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This image that I drew was inspired by the artwork: “An angel holding a cornucopia” By David Ellinger 1988 This dichotomy of scarcity and abundance, has been on my mind for awhile now. I know that I tend to have an ingrained scarcity mindset, which …
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Some of my first sewing projects involved making small purses. (I love a good bag. So much to carry). Nowadays, I consider my textile endeavors to be devotional objects, especially when there is a lot of hand stitching, embroidery, and applique’ involved. I got inspired …
It’s been a dream of mine to design my own fabric and then turn that fabric into quilts and clothes. When I came across a Spoonflower Magazine (Spoonflower is the company the prints fabric, wallpaper, and wrapping paper designed by artists), that offered a free pattern for making baby hats, …
Wow! What a great start to the 2019 “A Season To Make” Workshop Series! We kicked off the series with learning to make Rug Hooked Pillows. Both days were realizations of my dream of creating opportunities to make in community and in nature, at the …
This quilt is just my favorite thing. Here’s why. I fell in love with Spring Bird even before I lived here. This place, this piece of land has made me more like me. If that makes sense, and having made all sorts of art throughout …
There we were, lying belly down on brown shag carpet, in our corduroys and striped velour shirts. Our toe heads hovered, with spit dripping down our chins, and an eager index finger positioned above the red circle of the RECORD button. Then with a nervous …
Well, I made some time recently to perch myself on top of my picnic table with knife in hand to peel back the bark on some sticks. If I couldn’t carve an intricate fish or bird figurine, maybe I could carve a snake. The idea …
I am so pleased and excited to announce this year’s Spring Bird Artist Residency Recipient, Dawn Bertuca! Dawn’s application spoke so well to the spirit of this residency, which supports artists, writers, and makers needing to find time away from busy lives. Furthermore her work …
We are in the 3rd year of cultivating our Forest Garden. A forest garden is an old method of agriculture based on the ecosystems of forests that utilizes fruit and nut trees, berry shrubs, and other perennial useful plants and fungi. The whole entity should …
Here’s a long story about this simple spread in my sketchbook. As you know, I write Woolgathering, a nature magazine about our connection to the seasons. Part of the mission of this magazine is to inspire awareness of the patterns and cycles in nature, which requires observation …
When Colored Squid Gallery owner, Joyce, reached out to me to lead a Sweaters for Sticks Workshop at her shop, I was initially confused. It was my assumption that the process of wrapping yarn around sticks seemed too basic and boring for anyone to be interested in …
As Spring seems more mythical than inevitable, I decided to focus on the indoor potential of making a shrine to green – to life! I even planted some old oat seeds in an empty tea tin to witness sprouting. (This is great to do with …
Well, my tech savvy daughter, Penelope, gave me the great idea that I should make computer wallpapers for the seasons. Since so much of what we do at Spring Bird, is encouraging connection and awareness to the seasons, I recognized that she was on to …
Like most sensible people, I like staring at beautiful balls of yarn in colorful combinations, but I don’t always want to invest myself and my time into long term projects like an afghan. So, why not wrap small bits of colorful yarn around sticks? This …