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Dear Readers,

Since I have been a member of the arthobbycraft.com community, I have befriended many wonderful and creative people. I have enjoyed all of the comments, compliments, assistance and conversations. Seeing such a variety of talent is a joy. Little did I ever think that my work would become an inspiration to so many. Every week I hear from at least 20 or so members...many seeking advice and help on their projects in order to improve upon their creative endeavors.

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Added by Ron Gutman on August 29, 2010 at 1:17pm — 2 Comments

HOW CAN I SELL MY ARTWORKS????

THIS IS A QUESTION I AM ASKED ALL THE TIME.

Well the answer is with a lot of hard work. The first thing that all artists and artisans have to come to terms with is, they have to be honest with themself, step back and say to themself, would they pay for that particular piece of art or craft. That is what the buyers are going to say. The buyer is looking for something that is unique, good quality and value for money. Unless your are a very well kno

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Added by Glenn Farquhar on July 21, 2010 at 4:30am — 8 Comments

TIPS FOR CREATING INTERIOR DECOR ABSTRACT ART

SOME HELPFUL HINTS FOR NEW ARTISTS

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Added by Glenn Farquhar on July 17, 2010 at 11:43pm — 2 Comments

A New Project - Cold Porcelain Wrist Corsages

I've been a little busy the last few weeks trying to figured out how to make a wrist cold porcelain corsage for my daughter and her friend.
It was a new project; for my daughter's friend I did one with pink roses, but like my daughter didn't want roses, she wanted green dendrobium orchids, I had to think out of the box; and the big challenge besides trying to make my flower looks like dendrobiums; it was "build" both corsages over the wrist holder,

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Added by Patty Kono on June 15, 2010 at 1:02pm — 5 Comments

Week Forty Two of My Weekly Creative Challenge

A "Light & Airy" Week Forty Two

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Added by Allison B. on June 13, 2010 at 10:33am — 2 Comments

Craft Style WordPress Theme Released - A Craft or Kids Website Design Solution

Craft or Kids Focused Website Design Solution:

New Release - View Demo Here: Craft Style WordPress Theme Using the

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Added by Diane Stafford on June 7, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

PENCIL DRAWING - LANDSCAPE

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Added by akhilkrishna jayanth on June 4, 2010 at 11:04am — 3 Comments

Week Forty One of My Weekly Creative Challenge

Stepping into the "

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Added by Allison B. on May 30, 2010 at 9:22am — 1 Comment

Three more eBooks by ThaiflowerArt

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Added by Tarapat van Gulik on May 29, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Week Forty of My Weekly Creative Challenge

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Added by Allison B. on May 16, 2010 at 11:40pm — 3 Comments

Week Thirty Nine of My Weekly Creative Challenge

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Added by Allison B. on May 9, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments

Mothers Day Special

Today is Mothers Day , I lost my mom long ago but her smile , her fragnance and warmth still lingers in my memories. I have created this cold porcelain flower basket wrapped in her thoughts. She would have been happy to see me making beautiful flowers and keeping myself busy come what may ! Continue

Added by Anita Kumar on May 9, 2010 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

Week Thirty Eight of My Weekly Creative Challenge

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Added by Allison B. on May 2, 2010 at 8:08pm — 1 Comment

Week Thirty Seven of My Weekly Creative Challenge

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Added by Allison B. on April 25, 2010 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Art research

An idea that I have had for sometime is searching and obtaining particular pictures, views, scenes etc. of towns, villages and cities in the UK that may be wanted by ex-pats, or people that have visited and wished I had got that before I left! If there is someone out there who is in this position, then I would be pleased to help.
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Added by William John Price on April 21, 2010 at 3:56pm — 1 Comment

Are Lamasa and cold porcelain same ?

Hello friends,

Is lamasa just a Spanish name for Cold Porcelain ? I found that lamasa recipe excludes water like some c p recipes and rest of the method and ingredients are common. I have heard a lot about lamasa but not much about c p except now.

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Added by Anita Kumar on April 2, 2010 at 3:00am — 7 Comments

Jewelry I-Week 3 The Process of Annealing

When applying texture to metals such as silver by hammering etc., the properties of the metal become altered and may weaken the metal. The annealing process is then applied in order to restore the metal to its’ original properties condition.

This process is performed by applying heat with a torch evenly throughout the piece while achieving an amber glow and then cooling

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Added by Danielle Renee Mullen on March 30, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

My New 'CLAY FLOWER SCULPTURES' Video

Hello everyone!

Here is my latest video I have just completed on my Sculpted Clay Flowers. It has been much fun putting it together and quite the learning experience. I am also working on a website which I hope to launch soon. There will be more to come.Here is the link to YouTube to view the video and turn up your sound. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9YNGUTOzJw

Ron Gutman

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Added by Ron Gutman on March 28, 2010 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

Fuschias by Anita Kumar

Last month we went on a short vacation to a hill station and I saw the most amazing flowers which I had never seen before. Back home I found out that they were Fuschias and tried my hand at recreating them in cold porcelain. If I could I would have grown them in my garden, alas , they need a cool climate !