It is a bit belated, but needed to share my Mother's Day gifts with you. Two cool things about these pieces: both are personalized for my dear Momma, plus the earrings & cut copper name tags are skills that I teach in my Jewelry 101 class! The copper beaded earrings are a simple 2-in-1 …
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Dyed Mokume Shibori
The process of mokume shibori is incredibly labor & time intensive, but boy does it work beautifully! The goal is to create the effect of a tree's bark, both in dye resist and in thermal forming of the handmade wool felt. First up is the stitching of the fabric... Next up, the tightening …
Experiments in Wet Felting
For me, there is not much more daunting a task for a teacher than lecturing to teachers. I enjoy taking on tasks that scare me, and this is one of them - the Southern Vermont Educators Symposium. Each year, this event tasks me with lecturing educators on a topic I hold very dear to my heart— …