Robyn McClendon is a mixed media artist. She studied paper making and bookbinding in the tradition of apprenticing, as these disciplines were dying art forms in the 1980's and were being revived by artists. She subsequently taught in universities and museum systems as an adjunct professor, often setting up the programs in the art departments of these schools nationally, as the discipline of book as art was becoming recognized as a significant art form. She also worked and taught in the book binding department at the Smithsonian Institution. She has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, and has written a best selling book called Gel Plate Printing for Mixed Media Art, published through Schiffer Publishing. As an artaeomythologist, McClendon leads retreats and workshops that combine the visual arts, idea generation and book arts which help participants find a voice for their story, move forward, and recognize a more authentic artistic experience.