October of 2017 I sold my house in California and moved to the mountains of North Carolina to be near my family, and the wonderful art community here.

In 2017 I had a very limited work schedule because of my move after  living in the same house for the past 40 years! You look at your possessions differently if you need to load them into a UHaul. My son drove the truck towing my 1968 Chevy PU and I followed in my car packed to the top including my cat. We made the 2243 mile trip in 3 days, driving 1,000 miles a day. Never again.

I am busy restoring my 1923 craftsman style farmhouse, loving every bit. I will be spending 2018 on a limited teaching schedule again thinking about how I want to spend my time here in North Carolina and coming up with some new things to teach. So far I have enjoyed hiking near my house, exploring what Asheville and area has to offer in the way of shops, food and meeting new friends, taking classes at John C. Campbell and having a blast.

How to Make a Macrame Bracelet with Stone - Part #1

Please check the Summer Camp Tab for details about this year's activities and sign up info.
The workshops fill up very fast, just a warning.

Some New Stuff

Summer Camp #1 and #2, 2015

The first two summer camps of 2015 are over, sadly. Two wonderful groups of women. What fun.

waiting

 

Hummm

The busy workshop

Drue's dress before cutting

Tada, a bit blurry but I had to show you.

Sierra's dress

What a clothesline, oh ya, we did indigo too.

Julie's fabulous purse.

Julies' fabulous shirt and printed scarf to go with her purse.

Carolyn's wet vest

Vest on her mannequin covered with a plastic bag.

 Still working on neckline.

Part of the backyard scene.

Cheryl's vessel

Lupe used a piece of rebar and look at the design it left on her botanical printed scarf.

updating

I am in the process of updating my blog pages, adding photos to my gallery and adding more information to the Botanical prints pages. If you go to the home page and scroll down you will see lots of images including student work. I'm trying to make it easier to see what is on my blog.
If you are interested in signing up for workshops that page is almost finished, waiting for confirmations and more information for you.

county fair winner

Diane Christ, one of the students at my summer retreat won 2nd place with the cowl she made here. I'm proud.

And Donna won a prize at the Washington State fair with a scarf she made in my class!

Botanical Printing at the summer retreats

 Experiments in July Retreat.

 Top -Iron Pipe, Bottom -rusty pipe, same vegetation, same everything

                              Same vegetation as above-Top Copper pipe bottom, pine dowel

                                                                    July retreat

                                    Our "hillbilly" set up that worked great. Summer camp!

August retreat

Susan's idea-Put plant material on the inside of your tube so when it is turned over you have interest.

Gualala Art Center Student's Work.

Student work from Gualala Art Center, January 2014

                                      Judy's finished shrug

                                     Elisebeth's finished shrug

                                 Barbara's shawl lay out

                                 The before of Judy's shrug

More student work

Barbara's shawl at the Gualala Art Center in January. Cotton cheesecloth.

Summer 2013
I had the best summer of all.
Camping at Usal Beach

The summer retreat at my house

The Nuno shawl on cotton fabric in the making

The finished shawl

More fabric, too great to cut up!

Susan made the fabric with wool sandwiched between layers of cheesecloth.

The Best Summer 2013

Grandkids visit from North Carolina picking apples for pie

Student work from the Black Sheep Gathering

Student work from Spokane, Wa.

Mary's work from Black Sheep Gathering

Mother and daughter scarves

Design your own purse workshop Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival