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I am bias: I met Maggie Grey at the Festival of Quilts show in Birmingham UK this past summer and just think the world of her.  In addition to be gracious and extremely sharing, she’s a prolific artist eager to teach to whomever is hungry to learn — be it in her books, classes, or in her Workshop on the Web online magazine (which I subscribe to, good stuff).

Maggie’s latest book is Textile Translations: Mixed Media, a full-color 80 page book filled with lavish, textured creations that start with gesso, paper, and salt.

The surfaces build depending on what else is added to the work, such as paint, Markal (Shiva) sticks, fibers, inks, colored pencils, and so on. The resulting work just beg to be incorporated into mixed media work, textiles, journal books, quilts, and more.

Reading through this book and looking at the resulting work has ideas spinning through my mind.

Bonus: In the spirit of Maggie’s give, give, give nature, she is also offering free, yes free, online classes to anyone who purchased her book.  There is a series of lessons offered at the book’s website here (where you can also purchase the book).  There is also an email group you can join.  You need the book in hand the enter the passwords for each lesson, and it’s well worth it!

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