Balzer Designs Blog

Favorites from the CAA Members Prize Show 2022

On Friday, when I dropped my artwork off at the Cambridge Art Association for the "Love that Dirty Water" exhibit,

Hello, friends! Here is a little bit about life around here right now: What are you working on? Design Boot

Over the past few weeks, I've been working on this large (36×36) striped painting: It's actually on top of a

As you know, I spent the month of February doing a paper weaving every single day. And I blogged as

Back in 2018, I took a class from Pat Pauly. I came home with yards and yards and yards of

As I mentioned yesterday, I used a bunch of bleeding tissue paper in this new 18×24 mixed media collage: You

My toddler joins me in the studio most days. We spend time in the studio doing lots of non-art related

Are you a messy stamper with ink all over your fingers? I am! Today, I'm going to show you how

There are many different ways to work in a series. Sometimes it's a single idea. Sometimes it's a technique repeated.

Here is the first of what I assume will be many, many, many mixed media collages made from my gelatin