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NEW: I now
accept payment via PayPal. After placing your order and all charges are
finalized, I will send you an invoice/e-mail via PayPal. When payment has
gone through my account item/s will be shipped.
My site is loaded with graphics. Invariably graphic pages take time to download. So I have created an Index page that is text only. The page includes Titles to every page on my web site, a brief description of each page, the date it was created and the web link to that page.
...but if you have time to really browse than please click on one of the two links above.
OR Click on one of the new or updated pages listed below
June 28, 2009 I've just uploaded my two entries into this year's Stampede 2009 Contest. Enjoy June 25, 2009 Someone at American Tombow asked to have one of my cards for their wall and stuff. I initially said I don't think so... but then rethought that, and this is the card I'm sending them Enjoy June 18, 2009 Lots of gilded cards and cards for misc challenges and for CBH challenges. There are just too many to list here, so I'm giving you links to the galleries. You can link via my blog as well to all the individual pages. Enjoy Gilded or Misc Challenges or CBH Challenges June 6, 2009 Two Ritz Glitter workshops with Haroldine & Deanna from British Columbia. Fabulous classes. Here are the cards I made in those classes. Enjoy June 4, 2009 A couple of cards for on line challenges. One using Ecoline inks and another using "Flower Soft". Enjoy
SundayPostcardEcoline
or
LongestJourney May 30, 2009 A ton of ATCs,
using the Tim Holtz technique from below, some embossed using a spider web
template and paper towel backgrounds, and some drinking straw art. Enjoy
THPerfectDistress
or
Straw Art
or
SpiderWeb May 24, 2009 I've done
quite a bit in the past couple of weeks and you can check out my blog for
a bunch of links. Today I saw a vid clip from Tim Holtz doing a Perfect
Distress technique that was really nice. So I tried it out and this is the
result. Enjoy
May 14, 2009 I'm in the
gilding mood and have created a bunch of gilded cards. Well besides being
in the mood, I've been creating them as samples for an upcoming gilding
class I'll be doing in August. They're the first three cards in the
gallery at the moment. Enjoy
May 6, 2009 Took a four day
workshop with Peter Thornton. Pushing the pencil, Pulling the pen and
Decorated letters - Adolf Bernd style. really enjoyed the 4 days. Hope
you enjoy the pics. Enjoy.
April 27, 2009 I made a
bunch of "Spatter & Blob" backgrounds on various papers. There are about 6
cards made with them so far. I'm only putting the link to the gallery.
Just click on any or all that are labeled Spatter Backrounds. Enjoy.
April 24, 2009 A few new
additions. There are several new cards in the More Gallery #2 April 18, 2009 I've done a
few things since last posting here, but I guess the gilding is the most
recent. It's the first four cards at the moment... Enjoy.
March 21, 2009 I just took
a 4 day class with Carrie Imai from California. Fabulous. Lots of pen
manipulation, ideas, using different tools, and just a wealth of
information. We learnt the Neuland hand and Big Bad Bone lettering along
with some monolines using the edge of the pen and more stuff. Enjoy.
March 4, 2009 Another card
made for the CBH Challenges. This one uses calligraphy in conjunction with
rubber stamps. Enjoy.
CBHMar3_Believe_BelieveCard Feb 13,
15, & 18, 2009 BVCG Backgrounds - I made a bunch of backgrounds for our
Guild's Galleria this month and have started to use them. The first one is
on a card and it includes a couple origami tea bag flowers. The second one
is a calligraphic broadside using Pan Pastels for the background and an
eraser for the lettering. The third is with onion skins (the real deal). A
fun project with more experimenting in the future. Enjoy.
BVCG_Bkgrds_OrigamiTeaBag
or
BVCG_Bkgrds_PanPastelsSecret Feb 10, 2009 I've made
several challenge pieces and a bunch of Valentine ATC's. I've just uploaded 2 challenge cards I made, one for ByHand & the other for GG Designs.
I'm putting the link for the main galleries since I'm adding things every
week or so. Enjoy.
Jan 10, 2009 Happy New
Year. It may seem like I haven't done anything in recent days, but I have
been busy creating. I've just uploaded 2 challenge cards I made, one for
ByHand & the other for GG Designs. Enjoy.
CBHJan6_Flourish_Valentine
or
GGSketch1_3Cups Dec 3rd. Another 6 gilded
Xmas cards uploaded. I really love gilding... Enjoy.
