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Artisanal

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Day 4
Spinning Wool Into Yarn
Hand-spinning hand-dyed Corriedale wool roving into fingering weight yarn. #evening #wednesday #january #shoe
Day 11
Handspun yarn
I finally finished spinning and plying the 8 oz of hand-dyed Corriedale roving I started on January 1. #evening #wednesday #sewing #wool...
Day 133
Inside the Kaleidoscope
I find it very interesting that my eye and the lens of my camera see different images in a kaleidoscope. My eye doesn't see th...
Day 134
Mother's Day Present
My Mother's Day present from Jessie and Dave was blown glassware from the Hebron Glass and Ceramics Factory. So beautiful!! #even...
Day 207
The Prickly Pear Fruit are Ripe
This year I am going to make some prickly pear jelly, syrup, and dyestuff from our pear fruit as we have so much of it...
Day 213
Blue Pine
Ready to unload the slabs of beetle-killed blue pine from Montana from the trailer. They're going to be a bed frame and a desk. Can't wait t...
Day 221
Working On a Bracelet
My second night of Jewelry 201 and I am already soldering the bezels to the bracelet cuff. this is a fast-paced class! #food #ni...
Day 231
New natural Dye Source: Oak Galls
My garden is a great source for natural dye materials. We have dozens of live oak trees, and I noticed today that th...
Day 235
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Flaws
Finished the first polish on the sterling bracelet I am making and thought it looked almost finished--until I took...
Day 243
The Finished Ring
My photography set-up skills need a bit of work, but I'm very happy with this ring. #thursday #afternoon #old #drink #empty #jewelry...
Day 249
New Shirt For the Spouse
Going to a family wedding in Montana this weekend and the spouse needed a new shirt so I made him one today. #portrait #outdo...
Day 258
Blue Pine Slab
Finally unloaded the trailer today. It had my new woodworking equipment and the massive slabs of blue pine that I got in Montana this s...
Day 261
My First Attempt With an Oxy-Acetylene Torch
I learned how to cut metal tonight with a torch. Next week I'll see if I can weld with it! #old #evening...
Day 268
Wood and Steel Class Tonight
Zaga and I learned how to plane boards, trim the sides with the table saw, and use the biscuit joiner tonight in class as...
Day 274
Dave's Birthday Shirts
I made my husband seven Hawaiian shirts for his birthday because seven is roughly the square root of his age and he is a math g...
Day 275
I Welded!
Tonight I cut and sanded my redwood (from reclaimed deck boards) tabletop and welded the square frame that will go under it. I love the way...
Day 276
Spinning Yarn is Harder With a Kitten
Pavlova wanted to spend part of the afternoon in my lap as I was spinning for Spinzilla today, and it was possib...
Day 280
Home for the next week: A dorm at Arrowmont
Taking a week-long enameling class from Ricky Frank at Arrowmont. Ah student life! #indoors #october #satu...
Day 281
A New Kiln at Arrowmont
There are several gorgeous new kilns outside the ceramics building at Arrowmont. They were built after the fire when the old k...
Day 282
First Day of Enameling Class
Two blending samples, a black and white study, a copper blank prepared for enameling, and a blank with the first cloisonn...
Day 283
Cloisonné and Foil Set-ups for Enamel
I can't seem to get out of my production mindset and do one piece at a time--even for samples! These pieces all...
Day 284
Inspiration is Everywhere
When you are immersed in an art activity, everywhere you look there are patterns and colors of inspiration--even in a hole i...
Day 285
Every Intense Class Deserves a Break
After a hard day of enameling, nothing hits the spot like a little Apple Jack! #indoors #thursday #october #food...
Day 286
On the Grounds at Arrowmont
Like the Art School at Laguna Gloria at home in Austin, the grounds of Arrowmont have lots of lovely little surprises tuck...