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This month I’ve been pulling together the articles for issue 5 of Astarte’s Mega-Zine. The theme is “Dreaming”. The articles have been so content-rich! Catherine McArdle, my associate editor said she kept forgetting she was supposed to be editing as she read through these articles because each one was so enthralling.
I designed this double-sided doll […]

I went into the studio intending to make an accordion book. I picked up a deck of cards from my box of collage papers. The next thing I know, I’ve built a little house.
 

A house of cards. It is a metaphor, is it not, for something flimsy; impermanent. A house of cards is at risk […]

In his first project, Arrigo started with an idea and figured out how to express that through a doll – his talisman. (Read his post below.)
I started the challenge in a kind of reverse fashion – I made a couple of paper dolls then considered what they represented to me.
I had some eye clipart print-outs […]