Meet Marta Harvey:

Originally from Portugal but now living in the Boston area, Marta loves to draw and design patterns.

She creates hand-carved blocks that she then uses as a starting point for her art.

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.

Marta says: “I hope you enjoy my art as much as I enjoy creating it.”

Some things we discuss on this episode:

* what makes someone an incredible teacher* art as a business* MC Escher, and in particular, this print:

Also, Marta sent me this information after the podcast:

“My first tessellation (the one that took days):

I learned stamp carving around 2006/2007 in one of the Yahoo groups I was mentioning; we were working together through Gloria Page’s book “Art Stamping Workshop”.

This is the next tessellation, created while going through your book (Carve Stamp Play):

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 this online tool to get the tessellation shape.

And here are some of the ATCs where I experimented with lots of different techniques – just so you have an idea of what I was talking about.

Fun to see some of the carved stamps – the flowers on the top left and right, and one of the first continuous patterns I created on the bottom right.”

Find Marta Online:

* Instagram: @martaharveyart * Website: martaharveyart.com 

Our Recommendations from this episode:

* Julie: