Being Published: The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry
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Days like yesterday is one of the reasons why I like to going to the mailbox. I picked up the mail yesterday and found a letter from Lark Books telling me that they are going to include a photo of one of my jewelry pieces in their upcoming book, The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry. Lark Books specializes in publishing craft and art related books. This new title from them is about the art of making jewelry from paper, will have about 40 projects on making paper jewelry, and will feature works from contemporary jewelry artists working in paper. The book is scheduled to come out in December of this year, and unless things change (these projects can sometimes be delayed or cancelled without warning), my jewelry will be included in the book! Woo hoo!
Naturally, I’m excited about the prospect of being published in a book. I’ve been published twice before in magazines, but a book seems so much more permanent. I’m also curious about the other artists that are going to be featured in the book and what their work looks like. There are a lot of jewelers in the world. Typically jewelry is one of the biggest categories at craft events, and as such the one of the hardest to get juried into. There might be a lot of jewelers in the world, not a lot of us paper jewelers..that is if what I see in galleries and shows are any indication. I do know of some. Holly Ann Mitchell is one artist who I’m frequently mistaken for. She makes bracelets out of neat things like newspaper, sugar packets, and lottery tickets. Another artist I’ve recently read about in Crafts, a magazine published in the UK, is Naoko Yoshizawa. She makes playful and colorful jewelry out of folded paper strips and metal. With all the talent out there, it will be interesting to see who else is in the book.
Lark will be sending me a copy of the book once it’s published. I’ll post about this again once I get the book in my hands. Double woo-hoo!
[tags]Lark Books, publishing, paper jewelry, jewelry[/tags]
