Video: I Want It
I don't remember which came first, the book, I Want It, or the workshop I taught, "Tiny, Shiny Books." I may have made the book as an example, but that was in 2007, and I really don't remember. I...
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Now It Is Needlepoint: One Continuous Loop
I read a review of an exhibit in the New York Times called, "Threads," that snagged my attention, and prompted me to look up the gallery here. A textile show, it had a variety of traditional crafts as...
View ArticleVideo: shadowinglovenote
It is interesting how each of us has different strengths and weaknesses, and how our friendships and partnerships can make us stronger, depending on the situation. Not exactly two halves, just an...
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Nature Books Read and Unread by the Bed
Trees, plants, and animals are what we think of nature, rather than humans, but some humans have written some wonderful books about the outdoor world around us. I have a stack of them near my bed, some...
View ArticlePeek Inside the Studio
As a welcome video on my channel never mind, I've just posted a quick peek inside my studio. Projects shown are the completed Hidden Owl quilt and the backgrounds for the Queen of Hearts print,...
View ArticleVideo: A Fish Story
Long ago, but not far away, I took BART to San Francisco once a week. Debarking the train, I would begin to walk. I liked walking along the Embarcadero, along San Francisco Bay, nearly underneath the...
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A Box from the Thread Jar
I was so taken with the idea of the improvisational needlepoint created by Steve Reinke (previous blog post here), that I decided to try an unplanned work of my own. What would my stitching look like?...
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Instructions: Seedling Planters from Tubes
I never thought I would be writing "bone folder" and "toilet paper tube" in the same sentence, but here it is. In preparation for spring, I ordered some flower seeds; the backs of the packages say to...
View ArticleVideo: Walking on the Sentence Stones
The book, A Japanese Touch for Your Garden, mentions how stepping stones are placed either close together or far apart, depending upon how fast you want a viewer to walk and how much time you want them...
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Handmade Needlepoint Boxes: Magnolia and High Feather
The handmade needlepoint boxes I have been making have filled a certain restless space; they each take at least a day to make, and are satisfying objects when I am finished. I have been approaching...
View ArticleVideo: Chalk Voices
The sounds of a neighborhood are distinctive, but we sometimes forget to listen. If our houses or apartments are close together we may instinctively shut our ears to give our neighbors privacy. Or we...
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Handmade Needlepoint Boxes: Lost Time and Everyone's Got to Come from Somewhere
I'm continuing my needlepoint explorations with hand-dyed thread, really enjoying the possibilities, particularly with variegated color shades. In addition to the dyeing of thread and stitching, making...
View ArticleVideo: Still Life with Game Bird and Dice (Oil)
While the union vote for Amazon workers was still in the news, it seemed a good time to post a video for my letterpress printed book/paper sculpture, Still Life with Game Bird and Dice (Oil). When I...
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Handmade Needlepoint Boxes: Wish, First Feather, and Monarch
The needlepoint boxes continue to hold my interest as I explore colors and processes further. Three more new ones this week. I was still interested in experimenting with the spun feather down, so the...
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Spell Songs Performance Online Tuesday!
Last September I wrote a post about The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, a beautiful nature book of poetry, breathtakingly illustrated by Jackie Morris. A reader told me about a performance she had...
View ArticleVideo: Smiled Politely and Left
For several years, between about 2007-2012 I was making felted books, as described in this post. I like the feel of warm water and soap as the felting process begins to happen with the wool roving, and...
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Handmade Needlepoint Boxes: Lace Lichen and Moss Treasure
Lichen continues to intrigue me, particularly our California state lichen, Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii), so I knew it would be part of a needlepoint eventually. I love seeing it draped from trees...
View ArticleVideo: Shadows of Language: What S/He Meant
After I write the first draft of a story I occasionally change the genders of the characters, which can reveal something new, something I hadn't thought of before. For my one-of-a-kind, 2012 artist...
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Handmade Needlepoint Boxes: Harbor and Nest Eggs
I woke with a vision of masts against the sky, geometric, more of a watercolor I thought, but suited for stitching. Harbor has strong black sashiko thread verticals with one metallic silver one, and...
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Instructions: Wrapping a Box Top with Unbacked Cloth
I've been dyeing cloth for months now, and making boxes for decades, but until I wanted a certain color to wrap one of my more recent needlepoint boxes, I had not considered using the unbacked cotton...
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