The Blogging of Art

Collages by Amy Ross.

All of a sudden a lot of the artists I work with seem to be blogging, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. I’m still swamped with all my various projects, which is why this is only my 9th post so far for the month of August. I keep writing blog posts in my head as I’m trying (usually unsuccessfully) to fall asleep, or (reluctantly) wake up, or while I’m in the shower (where I usually come up with my very best ideas). It’s just a matter of shoe-horning the actual writing time into my day - till then enjoy these other blogs by JB co-conspirators.

Collages by Amy Ross

Amy Ross started blogging when we were out in the Hamptons, picking up my slack and reporting on Scope extensively.

Now that she’s back in Boston, she’s kept at it. Recently she’s been featuring her new collages. They were the sleeper hit of Scope: gallerists, curators and other stylish attendees snapped up multiples of these affordable little gems. Grace Bonney featured them over on design*sponge yesterday, putting the collages and Amy’s blog is in the spotlight. (We’re working on doing a collage edition for 20×200, stay tuned for details on that.)

A daily purchase drawing by Kate Bingaman-Burt

Kate Bingaman-Burt is a long time blogger who was on hiatus for a bit, but now she’s back at it over on Obsessive Consumption, and she also maintains a blog for her students at Mississippi State: Crap Detector.

Palm Aire by Tema Stauffer

My biggest blogging surprise came from Tema Stauffer. Her blog, Palm Aire is a well written diary of her personal experiences, with liberal doses of art and photography in the mix.

Homeland Security Blanket by Jessica Vitkus

Winning the award of person I’d most like to see blogging is master crafter Jessica Vitkus. Her recent Craft the Vote slideshow on Slate was featured on Boing Boing and in a slew of other blogs too. Jessica is not only crafty, she’s a great writer who’s published books, written for TV and now can occasionally be heard on the radio. She was born to blog, I just haven’t quite been able to convince her. Yet.