Inspiration or Intimidation?
Inspiration lights you up, makes you want to get your hands dirty and make things, now! You can’t sleep, thinking about the cool materials and ideas you want to combine. It feels like a stretch, [...]
On Beyond Armbands!
Merry Mary's EL-wire antlers The Intro course participants are really some quality folks! I couldn’t be more pleased with my interactions with them. They are creative in such diverse ways, and very supportive [...]
Bellydancers’ Tool Box
Sabrina of San Diego in custom set Bellydancers are crafty and resourceful women, great at finding flowing fabrics and sparkly bits and combining them in functional ways. The methods and materials of the [...]
5 Reasons to Make your Next Costume with Organic Armor Arts
1. It’s cheap. Latex and clear acrylic costs about 30.00 per quart, and a quart will go a long way. Fiber can be upcycled or purchased for a few dollars a yard. The raw materials [...]
Super Creative in 2016!
our fancy photo studio: window + black cloth + cat The turning of the year is a traditional time for contemplation. I've been reviewing what I’ve done, goals reached and not reached. Getting [...]
Oogoo Fun!
Oogoo moldmaking class We had another moldmaking class last weekend. These are really a pleasure to teach. We get to know such interesting people and they seem to be creatively empowered when they [...]
December News
the ever-darling Merman Arion in his custom circlet, in a new photo by Mamzelle Bulle Lots going on as usual! Paul injured his arm two weeks ago - he tore the ligaments in [...]
A Peek at Student Work
Carol in the first project she made – a collar for Halloween Students from our introductory course have been sharing photos of their works in progress and finished projects on the discussion boards [...]
More than Costumes
Gavi and her Organic Armor Arts sketchbook and puppet Back in Los Angeles in 2007 we taught kids’ classes in the Organic Armor Arts. We homeschooled our son and were part of a [...]