Those of you who are weavers, that work with plant materials you grow and gather yourself, likely understand that building a fine basket takes a lot of time. Sometimes it’s freeing to allow oneself to do a type of work that isn’t about the perfection of the weaving, but instead is more about allowing beautiful materials to breath, to gesture, like … [Read more...]
Heat Spell-New Work
It has been unseasonably warm for our part of the world, so it has been a good time to clean out the studio. Lots of my precious space is taken up by scraps of barks and grasses I save for making paper. Finally, time to cook up the cedar and make paper! Also it has been a great time to lay out all my found materials, many that my arty friends … [Read more...]