handmade art, craft & design
Finally done with all the fine running stitches, 36 rows total. though it may not look it, this piece of green handmade wool felt used to be about ten inches wide, now pulled taut to around four inches or so. The plan is to overdye this with a blending of silver blue, and a dash [...]
So excited to share my most recent site design, Pitchfork Preserves! My partner in crime, Blending Circles, brought Ms. Melissa, owner of this fantastic local business to my door, and we’ve had a fun time building what has become site branded exactly for them, full of beautiful imagery, reminiscent of a summer not far away. Please [...]
Seems like the first place I should talk about the Featured Artist interview I did with Spin Artiste, but I thought it better to wait a few days so I could give you a sneak peek of the fiber giveaway I’m doing with them! Some lucky person is going to win all three hand carded funky rolags [...]
I’m itching to spin a few ounces of this tussah silk noil with colonial wool blended rolag from yesterday’s fiber bonanza with my intern Kelli. Alas, not happening until I get all the wool carded for the Felting & dyeing workshop with Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning that is on Monday! I’ve got a dozen [...]
“The arts are not a way of making a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem [...]
