Who loves engraving? Nancy Sharon Collins and Neenah Paper! Catch up with our favorite "engraving nerd" as she reports from book tour stops in Brooklyn, Upstate New York, Chicago, Washington DC and New Orleans. Join her Kickstarter effort. Neenah Paper is an active supporter of the craft and art of fine printing with such projects as The Beauty of Engraving ...

Re-released! Talented-Level-Headed-Type-Master Jessica Hische talkd with Herr Bucher about creativity, voice and keeping it real in this latest installment of "Wait... What Was The Question?" on A-the-G. Be informed. Be amused. Gain insight.

Do you know how many total buildings there are in New York City's five Boroughs? It is estimated that there are 900,000. Australian-born James Gulliver Hancock of Greenpoint Brooklyn is out to paint or sketch all of them Five hundred down...899,500 to go. More or less.

Martha Stewarts needs to get to Chicago and work on the lobby of the Hyatt. Bring every set of Twins in your arsenal, Martha. James Victore lives for chicks. Mig Reyes cannot stop repeating Mig Reyes. Robynne Raye is the best kept secret at HOW. Stephen Doyle leaves his socks on the floor. Bill Drenttel wears his heart on his sleeve... and other tales of wonder ...

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Like Cheese & Wine: It Only Gets Better...Economic setbacks that killed the few other chapter-driven design covens nearly extinguished Design Ranch in Texas but the event survived due to loyal Austin supporters and the will of its board. It became a biennial affair, too, which helped sponsors stay in the game. Conference Report 2011: All's Well in Hill Country. ...

It's Design Ranch time in the Texas Hill Country. Not going? Follow all the action on Against the Grain and its Tweets. This small conference in the lovely Texas Hill Country reminds all lucky goers that you have to play to win.

No one gives you anything. Jessica Hische’s path is marked by hard work and a gift for friendship and experimentation. And she is on a roll. Since leaving Louise Fili Ltd in 2009 to pursue her own artistic vision, her garden has grown abundant. She is a young woman with an old school attitude—proof that there are no substitutes for hard work and smart friends. ...