Hang In There
Greetings, Is everyone feeling like Opossum these days? Upside down, hanging on by your tail, with an "Oh Dear!" look on your face. A...
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April Gavin Art
April Gavin
- Sep 23, 2019
Another World + Craft Dating part 4
Greetings Everyone, For the last few months, I've been subscribing to textile artist Bobbi Baugh and am enjoying her technique and her...
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April Gavin
- Jul 20, 2019
Amid the Burning and Craft Dating part 2
New Art: Greetings, Before I go back to teaching for the next two weeks, I wanted to share what just came out of the studio. This small...
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April Gavin
- May 13, 2019
Studio Ready - Art Happening
Greetings Everyone, I'm finally back to work in my new studio and it is a dream to work in. First thing is to get my samples ready for...
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April Gavin
- Mar 12, 2019
Spring!
Greetings everyone, For those of you in the bay area, the beginning of Spring is glorious. It's been a while since I've posted primarily...
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April Gavin
- Dec 1, 2018
Winter Craft Fair
Greetings, I'll be vending at the Ecology Center's winter craft fair in Berkeley on three consecutive Saturdays - December 8th, 15th,...
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April Gavin
- Oct 13, 2018
TURTLE!
I have a few different projects to share this time. As you can tell by the title, I'm super excited about sharing my first project. ...
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April Gavin
- Sep 15, 2018
Flax Artist in Residency
Greetings, For those of you who couldn't be there, I wanted to share last weekend's adventure with you. It was a very mellow and nice...
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April Gavin
- Sep 1, 2018
Artist in Residency - It's real!
https://flaxart.com/stores/workshops-events/ The link above proves that it's real. I'm really doing this next weekend from noon to four....
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April Gavin
- Aug 18, 2018
Ideo Bookbinding Event
Greetings, Weird of me to have two posts so close together, but I wanted to share with everyone the event I did this past Thursday at...
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April Gavin
- Aug 4, 2018
Roller Coaster
Just in case you forgot the song - here we go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VH6yD8zobM It's been such a long time since I've posted...
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April Gavin
- May 21, 2018
Vanity of the Onion
Greetings, Now that all the audits for my non-profit clients are complete and before I go into summer camp mode, I wanted to update...
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April Gavin
- Mar 17, 2018
Drawing part 2
Greetings, Yesterday was the last meeting of the drawing class I shared with y'all last time. I'm going to miss participating in this...
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April Gavin
- Jan 27, 2018
Mixed Media Madness
Greetings, I've been getting ready for Camp 510 this summer. They asked me to teach 3 weeks this summer. I will be sending out an...
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April Gavin
- Dec 15, 2017
More collage using beeswax and encaustic paints
Greetings, Sometimes, Scout relaxes long enough for me to make some art. He's up to 4 hours in the studio with a 30 minute walk...
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April Gavin
- Oct 23, 2017
One for the books!
Greetings, It's been forever since I posted. I've had one of those times where crap just kept piling up. When I thought it couldn't...
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April Gavin
- Aug 7, 2017
Books + bowls
Greetings, Over the weekend I took a fantastic class at Kala with instructor Elaine Chu. Elaine is a super enthusiastic teacher who...
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April Gavin
- May 20, 2017
Gourd practice #5
With each gourd, I try a new medium. This time I attempted oil paint sticks, inktense pencils, and Golden heavy-body acrylic paint. Too...
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April Gavin
- May 1, 2017
Next lesson from the gourd
Yesterday was a busy day. I set some fabric to dyeing while I worked on this gourd piece. I try not to get attached to the results...
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