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Author page: Zain Joyce

Quality Materials

Heilman boxes are made with the best birch lumber and plywood available. The 5/32” birch plywood is made with premium grade Michigan birch on both sides with 60% red birch grain on one side and class A birch on the other side The box lumber is solid natural birch primum grade. The joinery is made…

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Tripod Shelf 718

Good news in the quest for better set ups for painting in studio or on location.  John’s new Easel Shelf is doing a good job enabling stable, multi-application use of this new tool.  The shelf greatly diminishes to cantilever problem with other tripod shelf attachments.  A strong, light, stable and centered ballast of the aluminum…

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Bon Voyage!

The excitement is high as I try out our new Heilman Designs All-in-One Oil Box®! The wonderful lightness, the stability and the versatility for different sizes of paintings that can be done will be so helpful when hiking off road and painting in small spaces! I like the fact that I can access brushes, paint…

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An Ashland Experience

Art & Soul Gallery In my many years of making art, dealing with different art-forms, learning and sharing with fellow artists I have given gifts that keep on giving. As artists we learn and express our passions each in our own way. This is why I feel so blessed to find a consortium of talent that…

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New Product Discovery

A slip during unloading resulted in this hand injury . During the booth set up in Monterey I got a  cut on the top of my hand that was fairly deep.  What a great relief I had the product of a friend to rely on! Ed "Passi" Pasquerella sent one of his brilliant "Dr.'s Bag" of natural sunscreen, bug repellant…

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Monterey Excitement

Ready for the next wave of customers!   Plein Air Convention 2015 Monterey CA What a whirlwind adventure Monterey was! Calm sunny days, COLD windy days, atmosphere to take ones breath away moment by moment! We were so busy at our booth I barely got a chance to catch more than a glimse and get it down in…

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Application Discoveries

I’m enjoying the variety of applications  of our boxes! The Sketchbox Double is doing so well for tight plein air experiences with a good palette of colors to work with. I enjoy how the easel can be used on the box or in my lap and I have recently discovered the Dolica 57” TX570B150SL Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head. It’s…

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