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Arts and Crafts

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
Day 288
Needle-felted Sheep from Arrowmont
Does this little figure remind anyone else of Shaun the Sheep from Wallace and Grommit? #october #nature #food #nig...
Day 289
Proto Ikebana
Right now these flowers look like, well, a bunch of flowers. But tomorrow they will be a graceful ikebana celebrating fall. #october #fa...
Day 313
Another Rice Bowl
My pottery throwing skills keep improving! This is my latest rice bowl (one of my favorite pieces to make) ready for bisque firing....
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 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 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 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...