Penland!!

Some photos from Penland School of Craft. David taught a 1 week torch working class!

We were met with beautiful fall color in the Blue Ridge Mountains:

And got to play in the studio with some new design ideas:
Here are a pair of wood beads with imbedded cubic zirconia crystals:

new clasp designs:

CZ's on a necklace:

Playing with some suede:

Class hard at work:

and a big bonfire ending:

The Blue Ridge Parkway showed beautiful views of the mountains:

A very short visit to Seagrove, NC

Beautiful old tree on friend's property:

And to David's delight we went to the Zoo! There were two baby gorillas:

The next morning a chorus of 5 roosters and a chainsaw
woke us up for a beautiful sunrise:

From inside the wood kiln:

Another Hike in the Fall Leaves

Beautiful hike at Harriman State Park:

 Fall leaves prompt an impromptue leaf photo shoot

An old wasp nest:

And my very patient hiking partners:

More photos coming Soon!