SKYCRAFT DESIGNS, INC.

FAVORITES FOR ARTISTS

MICROGLAZE http://www.microglaze.com

All about painting materials and techniques. http://www.cad-red.com/index.html

Australian book arts, papermaking and printmaking links.(A 'Print Australia' Listing) http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/bookarts.htm

All things to do with paper marbling. By John Ang, Singapore. An excellent site with lots of good links. (url is not functional at this time. I will try to find out his new one.)

Beads. cords, amulets, everything about the bead world. http://www.beadandbutton.com/

Book Arts Web. Extensive info on materials sources, decorative papers, education, resources and artists.http://www.philobiblon.com/links.htm

Calligraphy, and paper arts links. http://www.cynscribe.com/supplies.html

Carriage House Papermill. Supplies for papermaking, Their Aardvark aqueous dispursion pigments are useful also for paper surface design and painting. http://www.carriagehousepaper.com/

CBBAG The Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild links to everything about fine bookbinding. http://www.cbbag.ca/links.html

Chroma/Atelier. (Australia) Artists acrylics suitable for marbling and other surface design on paper and fabric.http://www.atelieracrylics.com/index.htm

Creative Zone, Judy and Michael Jacobs. Inspiration for paper, bookarts, etc. http//www.thecreativezone.com

Dharma Trading textile arts and marbling supplies. Carrageen, methyl cellulose and alum. http://www.dharmatrading.com/

Douglas and Sturgess. Dry pigments, mica pearlescents, true metals (bronziing powders and flashy aluminum flakes), and ultraviolet pigments (disco madness!) Inexpensive source for many pigments that Skycraft uses. http://www.artstuf.com/

Dragonhome Judith Perry's compilation of interesting and useful information relating to paper arts and stamping. Great links for book and paper arts. by Judith Perry. http://www.littlebit.com/rubber1.htm

Excellent paper links list. http://www.littlebit.com/links/otherlink/paper_links.htm

Earth Guild, Marbling and crafts supplies and books, fiberarts, papermaking..http://www.earthguild.com/

Exquisite Corpse Take a literary break and read a short story here. http://www.corpse.org/issue_9/ficciones/istrati.htm

Friends of Dard Hunter, An association for the support of hand paper making in America. Includes printmakers, artists, book artists, collectors, conservators, educators ...everyone who loves paper. Yearly conference, membershi roster and three news letters each year. http://www.friendsofdardhunter.org/.

Golden, the very best acrylic paints, mediums, varnishes, etc. Skycraft happily uses lots of these. http://www.goldenpaints.com/

Impact Images. Best quality crystal clear bags of all sizes at wholesale prices. http://clearbags.com/

Joseph Wu's origami pages. Amazing.(how on earth does he make those things?) http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/index.html

Judikins has all kinds of materials and supplies for rubberstamp art, collage and paper arts. Notable is DiamondGlaze, a non tacky clear finish for book arts pages that haave acrylic in the collaging. Keeps them from sticking together. http://Judikins.com

Kama, (Canada) Pigments, paints and artist's acessories. http://www.kamapigment.com

Kremer (NYC) European dry pigments, mediums, resins, books, artist's supplies. Their pigments are expensive but they have all the materials for making traditional artist paints. Great info pages. San Francisco store is Sinopia. Both: http://www.sinopia.com

KwMap: a way to refine the keywords you use to search on the internet. Also shows sites related to the keywords. Interesting. http://www.kwmap.net/

Matisse (Australia company) source for artist's acrylics suitable for marbling and fabric painting. Very good line of dolored gesso! Excellent line of mediums and amendments. http://www.matisse.com.au/fineart/fineart.html

Pentrace Everything you might want to know about t fontain pens, supplies. A collector's source. Info on conventions. http://www.Pentrace.com

Paper industry contacts, includes handmade paper suppliers and producers as well as industrial links. http://professionaltaste.com/links/paperindustry.html

The Artists Register This site serves to connect the artists and their work with private collectors, gallery owners, interior designers, corporate art buyers, public art administrators, and art enthusiasts in general! http://artistsregister.com

Papermakers of Victoria (Australia) http://home.vicnet.net.au/~papervic/links.html

Rogue Amoeba Sure, you need to look at this software. Record digitally to your Mac from any source. Pour it into your Ipod and get going! Timer will record while you are away. I am told it is way cool! (Think about recording those old fave vinyl disks to transfer to CDs!) http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/features.php

Rupert/Gibbon Textile arts, surface design, marbling materials. Carrageen and meth cel and alum. Excellent technical pages. http://www.jacquardproducts.com/

SKYPE: FREE voice communication computer to computer. These are the folks who wrote the Napster software that worked so well for exchanging music files. This works flawlessly for voice, sound and images. You can also call from a computer to a landline phone anywere in the world for a few pennys a minute. Incredible! Download free software from www.skype.com

Somerset Studio, a magazine about paper arts. http://www.somersetstudio.com/

Talas Book binding and conservation supplies. Marbling supplies. Decorative papers. http://www.talasonline.com/

True Art Info on what artists' materials are made of, how they work and the hazards to health in using them. Very good site. http://www.trueart.info/