The following links are the official friends of Bottletree Studios. Some of them are other studios but being a true patron of all arts some of them are also literary journals, useful informative sites, tools such as a cut-up machine that creates poetry for you, etc.



Sarah Reed creates gorgeous collages in between diaper changes at her home in Texas (Don't get those two activities crossed, Sarah!) Sarah was in Claudia's class at NCSA. http://www.sarahgreenereed.com/collages.html



Ben Maloway is another of Claudia's exceptionally talented friends from NCSA...http://benjaminmaloway.com



Kai McBride is another of Claudia's art school cronies, his site is at http://www.mumblebunnies.org/ (Make sure you read through his site. Kai is so much fun!) Also, check out http://kaimcbride.com/



Amos Hummell Colorful Outsider Art and corrugated portraiture. http://www.hummellstudios.com



eye is the poetry journal that focuses on editors themselves at http://www.watchtheeye.com.



ear is the band that challenges how music is created, produced and marketed at http://www.listentoear.com.



84 rms is the site for Norman Sherfield, an intriguing artist from California. Peruse his site at http://flickr.com/photos/84rms/



Ireland photographs from my trip this spring. http://community.webshots.com/album/307253742tLiUjx



Art-o-Mat This amazing innovation was created by an artist from Winston-Salem, NC. He utilizes old cigarette vending machines as a sales venue for small, $5 works of art. Find out where the nearest Art-o-mat machine is located in proximity to you! http://www.artomat.org/



Gumball Poetry is a similar idea to the Art-o-mat except that it is poetry instead of fine art. One fun aspect of this site is, you can send a 'message in a bottle' as well. http://gumballpoetry.com/



Poetry machine makes the random more so...use this handy dandy gizmo at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gary.leeming/burroughs/cutup_machine.htm