About The Authors

Marisa Edghill is a Canadian craft designer, writer, and paper artist. Known for her work with washi tape and kirigami papercutting, Marisa delights in transforming ordinary materials into something beautiful. She shares art projects and plenty of crafty inspiration on her website www.omiyageblogs.ca. Marisa is the author of Paper + Tape: Craft & Create (Walter Foster, 2016), Washi Style (St Martin’s Press, 2015) and contributing author to Pinterest Perfect! (Walter Foster, 2014).

Louise Gale is a British mixed media artist, passionate about color, nature, and mandala making. She paints and runs online workshops from her Spanish art studio overlooking the sea. With a fascination for crop circles, sacred geometry, and patterns in nature, Louise loves to explore creative possibilities within the sacred circle—from mandalas in nature and intuitive doodles to large, mixed media, mandala masterpieces.

Alyssa Stokes is a Baltimore artist and art educator. She is greatly influenced by nature, and her work includes nautical and woodland altered photographs, as well as various still life petal plays.

Andrea Thompson is an artist who squeezes in time to create whenever she can, working mostly in watercolor. She loves nature, the river, and contrast of white on white patterns, and color.