Nov 29th. I took a weekend
class again with Betty Locke - wonderful - called "Evoking the Muse". I've
uploaded a
page with the exercises I did in class. Enjoy.
Nov 17th. I uploaded a
couple gilded Xmas cards using some new rubber stamps I recently acquired.
Also uploaded the last 3 envelopes for this year's envelope exchange I was
hosting. Enjoy.
Nov 9th. I uploaded some calligraphic ATC's using a variation of the Uncial
hand. Enjoy.
"Alpha
ATCs"
or
"BVCG
Gold Alpha ATCs"
Nov 6th. I had a wonderful
response to my books and cards at a recent Xmas show I participated
in. Since then I have made a few prototypes of gilded cards. These
use composition gold leaf with the "real" gold leaf card available as a
special order. Enjoy.
Oct 21st. I have
just finished a four day workshop with Georgia Angelopoulos. Wonderful. I
learnt variations on the Uncial hand and Gilding. I created a gallery with
a couple pages of the exemplars and broadsides done during these classes. Enjoy.
Oct 13th. I've
been busy again and also was without internet for a over a week.
Frustrating. I've just uploaded 2 hand bound books I've made. To see all
the other things, check out my blog. Enjoy.
"Double Door Heart" or
"Not
Nuts" Sept 21st. I've
finished another hand bound journal, this time using the Pipe Organ
binding and making it truly a musical journal. Also recently took a class
with Wendy Diedrick called Weight & Texture and I've put the two pieces I
made during that class. I also took a Mini Magenta Class and uploaded all
the cards I made there. Enjoy.
"Pipe Organ Musical"
or
"Wendy Class"
or
"Magenta Class" Sept 18th. I've been
playing with some xmas glass ornaments and enjoying the results. I've put
them in my Nitty Gritty gallery so you can make them too. Enjoy.
Sept 12th. I think
my ego will be showing here. I just finished another Belgian eyelet book
made in the shape of a heart with fabric and lace. I think I've surpassed
myself. I'm going to be hard pressed to let this one go. Enjoy.
Sept 8th. I've
finally bought a couple book binding kits from Quietfire Design. They were
such a breeze to make with well written instructions, diagrams and
templates. Enjoy.
Aug 30 I've finally made
my elephant books, which I've been wanting to do for quite some time. I
made a pair, Mother and her baby. Enjoy.
Aug 20 & 23, 2008 Made several
more journals. One is a hidden Zutter bound journal in a hard cover, one
is circular journal (a little dotty) and one is called Treasure Trove
using Grungeboard hinges. And I just added a Piano Hinge one using
knitting needles. I'm just putting the two main gallery links. Enjoy.
Aug 7, 2008 A twist on one
of Tim Holtz's techniques that he's got posted on his blog for August. I
used glass I cut myself in a similar size to microscope glass. sandwiched
the art technique and did some decorative soldering and then suspended it
in an ATC format. Enjoy.
July 23 - Aug 6, 2008 I've made a
bunch of mini booklets. Most are necklaces and one is a stand alone
booklet in a box. They are very addictive and I will be making more (which
I have now done). I'm only giving the main mini booklet gallery link. Too
many pages... Enjoy.
July 18, 2008 I've finally
made a hand bound book using some covers I made a couple years ago. Enjoy.
July 4, 2008 I've made a
lot of cards using the Pan Pastels as well as adding them to my Nitty
Gritty section where I explain what I did. I'm only putting the gallery
link since there are about 15+ cards. Enjoy.
June 11, 2008 I uploaded
the 2 pieces I entered into the Calgary Stampede Contest this year.
Both won a second place ribbon and both done on black paper with gold ink. One is a watercolor decorated
letter the other uses Pan pastels for the bamboo shoots. Enjoy.
June 4, 2008 I uploaded 3
new cards using a tile technique. This is a new gallery and more cards
will be uploaded soon. Enjoy.
May 31, 2008 I took a four
day workshop with Thomas Hoyer from Germany last weekend using a Ruling
Pen, Ruling Writer, doing Flourishes and creating watercolor letters.
Fabulous. I've uploaded the samples I made during these classes. Enjoy.
