Recent Work

Here we go! The Holidays are approaching fast, as always, and I am happy to feel inspired to create. Here are 3 of my most recent works. I admit there is more and I have been a bit of a slacker with blogging my newest work but I'll try to be better. You can see it in person tomorrow at the Park School in Brookline.


"winter walk"




"silence"




"cardinal party"

This piece will be part of a show at 13 Forest Gallery opening next week.

JP Open Studios this weekend!

I'll be landing at JP Open Studios this weekend with a few new pieces. Come out and enjoy the many artists and crafters that will be exhibiting all over Jamaica Plain. I will be outside at the Eliot School for the Arts at 24 Eliot Street on Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th from 11am - 6pm. Hope to see you there!

The Girls I Knew

I went to summer camp. "Camp Avalon, a sailing camp for girls" was special, a place where kids from different parts of the country and world came each summer to live together and build shared memories. I was fortunate enough to attend for 11 years and it had a big influence on who I have become as a person. The camp has been closed since 1988 but this past weekend we had a reunion. I did a lot of reflecting on my time spent there during the weeks leading up to the event. Finding old friends on Facebook jogged memories and inspired the start of a series, "The Girls I Knew". The amazing thing is that everyone was just the same (with a few lines of wisdom around the eyes) and I found that our shared memories and experiences bind us still.









I was so sad when the camp closed. I had hoped to send my daughter there one day but this weekend I realized that Avalon lives on in each girl that attended, whether it was one summer or a childhood of summers. I'll share my memories with my daughter, teach her the silly songs and hope to find her a wonderful camp where she can enjoy a similar experience because it's not necessarily the place but the people that made it so special.

Silhouettes

My latest pieces, inspired by the rainy spring and a recent trip to the island of Nantucket.

Check out some new work and things to share at Wonder Forest :)

Two Shows This Weekend!

I will be taking part in two shows this weekend and the weather looks to be fabulous! On Saturday I will be at the Coolidge Corner Arts Festival. This is a great show with very talented artists and crafts people. I'm very proud to be taking part in it!
Sunday, I will be at SOWA for some more fun in the sun. These are my last scheduled shows until the fall, so come on out and say hello!

Craftopia this Sunday!

This Sunday is my first show of 2011. Come on down to do some Spring shopping and pick up something unique and one of a kind for yourself or someone special.

More Spring Fun and a New Tea Towel Design

Today I finished a project for me and a new design for the coming season to add to my hand printed tea towels. I was a bit house-bound with sick kids this week and then there were two days of snow so I felt I needed to bring a little spring into the house.







I came across this fabulous blog post for Spool Sewing and fell in love with the birds they created. I love the mobile and have plenty of driftwood branches but for now I think I will just keep them out to brighten up these early spring days.

I ended up finishing them a bit differently by closing their tails and leaving the rough edges. I also stitched back up the tail to "quilt" some tail feathers in.

After that very satisfying project, I got back to work and finished a new block for my tea towels.





I'll be adding other designs to the Lobster, Crab and new Anchor for my first show, Craftopia, on April 10th in Rhode Island.