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handmade arty goat tags

Posted on February 19th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on handmade arty goat tags

My friend Erica’s three goats were lost in the neighborhood one night.  She eventually found them, but wanted to make sure they carried contact info in case it happened again.  So…she asked me to make some goat ID tags. 🙂 🙂 I tailored the artwork on the tags to Erica and her goats.  She’s Japanese, […]

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wheel-thrown pottery

Posted on February 1st, 2015 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

I have to confess, I have suffered quite a long absence from the clay studio.  Since I hurt my shoulder, wedging, rolling, and wheel throwing have been out of the question.  I’m almost ready to start again now (yippee!)  But for now, I thought I would post my first wheel-thrown pieces, fired early this year. […]



new worktable and homemade apron

Posted on January 15th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

I have two lovely new things to show you today. 🙂 The first is a worktable for my basement studio.  I needed one to replace the shaky easel that Cash has almost upended more than once.  We haven’t bought many things at IKEA, but we found this great solid wood tabletop that you can pair with […]



carved wooden bear

Posted on January 6th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  10 Comments »

Since I was a kid reading Abe Lincoln biographies, I’ve always had an itch to whittle something. Last month I finally gave it a try…can I get a woo-hoo! I used basswood, and after some research, decided on a set of Flexcut tools.  I found it was really worthwhile to spend the extra money and […]



in the shop: abstract red/gold earrings

Posted on January 2nd, 2015 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

I’ve made something a little different for my shop–an abstract design!  These vibrant, sunset-colored earrings are hand painted transparently on aspen wood slices in red, black, and iridescent gold inks. They hang on gold ear wires and the backs are natural wood.  Please check them out in the shop!