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I love to write about things that happen in and out of the studio. Random happenings are my favourite things to write about. Enjoy!
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Liz Constable
Dec 1, 20242 min read
Ashley Longshore Gallery
I've followed Ashley Longshore's artistic journey for a few years now. I like artists who are daring, outrageous, and sassy! When people...
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Liz Constable
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Book Camp NZ 2025
Oh my, what happens when you put a bunch of creative women from all over the world together in a room for 4 days with a mountain of...
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Liz Constable
Oct 27, 20242 min read
"A bunch of stuff" Johnny Depp exhibition in New York
While I was in New York in October 2024, I was lucky enough to be invited to Johnny Depp's exhibition, "A bunch of stuff." The opening...
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Liz Constable
Jan 7, 20241 min read
Wah Lee - the perfect Chinese Emporium
I absolutely adore going to this shop. As soon as you open the door and the jingle of the bells announce your arrival, you instantly feel...
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Liz Constable
Oct 30, 20232 min read
Book Camp New Zealand 2023
Book Camps have become a highlight of my creative calendar. From the humble beginnings of Camp Book NZ what an adventure we've been on!!...
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Liz Constable
Sep 10, 20232 min read
Index card drawer make over
What a treat to discover these at Junk & Disorderly. They were a challenge as the drawers looked like they needed a lot of work and they...
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Liz Constable
Sep 6, 20231 min read
An artist at play
I can't begin to stress how important it is to simply play. As adults we don't always recognise the importance of it and how it benefits...
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Liz Constable
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Custom made set of bakers trays
I often flit between multiple projects resulting in piles of items dotted around the studio, taking up space on the tabletops. When...
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Liz Constable
Apr 2, 20235 min read
Dyed & Gone to Heaven: The Book.
Answers to commonly asked questions Can you imagine experimenting, exploring, delving into a glorious technique over ten years, then...
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Liz Constable
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Artsy Meetup Marathon 2022
Last year, I was invited to take part in a wild idea by bookbinder, poet, printmaker, & life alchemist, Kiala Givehand. She'd had the...
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Liz Constable
Nov 27, 20221 min read
Look what I did with an old school bench.....
How could I drive past this when I saw this old school bench discarded on a neighbour's lawn?? Here is it outside my woodworking teachers...
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Liz Constable
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Pulleys + drying rack + paper = paper drying solution
What I love about my hobby, woodworking, is how it's helped to solve issues in the studio. For example: When I needed to store my paper I...
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Liz Constable
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Two fan girls meet Richard Stine
WARNING: This blog contains much fan girl gushing. I make no apologies for it! Years ago, my friend Ailie Snow, gifted me a copy of The ...
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Liz Constable
Aug 21, 20222 min read
Custom made packing desk
We were so busy and got stuck in I forgot to take photos from the start! But we effectively created a kit set to put together, based on...
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Liz Constable
Jul 10, 20222 min read
Fodder School Challenge - including photos of the projects I've completed so far!
Here's the backstory. In January 2022, I was invited by Wendy Solganik (known on Instagram as Willa Wanders) to be a Fodder School 2...
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Liz Constable
Jun 26, 20221 min read
When being blue, is good
I can't believe I never thought to create a blog based on colour! Or one colour, to be more precise. It's actually quite lovely to see a...
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Liz Constable
Jun 12, 20225 min read
A book artist visits a book festival
I recently found out that Featherston, a small town situated in South Wairapara, was holding a Book festival. As my sister Jo, recently...
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Liz Constable
Apr 17, 20222 min read
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!
I was asked recently to create a book for a bach, a beach house in New Zealand pronounced as 'batch'. In the South Island they're known...
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Liz Constable
Apr 3, 20222 min read
All Birthday adventures have to come to an end at some point...or do they?
A few years ago, I was visiting a friends house who at the time had a handful of young children milling about. The house was chaotic,...
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Liz Constable
Mar 6, 20222 min read
Mexico comes to Glen Eden
As the garage is used as my art studio, my poor pergola ended up being 'that place' to dump a range of stuff. In the end, I couldn't bear...
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I love to write about things that happen in and out of the studio, especially random happenings.
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