I'm happy to finally make time for a promised wall piece for a friend. It feels wonderful to have completed so much in 2012, and now to have a fresh start. I can't wait to wake up tomorrow so I can work on this wall piece. So far, I'm using plum branches, New Zealand flax, Western red cedar bark, and Siberian iris stalks. I'll let you … [Read more...]
Welcome to 2013
Happy new year to you all. … [Read more...]
Farewell to 2012
I ponder upon this past circle of seasons, trembling with gratitude for family, friends, and community, who contribute everyday to my development as human being and an artist. "The community stagnates without the impluse of the individual...the impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community." William James My take on this is: The … [Read more...]
The Harvest Baskets Are Available
Every year, as the final leaves are loosened from their limbs, my husband Paul the mighty pruner, goes out in all sorts of inclimate weather through our short winter months, and clips the branches I love to use for making ribbed baskets. It is a great relationship really. He loves to be outside pruning in the dark winter months, and I love to be … [Read more...]
The Faering is Launched
In 2009-2010 our eldest son, Spencer West, had the privilege of working with a team of excellent wood carvers who were gathered at Duane and Betty Pasco's to carve the Raven Canoe. This canoe was being created for a Canoe family to be paddled on the Canoe Journey to Neah Bay. The first of these canoe journeys, in recent times, was held in 1989 at … [Read more...]
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