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Here are just a few of the wonderful articles from inside the May/June 2003 issue of Somerset Studio®

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Jurassic Jewelry by Amy Wellenstein
Use your rubber stamps to create polymer clay molds, which are then used to fashion relief images that really stand out! Using black clay, the artist bakes her relief images and then rubs them all over with white paint to create an "antique" surface. And that’s just the beginning ….
Spackle Cave Paintings by Lana Thompson
Experimenting with spackle, sand and gravel, the artist discovered a new way to use old materials in her paintings. A simple stencil, some paint and a creative mind are all you need to add texture and pizzazz to your compositions.


Susan Denniston’s Stone-Age Books
Meet Susan Denniston, a woman who makes artist books out of river rocks!

Also in The Book Artist:
The Victoria Artists’ Book Exchange by Trisha Klus and funky little artist books from Sandra Lupton.
Mélange: Museology, retro art, The Creative Zone, and more!
In this issue: Kissed by the MUSEology, Rebecca Lundstrom Trawick’s retro art (think 50s!), Michael and Judy Jacobs of The Creative Zone, Bobby Beasley’s Perfect Process, fabulous collage art from Christine Adolph, collage clips (FREE clip-art), and more.


Artist Portfolio: Miriam Schaer
"It's much more effective to have a little bit of a sense of humor to engage people in a dialog, rather than to hit them over the head with what you’re trying to say,' says Miriam Schaer, a New York artist whose foundation garments have been transformed into arty books. Her work tells the stories of women and their relationships with their bodies. With their wearers absent, these garments speak for themselves!