The Artmolds Journal is a bi-monthly magazine focused on life casting and related artistic fields, inviting contributions from various professionals, including artists, critics, and historians. Each issue features themed articles, an artist spotlight, new product reviews, studio efficiency tips, and in-depth technical explorations. Contributors should maintain a professional tone and submit proposals along with relevant materials to the journal's address.

1. Who Can Write For ArtMolds Journal?
The ArtMolds Journal is a specialized artist magazine for life casting artists, mold makers,
casting artists, special effects technicians, ceramicists and stone carvers, as well as enthusiasts,
collectors and galleries.
The editorial team comprises of publisher Ed McCormick and editor, Frank J. Fedel apart from
other accomplished artists like David Parvin, Don Carlson, Bruner Barrie and C J Munn.
Apart from this, this bi-monthly magazine welcomes contributions from three dimensional photo
realist artists, special effect artists, mold makers, ceramicists and stone carvers in association
with other major mediums. Even art critics, historians, collectors, publicists and specialists can
write on any topic of interest to the magazine readers.
The types of content that are solicited from experienced professionals are
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Feature articles exploring issues important to artists with direct correlation to mold
making, casting, life casting, special effects, ceramics and stone carving. Every issue of
the artist magazine will be built around a distinct theme with feature articles directly

2. reflecting that particular theme. (Guideline - check the About section of the website
www.artmoldsjournal.com for upcoming themes)
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Every issue has an ‘Artist Spotlight’ section featuring one particularly accomplished
artist. This should be presented in a conversational manner but be directly based on an
artist interview. (Guideline - submit an artist’s name and link to his work for
consideration)
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The ‘New and Improved’ section focuses on testing and review of new products and tools
along with exploring new ways to use existing products or enhance artistic technique and
processes. (Guideline - consider the average user or explain how an item or ideas use
would differ between different types of art work and/or artists)
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The ‘In The Studio’ segment is about how artists can work smarter, healthier, happier,
and more efficiently in their studios. (Guideline – provide tips and tricks for improving
one’s studio space)
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Material Articles are in depth explorations of technical artist technique and practices. It
can either be an editorial or researched article or a technique tutorial, but not project
tutorials. (Guideline - a technique tutorial should be intermediate to advanced in skill
level and include a materials and tools list, short introduction about your development or
experimentation of the technique and then step by step instructions to help the readers to
reproduce the item shown. Include 3 examples of the technique applied in separate
projects in pictorial form along with other ideas of uses for the artist technique.)
All authors should write factitious articles in a casual yet professional tone based either on direct
personal experience or thorough research, with reference materials available upon request. To
maintain journalistic integrity, they should not have any personal connection or professional
partnership with the subject matter/artist that they are writing on.

3. When inquiring about content or pitching a story for this artist magazine, you need to send a
cover letter that details your story idea. Also enclose slides or a CD of images (if applicable) and
photocopied clips of previous articles that you have published. All queries should be sent to
ArtMolds Journal - 18 Bank Street / Suite 1 - Summit, NJ 07901, USA.