing the photos. After surfing the Internet for only a few
minutes, one of us will usually call out, "Come take a look at this
great craft!" If we like a crafter's blog, we have to plow through
months of archives to see and read everything.
From these, we
get our ideas and our goals - and sometimes a little healthy,
motivational envy.
In other words, we are inspired by the artistic work of
others. We get energy from seeing someone do something really
well. We are especially inspired when we can hear directly from artists
and crafters about their influences and challenges, so
we can better appreciate their creativity. Even more - the
good advice, insider tips and surprising insights from a true
professional are often worth their weight in gold. We think you'll find
the same.
Intimate
interviews
This month, we want to share our conversation with Jessica Helfand, graphic designer, educator, and author of the celebrated study of America's most popular autobiographical pastime - Scrapbooks: An American History. And
a great inspiration!
 | Jessica Helfand is
a Yale professor of graphic design, and a student of scrapbooks,
humanity's autobiographical artifacts, so artfully analyzed in her
book, Scrapbooks: An American History.
Read her complete interview here. |  | Jo Packham
built her 30-year publishing career by nurturing the artistic
careers of others. In the process, she discovered a life's mission - to
bring together a global community of women artists.
Read her complete interview here. |  | Melynda Van Zee is a teacher, painter, and scrapbook artist - and she brought them all together in her unique book, Painted Scrapbook Pages. For Melynda, it is all about passion. Read her complete interview here. |  | Carol Duvall
is known as the "Queen of Crafting" for a reason. She has been teaching
and nurturing the joy of "making things" on TV and in person for 58
years so far - and she has a lot to say about the experience! Read her complete interview here. |  | Marie Browning may
be one of the most prolific and creative authors of craft books, but
she is undoubtedly one of the most generous as well. You can feel
her enthusiasm as she talks about the value of handmade gifts. Read her complete interview here. |  | Anna Corba enchants the senses with her vintage-look creations. Learn about her books, including Vintage Paper Crafts and Making Memory Boxes, and some of her secrets for making "brand-new old things." Read her complete interview here. |  | Nancy Ward may
know more about glues and adhesives than your average chemist, but at
heart she is a teacher. Her books on stamping, fabric painting, and
"sticky stuff" have opened creative doors for so many. Read her complete interview here. |
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Sandra
Evertson talks about her influences
and accomplishments in art, writing, and rubber stamp and scrapbook
design, as
well as her
excitement over the new magazine, Where
Women Create. Read
her complete interview here. |
 | Debba Haupert, author of The New Book of Image Transfer, reveals the secrets to her many careers - an artistic lineage and many, many girlfriends. Read her complete interview here. |
With inspiration, we develop a vision of what we want to accomplish,
new ideas about how we can do it, and a passion to get it done. We hope
that these interviews with artists and authors bring a little inspiration
into your
work and your life.
Make a suggestion...
Would you like to read an interview with one of your favorite artists, designers or crafters who uses vintage images? Write us a note,
and tell us who you like and why, and hopefully how to find her or him
(email, blog, company, or general geographic location). We'll do our
best!!
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