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Cloth Paper Scissors

Review
A little over a year ago, I went to Barnes and Noble—my favorite in-person bookstore—in search of art inspiration. I didn’t know what I was looking for as I wasn’t sure what style or genre or technique I wanted to create with. All I knew was that I wanted to be inspired. I wanted to explore various techniques so that I could play with my art and hopefully combine several techniques to come up with my own style, my own niche. And that’s when it happened...I fell in love with a wonderful magazine called Cloth Paper Scissors.

At first, I refused to subscribe. I was sure that after a couple of months the magazine would grow stale and offer up the same old stuff disguised as something new. But I was wrong. Yes, there are times that projects look similar in nature but it always has something fresh and new to add to the mix—and I like that.

So after awhile I subscribed for one year. Then my year was up and I was offered the opportunity to subscribe for three years at a substantial discount—and I took it! Why not, not only does each issue come with loads of visual stimulation but each issue is mailed in a clear plastic wrap, allowing each issue to arrive in pristine condition!

Now, one thing the magazine is not is a business magazine. It does not cover how to successfully run an art business or how to blog about your art for profit. It is also not a fine arts or craft magazine. It is a mixed media technique magazine.

Each issue is approximately 99 pages and comes filled with creative ideas for mixing media to create one-of-a-kind art. It contains artist profiles, how-to instructions, insights into the creative process of artists, materials lists, resource lists, and sometimes, patterns.

If the magazine has one downfall, it would be the fact that sometimes the instructions are too generalized and there aren’t enough photos to help explain the more complicated processes. It’s as if the artist and/or editors assume the reader has played with the materials before or has heard the term used before or has done the step before—when in fact, it may very well be the reader’s first time.

If you’re ready to mix things up a bit, to combine various styles and materials, or to begin an artistic journey of your own, then I encourage to you to pick up a copy today. Or better yet, subscribe to receive 6 issues a year.

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Disclosure: The reviewer subscribed to this magazine at the time of the review. (10/09)