The Thaw

The amazingly warm spring tease sent us outside to play:

Some of us even went SWIMMING!!

And took rides on mini ice bergs:

Whatever dog can do man can also do:

New Pieces

This piece utilizes two sides of a stretcher bar and a found piece of wood as a base. Handwoven material (from last September's weaving camp!) is stretched and in some areas stuffed between the wood pieces. A braided cord of pine needles, fiber, and wool roving are woven in and out of the piece.

                                  And a close up:

In this piece a handmade piece of abaca paper twists around a corner of a wood frame and a piece of found wood. Fiber and wool roving are wrapped and needle felted into the wood and paper.

And this piece is oil pastel on Arches watercolor paper, found wood, a whole frame, fiber, and wool roving. Its not quite there yet and will undergo more changes:

Hudson River in a Deep Freeze