
The Winner of our Sweepstakes: Week #2!
June 24, 2010, 17:09 pm Posted by LarkCongratulations to Lynn of Asheville, NC! Lynn commented on our site, and her name was selected at random to win last week’s sweepstakes prize: 15 of Lark’s latest craft titles. Thanks for participating, Lynn!
We wanted to learn a bit more about Lynn, and she enthusiastically provided us with a quick bio and some great responses to our interview questions. Here’s a bit more about Lynn, her shop, Frivoli-tea, and her creative endeavors:
Lynn is an artist and crafter. She and her husband arrived in Asheville in 1999. Two children quickly followed. In between raising their children and assisting with several art-related programs, Lynn began to explore art and craft for herself in numerous different media. She has experimented with everything from jewelry-making to paper collage, and in doing so has developed a wide range of skills. Inspired by her love of all things artsy, Lynn recently opened a small art and craft supply shop called Frivoli-tea. You can learn more about Lynn and her shop at www.frivoli-tea.com or www.frivoli-tea.blogspot.com.
Lark Crafts: How do you like to spend your creative time?
Lynn: I enjoy experimenting with different media, as I have not yet settled on one that I claim as my own. And as the years pass, I find that each skill that I have learned while experimenting with various media comes in handy. For example, I use the wire-working skills that I picked up from jewelry-making to attach elements to my mixed media work. I use paint and rubber stamping in my collages. I guess if I ever need to really define what I do artistically, I will call myself a mixed-media artist/crafter.
Lark: Where do you find inspiration in your life?
Lynn: Craft books, magazines, and blogs inspire me to no end. I often come up with ideas for my own projects as a result of seeing how materials are used or elements combined in published or blogged about projects. For example, I once saw an adorable mixed media teapot created from a small milk carton. I set about to create my own using a tea bag box as the base. When I finished, my project looked nothing like the teapot that had served as my inspiration. But seeing that original teapot really got my creative juices flowing!
Lark: Now that the long, sunny days of summer are here, do you have a creative to-do list that you’re working on?
Lynn: My current creative to-do list is filled by getting my studio in order in our newly-renovated house. I have a basement room that is all mine to do with what I want. During these sweltering days of summer, I plan to spend hours cleaning, organizing, and decorating that cool basement room so that I can be super productive once fall arrives. Thanks again for the wonderful books. I can’t wait to get my hands on them!!!
congratulatoins
a whole basement studio sounds nice *_*
Hi and thanks for the congrats. Just to clarify: It is not a whole basement studio. it is just a room in the basement:) And I am *thrilled* to be getting these books. I will definitely put them to good use!!!
2 and counting!
Enjoy!!
Congrats! Always great to win something. Even better when it can inspire creativity!!
My creative organizational project is the same as Lynn's. I too will be cleaning and arranging my cool basement room into a studio for my jewelry work this summer, I feel lucky to have the space for myself and can't wait to get started on those creative projects!
Lucky Girl!!!
Very well written post. It will be helpful to anybody who employess it, as well as me. Keep doing what you are doing – for sure i will check out more posts.