 ED
McCORMICK
Author, speaker, artist and
businessman, Ed McCormick is one of America ’s foremost
instructional authorities on crafts, mold making and
casting. He has taught his workshops throughout the
country as well as the U.K. and produced numerous how-to
instructional videos. Versed in many artistic mediums,
McCormick was first a landscape and figurative painter
working in oils and watercolor. But the classical
influence of the Greeks and Renaissance soon began
surfacing in his work as life-size sculptural creations.
In 1998 he founded ArtMolds a company that manufacturers
and supply. The company now distributes art materials
around the world. McCormick works, writes and teaches from
his east coast facility in Summit, New Jersey. He is the
co-founder and the managing director of The Association of
Lifecasters International (ALI) a guild of almost 1000
artists worldwide. www.lifecasting.org.
McCormick attended Carnegie Mellon University and is a
graduate of Long Island University.
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 STEPHANIE
C. DYKE
Is a writer, teacher and
mixed media artist with life-long experience in visual
arts and crafts. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
in Crafts from Virginia Commonwealth University and has
exhibited at multiple galleries nationwide. Her teaching
engagements have spanned arts, technology, higher
education, the corporate world, and everything in between.
Stephanie is involved in several community arts projects
and actively infuses creativity in all of her professional
endeavors.
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JOHN
WEIMAN
Is a nationally acclaimed
teacher, graphic designer and Illustrator. He currently
serves as an Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute in
Brooklyn, New York, and has taught at such prestigious
schools at FIT, Parson’s School of Design, Montclair
State University, Rutgers University and the masters
program at Marywood College. He is the recipient of
numerous awards from such organizations as: Graphic Design
USA, The New Jersey Art Directors Club, The Print Regional
Design Annual and the Society of Illustrators of Los
Angeles. He has served as the National Vice- President of
the Graphic Artists Guild and on the Board of Directors of
the Society of Illustrators; as Chair of Professional
Practices & Legislation, Fund Development and as
Editor in Chief of “The Bulletin”, their newsletter.
Mr. Weiman has illustrated and designed numerous books as
well as having exhibited his own work internationally and
is in the permanent collection of the United States Air
Force. You can view Mr. Weiman's work at: www.altpick.com/jon
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