A Call to all Knitters!

Posted on March 16, 2013 by mizelissa

A Mary, Mary Yarnstorm is brewing!

Based on the children’s rhyme Mary, Mary quite contrary, we will be knitting up a storm to be installed in Patterson Park near the boat pond on May 25 at 8:30 am. What will this installation of stealth stitchery include?

Mary herself, silver bells, cockle shells, pretty maids all in a row, and all manner of spring blooms, butterflies, and bugs to bring this graffiti garden to life. All knitting ninjas are welcome and encouraged to participate in this feat of crafty crafting!

Melissa Salzman will be teaching a May Flowers class at Lovelyarns on May 11th, the fruits of which will be included in Mary’s Garden. The deadline for submitting your knitted flowers, bugs etc to Lovelyarns is Sunday May 19th.

The May Flowers class is $25 and this price includes the cost of materials Lovelyarns is located at 3610 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD 21202

Please contact Sue if you have any questions, comments, or concerns at 410-662-9276 or Melissa Salzman at 443-622-9403 mizelissa@gmail.com

News! News! and more News!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by mizelissa

Woodcuts!!

Hooray! I am very excited to have started work on a new series of woodcuts. The last few prints that I have done were screen prints so this is a nice departure from that particular process. There’s just something wholly satisfying about sitting down with my tools and getting my carve on!

Shhhh….a Yarnstorm is brewing at The Baltimore Threadquarters! Join me for some Eostre themed crafting Friday- Monday, March 8-11, 2013 from 6-7pm.

Also this coming Saturday, March 9 and, 2-4pm I will be teaching an entrelac class at Lovelyarns, located on Falls Road at The Avenue in Hampden.

Box of Rain

Posted on December 22, 2010 by mizelissa

I’ve been terribly remiss in not sharing this latest bit of news: My work can now be found on the walls at Box of Rain Boutique located at 1007 W. 36th St in Hampden. All of it is for sale as well! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Fundraiser for Crystal

Posted on September 9, 2010 by mizelissa

My friend’s little sister, Crystal, was recently diagnosed with a tumor in her brain stem. The family does have health insurance, however, it’s not enough to cover the costs of her medical treatments. Therefore, I and a number of other local artists are donating work to help raise funds to save Crystal’s life. To buy your ticket for the fundraiser and for more information click here

This is the print that I’m donating:

linocut on kitikata

Prints in Print!

Posted on August 10, 2010 by mizelissa

“Oh My Darlin’ I” makes an appearance in The Urbanite! To see more about this image and the others in this series, click here.

MAP: Out of Order

Posted on April 6, 2010 by mizelissa

Today I am going to Maryland Art Place (MAP) to hang this drawing in “Out of Order” http://www.mdartplace.org/

drawing with wooden skewers and ink on found paper

Nude Girls!

Posted on April 1, 2010 by mizelissa

These are a series of prints I did from images of late 19th-early 20th century erotica. They are all linocuts (a method of relief printing) on kitikata (a type of Japanese rice paper which lends itself well to relief printing). I love the marriage of the graphic nature of the images to the graphic quality of this particular printing medium.