Twining and Coiling at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival
A sample of baskets made at my 2015 NYS Sheep and Wool Festival workshops. Coiling with Cattails, Grasses, and Daylily Leaves and Twining with Nature
The Healing Colors of Plant Dyes
No matter where you live in the world we are all blessed with an abundance of local, beautiful, and vibrant dye plants. Whether they are growing wild or cultivated in gardens even the casual natural dyer knows that there are…
Fun With Mushroom Dyes
This past month I was lucky to be able to take a workshop on Mycopigments-- or using mushrooms for dyes. If you want to schedule one for your town or learn anything about mushrooms for dye then go to the…
All About Pine Needle Baskets
Why I love Coiled BasketsA new basketry workshop is on the calendar! I am so excited to be leading a one day workshop with Wild Earth on Saturday April 26th. Once again it will be held at the lovely White…
Wild Earth 2013 Basketry Series
The Meditation and Challenge of Basketry People attending Wild Earth’s recent 3-class basketry workshop series, held at White Barn Farm Sheep and Wool shop, have described the process of creating a basket in many ways. Meditative, challenging, connective, addicting, grounding, fun, enlightening…
Celebrate Stinging Nettles: A Recipe for Nettle Dye!
In honor of this year's first annual Nettle Fest, being held at Lifebridge Foundation in Rosendale, NY this upcoming Saturday May 11th, I spent yesterday enjoying the beautiful sunny weather and dyeing yarn with freshly harvested stinging nettles. Nettle Fest…
Fox magic and a sneak peek at the upcoming Art Foray
A few weeks ago at a Women's Creative Collective meet-up, Nancy Denicolo lead an activity in which we each chose a card and were encouraged to make a piece of artwork based on what that card inspired. I drew from…
Re-Thinking Food ‘Waste’
Have you ever marveled at the rich color of the dark blue water that is left over after soaking black beans? Or wondered if some of the food waste that ends up in trash cans and compost can be re-used…
Weave and Spin, Bend and Flow
Last Saturday we had an amazing turnout for Wild Earth's Coiled Basketry workshop, led by myself and Sheena Heinitz! I was so impressed with the array of beautiful baskets that the participants created. Even though we all had the same…
Coiled Basketry Workshop
Hello everyone! I'd like to say that I've been tucked away doing crafts by the fireplace and have had no time for blogging, but I must admit that traveling, visiting family, and eating way too many Christmas cookies has occupied…
