Ten Two Studios » Meet the Design Team

Deirdre Attaway

Lisa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:11:16 +0000

Deirdre fell in love with the whole idea of altered art after seeing some domino jewelry online. She started making her own altered art dominos, and eventually became obsessed with artist trading cards, inchies, altered art, and altered art jewelry. Deirdre says, “I always hope to keep challenging myself and learning as I go”.

Here are just a few of the projects Deirdre has designed using products from Ten Two Studios. Recent blog posts showcasing her work can be seen using this link. More of her artwork can be seen on her blog.

Deirdre used a hand-shaped board book for Something Wicked:

Peace Schuyler

Lisa — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:12:28 +0000

Peace has been doodling, glueing, stitching and crafting as long as she can remember. She is self-taught in whichever art seems interesting at the moment, and inspired by an insatiable desire to make something from whatever is available. Peace is proof that creativity can spring out of anyone with ideas and motivation, even with little or no formal schooling or background. She proudly proclaims, “If I can, anybody can!”

Here are just a few of the projects Peace has designed using products from Ten Two Studios. Recent blog posts showcasing Peace’s work can be found using this link. More of her artwork can be seen on her blog and on her Flickr photostream.

Peace used a hand-shaped board book for this project:

For a design team manila challenge, Peace made this clever Day of the Dead calendar:

Peace also made this lovely paper bag book, Summer Girls:

Corinne Stubson

Lisa — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:28:34 +0000

Corinne Stubson is a versatile mixed media artist/teacher who lives in SW Oregon. Her unique work includes altered book art, beeswax collage, handmade journals and more.

Corinne has had book sculptures published in the books New Directions In Altered Books, The Art of Fabric Books and Artist Trading Cards-An Anthology of ATCs. Her ATC’s have been published in the book Artist Trading Card Workshop. Her mixed media art has appeared in Somerset Studios, as well as in several indie ‘zines, most recently in Bad Influence from Ten Two Studios. Corinne’s book art has been exhibited through several art galleries in Oregon, as well as at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago, 2007, Urban Studio Webster in Chicago, and Bayview Book Arts Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.

Here are just a few of the projects Corinne has designed using products from Ten Two Studios. Recent blog posts containing her work can be found using this link. More of Corinne’s artwork can be seen on her web site and through her art blog.

Corinne also made this triptych using a hand shaped board book:

Corinne also made this Zombie Scrapbook for Halloween:

Corinne made this book using a pile of manila surfaces, and some of the Italian themed collage goodies:

Corinne also made this paper bag book, Homage to My Mothers:

Carolyn Brady

Lisa — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:26:28 +0000

Carolyn Brady had dabbled in drawing, painting, collage, needlework, and other traditional arts since childhood, before finally discovering that she could combine all these together through mixed-media altered art. Her current obsessions include art quilts, small assemblages and ATCs. She has taught classes in altered books, altered art and collage and is the organizer of the Milwaukee Artist Trading Card group.

Here are some of the projects Carolyn has designed using Ten Two Studios products. Recent blog posts showcasing Carolyn’s art can be viewed using this link. More of Carolyn’s artwork can be seen on her web site and in her Flickr photostream.

Carolyn made this lovely Japanese book using a hand shaped board book:

Carolyn made this Dearly Departed book using a brown waterfall bag book, and tons of the Day of the Dead themed items:

Carolyn made this book, titled Characters in Search of a Novel, using 4×6 tabbed pages and manila envelopes:

Carolyn also made this paper bag book, The Manly Book of Men:

Livia Hajovsky

Lisa — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:28:02 +0000

Livia has made drawings and doodles since early childhood. She became a technical artist and a draftsman, working in the oil industry, architectural interiors, and early computer design and manufacturing. She now embraces as many mediums as she can.

Here are just a few of the projects Livia has made using products from Ten Two Studios. Recent blog posts showcasing Livia’s art can be found using this link. More of Livia’s work can be seen on her blog and her Flickr photostream.

Livia made this book, inspired by Dickens’ David Copperfield, using manila tabbed pages and tags:

Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser

Lisa — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:29:11 +0000

Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser is a full time mixed media lettering artist and calligraphy maverick living in southeast Michigan. When she’s not busy writing and producing the No Shelves Zine, she is on the road selling her art at fairs and festivals throughout the country.

Here are just a few of the projects Patti has designed using products from Ten Two Studios. Recent blog posts showing Patti’s artwork can be viewed using this link. More of Patti’s work can be seen on her web site, and in the daily eye candy posts on the Ten Two Studios blog.

Patti also made this paper bag book, A Woman’s Place:

Join the Design Team!

Lisa — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:13:24 +0000

I am always looking for creative, enthusiastic mixed-media and altered artists who know how to think outside the box to join the Ten Two Studios design team. This team works with the products I design to create interesting projects for the front page blog.

I’m looking for:

Artists who are already creating at the top of their game, and can show me a large photo gallery of mixed-media and altered art.
Artists who can produce on demand, according to a deadline, and who can take direction. You should be someone who can find inspiration in anything that’s thrown at you.
Artists who have open minds, and broad styles. This means you should feel equally comfortable producing romantic and girlie, or dark and creepy.
At this time, I am only looking for artists who live in the United States, due to the cost of shipping supplies.

I’m NOT looking for:

Artists whose creative focus is rubber stamping, scrapbooking, painting, drawing or beading.
Artists who are already designing their own products. If you’ve already gone into business designing the types of products I produce, having you on the team would present a conflict of interest due to the types of conversations I have with the team.
Artists who are expecting to design products. Design team members do not participate in the actual product designs, beyond the occasional brainstorming session or suggestion.
Artists who already belong to multiple design teams, or to teams that produce products similar to mine.
In exchange for their work and good humor, design team members enjoy a variety of benefits including:
- FREE products from Ten Two Studios to use in their artwork.
- A FREE subscription to The Monthly Muse.
- Inside information on what’s going on behind the scenes.
- Promotion on the Ten Two Studios site, and through my weekly newsletter. This gets your work in front of over 4,500 subscribers every week!
- Occasional private projects, such as altered book round robins and swaps.
Does this sound like your kind of thing? If so, please fill out the following form completely (all fields in this form are required, and must contain information in order for the form to be sent):
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Please make sure you send ALL the details listed in ONE contact form message, and that your email and web addresses are correct. I’m looking for folks who can follow directions, so this is your first test!