http://papershine.com the art of learning Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:45:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a poster I made for Abe for Christmas. There's a rainbow skid steer loader up on our wall right now. Coming soon, a birthday version of the same poster!   http://papershine.com/archives/2009/01/01/new-poster/ After a long hiatus on updating this blog, I have started adding new content as papershine prepares for the New Year. I've added a new page on planning with a PATH, as well as a PATH tutorial. I've also added some new art cards, including these of stonework completed at my ... http://papershine.com/archives/2008/12/10/recent-updates/ For the last four years (working on five) Kristin and Marc have been creating their own distinctive Christmas cards designs. The simple black and white collages have become a beloved tradition, eagerly awaited by family and friends. Start your tradition by sending your loved ones and colleagues these elegant and ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/11/10/100/ On Friday Papershine hosted it's first Poster Party and Art Show at the West End Bakery in West Asheville. The event was to celebrate the creation of Papershine- our educational design studio- and the release of Learning Murals, our first product line. The event was well-attended by the under-7 set ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/08/12/poster-party/ On Sunday evening we hung the show with a lot of help from Reid. It looks great and fills the walls well. We may add one more poster after the show, but that's too much to think about right now, with trying to get everything together in time for Friday.   This ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/08/07/the-show-is-up/ This is a small sample from the Friends with Hobbies Learning Mural. Kristin and I completed this one as a 'sampler' to show several different media on a single poster. This fellow is done with collage- mostly from toy catalogs, magazine ads and origami paper- and magic marker. The butterfly ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/08/04/media-sampler/ This poster just arrived in the mail from Lucy, Chelsea and Amy Gartland, a family of artist-friends from Rhode Island. It's at the framers right now, getting matted for the show. It even includes a couple of pages from Mo Willems' book, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." By the ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/08/01/new-masterpiece/ Practice the alphabet with this Learning Mural. Animals, toys and household items help your young ones learn their ABC's. When it's time to take the poster down, turn it into an alphabet book, or even your own dictionary. This is the last poster that will be completed before the Poster ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/07/29/newest-poster/ ASHEVILLE, NC – Papershine, an educational design studio, is hosting its first free Poster Party and Art Show at Asheville’s West End Bakery on August 10th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Families and kids of all ages are invited to color Learning Murals- gigantic educational coloring posters- and enjoy ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/07/27/coloring-poster-party-and-art-show/ We are getting ready for the offical launch of our new Learning Murals on August 10th in at the West End Bakery here in Asheville. The art show will hang on August 5th and be up until the end of September. Sirus, Jerome and Sara colored in a copy of ... http://papershine.com/archives/2007/07/15/show-prep-cyrus-jerome-sara-the-red-stick-ramblers/