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April Gavin Art
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...
April Gavin
Nov 11, 2019
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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...
April Gavin
Sep 22, 2019
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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...
April Gavin
Jul 20, 2019
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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...
April Gavin
May 13, 2019
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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...
April Gavin
Mar 12, 2019
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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,...
April Gavin
Dec 1, 2018
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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. ...
April Gavin
Oct 13, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
Sep 15, 2018
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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....
April Gavin
Sep 1, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
Aug 18, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
Aug 4, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
May 21, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
Mar 17, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
Jan 27, 2018
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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...
April Gavin
Dec 15, 2017
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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...
April Gavin
Oct 23, 2017
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Books + bowls
Greetings, Over the weekend I took a fantastic class at Kala with instructor Elaine Chu. Elaine is a super enthusiastic teacher who...
April Gavin
Aug 7, 2017
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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...
April Gavin
May 20, 2017
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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...
April Gavin
May 1, 2017
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