{"id":494,"date":"2020-10-12T17:19:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T21:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=494"},"modified":"2020-10-12T17:19:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T21:19:32","slug":"109-marta-harvey-tessellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2020\/10\/12\/109-marta-harvey-tessellations\/","title":{"rendered":"109: Marta Harvey Tessellations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1129\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-494-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/109-MartHarvey-10_6_20_3_53_PM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/109-MartHarvey-10_6_20_3_53_PM.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/109-MartHarvey-10_6_20_3_53_PM.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\/109-MartHarvey-10_6_20_3_53_PM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=494-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('494-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_494-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_494-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><\/a><br>Mom and I had the great pleasure of chatting with Marta Harvey.\u00a0 Marta has participated in #CarveDecember for many years and her tessellations have gotten more and more impressive every single year.\u00a0 On the podcast we discuss the tessellation lesson she has put together for the upcoming #CarveDecemberClass as well as her journey as an artist (hint: she had to raise her family before she could really get started).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">Meet Marta Harvey:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bde9936ee200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Headshot-Marta-500-wide\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef026bde9936ee200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bde9936ee200c-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Headshot-Marta-500-wide\"><\/a><br>Originally from Portugal but now living in the Boston area, Marta loves to draw and design patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181372200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Work prints\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181372200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181372200d-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Work prints\"><\/a><br>She creates hand-carved blocks that she then uses as a starting point for her art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181379200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Work stamp designs in AI\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181379200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181379200d-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Work stamp designs in AI\"><\/a><br>Each hand-carved block creates a unique pattern, ranging from simple iron-work inspired patterns to complex tessellations varying from flowers and leaves to whimsical animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bde76200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Work teabag quilt\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bde76200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bde76200b-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Work teabag quilt\"><\/a><br>Marta says: &#8220;I hope you enjoy my art as much as I enjoy creating it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bde993713200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Work carved stamps carvedec 2019\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef026bde993713200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bde993713200c-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Work carved stamps carvedec 2019\"><\/a><br><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Some things we discuss on this episode:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">what makes someone an incredible teacher<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">art as a business<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/\">MC Escher<\/a>, and in particular, this print:<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bdec2200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Escher-sky-and-water-prints\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bdec2200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bdec2200b-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Escher-sky-and-water-prints\"><\/a><br>Also, Marta sent me this information after the podcast:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;My first tessellation (the one that took days):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bdf18200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture1\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bdf18200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e96bdf18200b-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Picture1\"><\/a><br>I learned stamp carving around 2006\/2007 in one of the Yahoo groups I was mentioning; we were working together through Gloria Page\u2019s book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581806965\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1581806965&amp;linkId=5e05175099f9a4a79f5502f62f0c4328\">Art Stamping Workshop<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the next tessellation, created while going through your book (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1596688866\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1596688866&amp;linkId=c58b32a72f0a8f3d59503563399be0c9\">Carve Stamp Play<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bde9937ab200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef026bde9937ab200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bde9937ab200c-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Picture2\"><\/a><br>This is what I meant by having to create 2 stamps as one of the shapes is the inverse of the other. I think I used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shodor.org\/interactivate\/activities\/Tessellate\/\">this online tool<\/a> to get the tessellation shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here are some of the ATCs where I experimented with lots of different techniques &#8211; just so you have an idea of what I was talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181433200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture3\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181433200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026be4181433200d-500wi\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Picture3\"><\/a><br>Fun to see some of the carved stamps &#8211; the flowers on the top left and right, and one of the first continuous patterns I created on the bottom right.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Find Marta Online:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/martaharveyart\/\">@martaharveyart<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/martaharveyart.com\">martaharveyart.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Our Recommendations from this episode:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Julie: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B06X6NB3J4\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B06X6NB3J4&amp;linkId=25552a02b73251d3bd38a724b32dbdd2\">Yeti Cup<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Eileen: NY Times Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/02\/health\/resilience-learning-building-skills.html\">To Build Emotional Strength, Expand Your Brain<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">I hope you enjoyed this episode.&nbsp; If there are topics you&#8217;d like us to cover or guests you&#8217;d like us to invite, please let us know.&nbsp; Thanks for stopping by!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\"><em>All podcasts are archived&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. &nbsp;Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Music <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/adventures-in-arting-podcast\/id561813081#\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; <br><\/em><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><em>And if you like the podcast, please post about it on your social media so that other people can find the show!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom and I had the great pleasure of chatting with Marta Harvey.\u00a0 Marta has participated in #CarveDecember for many years and her tessellations have gotten &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":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","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=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}