Lath Art

Taking Lath Art To The Next Level

December 5, 2008

Dave Lampman has been doing lath art since 1979. He describes his work as “Casual art with a touch of understated elegance.” Whatever it is, it certainly is beautiful. Check out his online gallery of some of his work. Perhaps it will inspire you to give lath art a try. When you’re ready, head over [...]

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Classic Lath Art Progression Pictures

September 10, 2008

I recently wrote about Rod Skramstad from Classic Lathart. He has updated his website to include a series of progress pictures that turned out quite nice. Although not necessarily a tutorial, it does give us some insight on how he goes about putting together one of his lath art paintings. Rod has a series of [...]

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Classic Lathart

August 27, 2008

Lath art has really caught my imagination. I like the rustic/folk art feel that it provides. Since there isn’t a lot of information about this great American folk art, I’m always excited to see a new website pop up. Rod Skramstad from Classic Lathart has a number of pictures of his one-of-a-kind creations. His lath [...]

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Lath Art Kits and Patterns

March 28, 2008

If you have read through the blog entries on the sites I recommended over the last few days, you’ll often hear mention of lath art kits. I was able to find 3 vendors of lath art kits. Each site seems to carry the same patterns, however their prices differ slightly. I’m not sure if all [...]

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Lath Art Progression Pictures

March 27, 2008

I learn best by example and demonstration. That’s why I love progression pictures and tutorials so much. So I was pretty excited when I saw Christopher Hildebrand’s set of progression pictures as he puts together a lath art painting of a horse grazing. He makes a few comments about each photo. The photos are high [...]

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Lath Art

March 25, 2008

One thing that amazes me most about scrolling, is the number of art forms that develop because of this simple tool. I came across Lath Art a while back and found it very interesting. Lath Art is a folk art that uses, oddly enough, lath. You know, those strips of wood used to hold plaster [...]

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