Stella Waitzkin creates her book sculptures from polyester resin. See more of her work on her site here

Renée Stout is a mixed media artist whose work I've admired for some time. She has ties to Pittsburgh (having lived here in her teens and getting a degree from Carnegie Mellon University.) Here is a bit about her gathered from the internet: "She exercises the inspirational, empowering functions of a conjurer in her transformations of found materials and interpretations of ideas and feelings.

We're back from the Ann Arbor Art Fairs and they were fabulous as always. This book artist has the most fabulous books and agreed to pose for this picture with her wonderful books. Over the next few posts, we're going to feature a few of the artists that we found compelling at the art fairs and hope that you enjoy their creations.First up is Marcia Engleltjes. You can visit her site here:http:/