Here’s an aspen wood ornament I made for my very sweet in-laws. It features Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on one side and a snowy house on the other. I worked it in colored and metallic inks. The wood has a natural crack in it and I let the wood background show through on the snowy […]
Winter is just around the corner…but it’s felt like winter ever since that week in November when the mercury dipped ten below zero. Brrrrr. We’ve had some warmer days since then, but this weekend it turned cold and windy again, and we got several inches of snow. We’ve been all tucked in at home and […]
My first 8-week pottery session is finished! I’m doing some open studio time this winter, punctuated with three mornings of group instruction, trying to figure out the puzzle of throwing. At this point I’m still wondering who’s in charge, the wheel or me. It’s hard to tell. I’ll have an almost-perfect bowl spinning evenly around, […]
Since starting my Etsy shop in late October, I’ve found it hard to consistently find good days to photograph my art. Cold, snow, and especially wind always seem to show up just as I finish a new piece and run out to photograph it. Frustrating, to say the least. So I searched around online and […]
Two new necklaces are in the shop! First up is Mr. Fox. He is bright-eyed and (probably) a bushy-tailed little fellow. The fox is hand painted with colored India inks on a wedge of aspen wood. I like working with these inks, since they are lightfast, waterproof, and permanent. This chain is a delicate platinum […]
