{"id":228,"date":"2015-08-22T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=228"},"modified":"2015-08-22T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T15:48:30","slug":"035-at-the-ink-pad-with-anna-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2015\/08\/22\/035-at-the-ink-pad-with-anna-barbara\/","title":{"rendered":"035: At The Ink Pad with Anna &#038; Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6864\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-228-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/InkPad.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/InkPad.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/InkPad.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/InkPad.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=228-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('228-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_228-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_228-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=228-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast! \u00a0We have two guests today, Anna Chiang and Barbara Briskin:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14caad7970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14caad7970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14caad7970c-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barbara (on the left) is the long-time store manager of The Ink Pad, a rubber stamp store in NYC. \u00a0 Anna (on the right) is the store owner. \u00a0You can read all about the store in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/20\/nyregion\/10000-rubber-stamps-at-ink-pad-in-the-west-village.html?_r=1\" target=\"_self\">this article from The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a peek at some of Barbara&#8217;s artwork:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab0b970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab0b970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab0b970c-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671902970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671902970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671902970d-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d68a970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d68a970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d68a970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d68e970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d68e970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d68e970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d692970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d692970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d692970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this is Anna&#8217;s artwork:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6b6970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6b6970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6b6970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671924970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671924970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671924970d-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867192d970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867192d970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867192d970d-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, here are some photos they sent me of classes at The Ink Pad&#8217;s weekend classroom space: The Westbeth Community Center.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6c9970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6c9970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6c9970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867194b970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867194b970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867194b970d-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671951970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671951970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb08671951970d-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867195f970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867195f970d img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01bb0867195f970d-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6e6970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6e6970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d6e6970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab5b970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab5b970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab5b970c-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If classes at The Ink Pad at Westbeth look like awesome fun to you, a quick reminder that I am teaching two classes there in September.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d796970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d796970b img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b7c7c2d796970b-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd finally here is a photo from a class inside the store itself:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab63970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab63970c img-responsive\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef01b8d14cab63970c-500wi\" alt=\"Adventures in Arting Podcast: At The Ink Pad with Anna &amp; Barbara\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the podcast we discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/news\/2007\/april11\/med-optart-041107.html\" target=\"_self\">art &amp; eye diseases<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; specifically cataracts, how Anna and Barbara met, current trends in the mixed media\/craft\/rubber stamping world, how they choose product for the store, whether owning\/running a store kills your desire to create, and so much more! \u00a0We hope you&#8217;ll add your voice to the conversation by leaving a comment or a question!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinkpadnyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Visit The Ink Pad online.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/adventures-in-arting-podcast\/id561813081#\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast! \u00a0We have two guests today, Anna Chiang and Barbara Briskin: Barbara &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[56,14,160,159,48,49,65,35,158,157,51,156],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-art","tag-art-vs-craft","tag-cataracts","tag-embossing","tag-julie-fei-fan-balzer","tag-mixed-media","tag-nyc","tag-papercrafting","tag-rubber-stamps","tag-store","tag-teaching","tag-the-ink-pad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}