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Sunday, January 29, 2006

illustration friday
for the past couple of weeks i have created submissions to illustration friday. it's a way to experiment with media that i don't ordinarily use (i'm dabbling with digital media). each week illustration friday e-mails a topic and there you go...create whatever seems appropriate and send the link in to their website. i love seeing how others, from all over the world, interpret the same topic. this week the topic is "glamour" and i illustrated my favorite fashion designer's latest purse design. click here to see my submission. it's certainly not fabulous, but it is fun to make, and that's what it's all about.

Friday, January 13, 2006

p u s s y w i l l o w s

it's just delightful to happen upon little gems in the garden this time of year. i started a french pussywillow , salix caprea, from a cutting, purchased from the northwest flower + garden show a few years ago, and now it is a full fledged tree. it really needs to be coppiced so i can harvest the pussy branches more easily from year to year. for basket making i have found that coppicing willows, red-twig dogwoods and eucalyptus make for nice long straight rods. eucalyptus is such a ferocious grower that coppicing keeps it to a manageable size and you can enjoy the juvenile foliage for flower arranging.

Sunday, January 8, 2006

this peony is just a reminder of sun and bloom to come. the need for sun and flora this time of year in the pacific northwest is extreeeeme! i was happy to see my camelia sasanqua, witchhazel + winter jasmine blooming. thank goodness the days are getting longer!

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

past exhibits....

birds of a feather

gallery fraga 1/07-2/07

clarity of adornment
4 x 6"
gilded oil on panel

visual AIDS postcards from the edge

a benefit exhibition
Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
530 West 22nd Street, New York City 12/06

heal the world with trees
4 x 6"
fiberwork

bainbridge the beautiful

allegorical portable assemblages
gallery fraga 8/06

forest
323 x 323cm
mixed media

wangari maathai lecture reception

fiber arts tribute to dr. maathai + the green belt movement
benaroya symphony hall, seattle 3/06

green belt (detail)
10" x 12'
mixed media

as the crow flies