All Mindfuel Stories
Giclée meets the artist’s hand: Adding value to digital prints with analog art techniques
The artist’s hand, from brush strokes to train of thought, gives an artwork a personal and unique quality, making it truly one-of-a-kind in the eyes of collectors. Maybe this is what makes an artwork truly exciting to collect: when it allows people to feel a part of the artist’s journey creating it. As giclée artists, there's a thrilling world of mixed media art techniques we should be exploring. By bringing new layers of analog skills into the creation of our works, we might find the value of our fine art prints elevated in more ways than one. Here is my experience doing so, using Canon’s PRO-300 printer and professional design software.
A journey into creative therapy with Kimberly Hetherington
Creative expression can be a process of self-exploration and healing, giving us the toolkits we may find helpful to make sense of our experiences. Read on to find out about Kimberly Hetherington’s journey into creative therapy, her passion for supporting personal change as a Vancouver-based creative mindfulness therapist, and some of the prompts she recommends to get started with creative expression.
How my giclée printing process has evolved with Canon’s PRO-300 printer
I remember reading that if you’re an artist who wants to create prints, you should outsource: this keep costs low while letting experts handle all aspects of production. As attractive as this may seem, one thing tipped the balance for me in favour of printing my own prints at home, and that’s knowing I could learn and grow from the process as a print artist. Here’s how my home studio giclée printing process has evolved, using Canon’s professional range.
Rediscovering your creative purpose with a mindset of change
Yasmine Patpatia is a London-based creative coach who supports individuals looking to pursue a new direction, whether that be in their creative career or life’s purpose. Read on for Yasmine’s take on the current landscape, a glimpse into the ways she can help rediscover one’s purpose through coaching, and for how you could begin to apply a mindset of change to your everyday.
Experimental artist diaries: Lino printmaking tips for beginners
Whether you’re looking to add more textural depth to your art, or explore a new skillset which bridges digital and analog art in an affordable and meditative way, lino printmaking may be right for you. Since adding it to my own process, I’ve found a lot of freedom in reproducing my work, especially at a larger scale.
Exploring opportunities in augmented reality & the metaverse
Art can take on a completely different form when depth and dimension is added to it. Just like translating digital images into lino or screen prints, with all their texture and imperfection, this is what excited me about the prospect of creating new experiences for augmented reality and the metaverse. Following the success of my first NFT collection in 2022, I went on to work on various projects which take my work into novel digital spaces.
How to find your voice as an emerging creative
Aaron McCauley of TLD&Friends – a designer-led community offering creative career support – shares his insight on growing and nurturing an emerging career. Aaron reveals his experience and key tips for becoming successful and adaptable within saturated creative industries.
Benefits of stepping away from the noise
Overexposure to social media can influence the creative process. This effect can be both challenging and motivating for artists, whether or not we’re just starting out. It’s something I also experience with Chromakane, and here I am shedding light on how I’ve found my right balance with social media.
Connecting the dots: Mindfulness and creativity
Mindfulness is the practice of living in the moment. This has many benefits, from reducing stress to helping us learn more about ourselves. Did you know – mindfulness also has the potential to unlock creative thinking.
Being your authentic self on social media
Our unique personalities influence our creativity: from what it looks like, to its authenticity. So why should our approach to social media be any different?
How to spark your creativity
Creativity it isn’t all that elusive – it takes on multiple different forms, and is an integral part of our human experience. If you feel that yours is missing, the odds are you just haven’t tapped into it yet.
Gratitude prompts for mindful journaling
There’s no one way to write a gratitude journal: this nostalgic practice can help you heal, self-reflect, improve your mental state of being, and become more efficient and productive in your work life too.
The mindful thinking checklist
Mindfulness can be integrated it into our daily work and play, without necessarily needing dedicated time for meditation. Our mindful thinking checklist is a 5-step plan which aims to provide an understanding of just how to keep it front of mind in our daily lives…