After I drew and grid on both the background muslin and the photograph reference It was time to start adding the colour components of the...

Before I could begin the assembly of the tapestry for the Hospice there were a lot of decisions made, scrapped and other ideas tested....

While I'm patiently waiting for the enlarged picture to arrive I've had to find ways to stop my nail biting. Gardening? Lots. Organizing?...

I'm a few days late with these early May photos. The spring bulbs are at their peak with the iris and alliums close behind. Another week...

April has been so rainy, chaotic and busy and other than regular pottery classes I've been in a bit of a holding pattern. I was offered...

As the weather warms, I start pressing my nose against the glass and longing for my Garden and my small collection of Bonsai. My husband...

I spent three days colouring $STORE cheesecloth. I use a lot of it. It alters colour, fold to add depth and contour, weighs nothing a...

I'm giving a workshop in about 10 days so I've been gathering my demo pieces as well as restocking on a few things that I hope to...

Did you really think I could leave it unbound, unfinished? As long as I kept waking in the night with some sewing plan or a minor change...

I found feathers in my hair last night. But my Ptarmigan is stitched and glued. His wing is secure but still somewhat free so it floats...

After the glue is 24 hrs dry, I'll go back and trim some of the overly enthusiastic 'down' and massage a few edge spots with bits of...

The hold up was a package of small white downy feathers.

I've done just about everything I can with the background and I need to start on the Ptarmigan. He remains featherless. Very frustrating,...

I finished the the branches this morning, and then in a daring move (for me anyway,) I painted them over with a dilute solution of...

It seems to move ahead quickly. A few days ago I spend several frustrating hours combing all the craft stores in this town for FEATHERS....

As with most complex pieces, I've spent a long time, several months, thinking about the execution of this piece. My Achilles heel is...

Intaglio Print using plexiglass Water soluble pencils

Today's etching of a line drawing captured from the internet of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Tomorrow I must work on mastering the addition of...

I finally found the time and the energy to revisit the intaglio etching I was doing last year. Amazing how quickly I forgot some of the...

The needling went very well yesterday, but today I think I broke 5 needles. Those red mushrooms had a lot of weight but the large swath...