May 8, 2008 I haven't been
idle. Using the alcohol inks I created 35+ ATC's. Also have a page with
samples of the backgrounds and their color schemes. And finally I've
uploaded my Graceful Envelope I entered this year. Enjoy.
"GracefulEnv08"
or
"Alcohol Ink" April 28, 2008 Again I was
playing, but this time with Alcohol Inks and using a different application
technique than I usually do. Created the Thanks card using the
backgrounds. Enjoy.
April 15 & 17, 2008 Two Guild
Galleria pieces and something I was playing with. Enjoy.
"Color"
or
"Forget"
or
"Letters"
April 14, 2008 A couple
more cards uploaded. One a Condolence card and the other a House Warming
Card.Enjoy.
"ConnieCondolence"
or
"ElsHouseWarming"
April 3, 2008 A bunch of
stuff uploaded in the past few days. Too numerous to list everything. 23
plus floral ATC's, CBH challenge for April 1st, & QF 7th Anniversay
postcard. Enjoy.
"Floral/Yellow ATC's"
or
"CBH Challenges"
or
"QFAnniv7Postcard"
March 26, 2008 A friend's mom just passed away and I made this card hoping to cheer her up.It also uses on of my latest Calligraphic Peel Off designs. Enjoy. March 19, 2008 Another batch of envelopes are uploaded. We're in our 4th month in our envelope exchanges, and I'm loving what everyone has been creating. Every month I upload 3 new envelopes, so check often on this page. Enjoy. March 11, 2008 I finished 2 calligraphy, 2 day workshops with Roann Mathias. The first one was Beyond Bookhand and the second one was Neuland with the Parallel Pen. I enjoyed them both and came away with some beautiful accordion books filled with what I made during those classes. Enjoy. March 6, 2008 three more "spreads" have been added to the journal round robin gallery which was started in December of 2007. Each month there will be a new spread entered. I've only given the gallery link, so you can either enjoy all the pages I've done so far, or go to the last pic to see the latest journal I've worked in. Enjoy. March 2, 2008 A bunch of new stuff. A couple cards one as a signing page for a 50th birthday and the other using a technique I learnt on Tim Holtz's blog; then a batch of ATC's and a new themed Mingle called Yalpha Mingle. Enjoy.
"RitaBDGroup" or
"AnisDistress"
February 24, 2008. Another accordion card and a broadside made for our Guild's Galleria this month. Enjoy.February 17, 2008. Just added two cards, a Birthday & a Graduation card. Guy cards are very hard for me to do, but I'm happy with the results. This particular person is into snowboarding and wakeboarding. I created a gate folded card to mimic a cupboard door. The Grad card is a very oversized multi paged card with cut out lettering and using scrapbook papers. They are the first 2 cards in the gallery at the moment. Enjoy.February 16, 2008. This week's Created By Hand Challenge uses a House Template which I used to create a hand bound book which I absolutely love. I will be continuing to put quotes and artwork into it. Enjoy. February 10, 2008 I started a journal round robin in December of 2007 and previously uploaded images from my journal. I have now added my spread for the first of the journals I have received. Each month there will be a new spread entered. I've only given the gallery link, so you can either enjoy all the pages I've done so far, or go to the last pic to see the latest journal I've worked in. Enjoy. February 2, 2008 I love Dreamweaver stencils and I just got some new ones and created a couple cards with one of them. Enjoy. January & February, 2008 There was a challenge issued to created ATC's using Peel Offs This is what I made. Enjoy. "PeelOffsEls" January 28, 2008 I took a 2 day workshop with Lynn Slevinsky. Intensive and fabulous. Made a whole pile of greeting cards. Enjoy. January 18, 2008 I have done several cards and ATC's which you can find on my Blog. But today I created 2 more Valentine's Day cards. Enjoy. February 13, 2005: If you're as curious as I am, you might want to take a peek into my world where I spend most of my time creating, thinking and just being me. A look into my art workshop with lots of storage ideas. Enjoy
INTRODUCTION: My name is Yogi and I am currently living and pursuing my art in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I have been a stained glass artist for over 20 years and I work primarily in the copper foil technique. My work has graced the homes and businesses all over the world, mainly in North America, but also in Europe, Australia and South America. All my stained glass pieces are "one of a kind" (no two are the same unless specifically requested by the client), they are signed and serialized and all are original designs.
If you wish to view some of my private work that are not for sale Click here Or my blog "Click Here"
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