Free Bear Hugs

Need a little pick-me-up? 

Come by the farmer’s market on Saturday for a free hug from one of these cuties. 💕

Winter Spruce Colors and Textures along the trail

 

On the Ski Trail, Winter Blues and Oranges

 

Triple Musk Ox

 Fulfilling a special request by making a musk ox pillow--and deciding to cut pieces for a couple more while I'm at it. The best part is putting the eyes, nose and mouth in place. That's when they come alive and start grinning back at me. I have departed Meta (Facebook and Instagram), so if you'd like to connect, please feel free to reach out here. I'd love to hear what you're working on. Cheers!

Starting out the year

 I am departing Meta and hope to find kindred spirits in other ways, online and in person. Here is a simple start to the year by working on making felted pincushions using a found wool sweater and some of my mom's roving stash. Be kind to yourself and make something. Feel free to get in touch and share what you're working on.

Wool Pincushions

Printing Day

Today was printing day to finish some pre-soda-soaked fabrics I had started awhile ago. There's such a good flow in the printing process. As the framed print I have in my workshop says, "Time becomes meaningless in the face of creativity." Looking forward to tomorrow's washout for lots of fun surprises. 

Two friends have found new homes in the world

 

Making the birch forest

I find more and more that the process of working on all the elements that go into my art is such a source of joy. Today it was creating the fabric that will become birch forests. When I finished this piece I thought, "How can I cut this up?" I want to make something whole cloth with this. Maybe I will. But I know that I have the power to do it again, though the language of the bark will be different, of course.

Views from the woods and the woodpile

 

#buttonitup #putabeadonit continuing series

 

Day 3 - #the100dayproject

 Exhale

Beach breezes bending grasses and ocean spray

Day 2 - Digging Deep

 Day 2 of #the100dayproject, Digging Deep

Day One - #the100dayproject

Just getting started with the wind at my back.  This is part of #the100dayproject on Instragram. "Choose a creative project, do it every single day for 100 days, and share..."

 

Quilted Uke

 Sometimes there's an idea that sticks, and won't be let go.

I'm going to cover this ukulele with quilted patchwork.  Here's the start.

I felt this

I started creating these felted Pincushions for Democracy in response to an interview I heard between Rebecca Solnit and Heather Cox Richardson, author of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America. It's my way of "taking up oxygen" for democracy, in a time when our poor, battered democracy could use some help and some hope. 

 

Into the New

Hello, sun!

 

Winter Whites

 It's time for our winter whites. And greys. And blacks. There's something about the low white sun that pulls me to think of ways to portray it. How to make white so blinding and fade it out to the surrounding monochromes. I'm always grateful to have these things to ponder--in every season, on every walk.