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Framed Botanical Silhouettes

This week I’ve finally been working on product for sale! Framed Botanical Silhouettes: Forest Series Bracken Fern Queen Anne’s Lace Frame dimensions: 10″x 10″x 1.75″ Paper cut: 4″x 4″ The framed work is ready to hang or rest on a shelf. Maybe I’ll finally get an etsy site up and going or take a coupleContinue reading “Framed Botanical Silhouettes”

Photos from Dee Wright Observatory

A few more photos from the family trip to De Wright observatory. North and Middle Sister above. Below is Black Crater. Dave above and Kim below (and Mt. Washington) The nephew shot & aunts. Above: Jeff, Gale, Amee, Alex & Zac. Below: Me & The Sisters

Making Paper: The Start – Harvesting plants

Since taking a workshop back in July 2010, I’ve been seriously contemplating creating my own paper from start to finish. This is the year to go for it! I’ll be utilizing a couple of books written by Helen Hiebert, an amazing paper artist in Portland (and the one I took a Paper in 3D classContinue reading “Making Paper: The Start – Harvesting plants”

South Sister Hike

The last time I attempted to climb South Sister was way back in the late 70’s. I was probably 8 or 9 and my family hiked into Green Lake and camped out with friends. During the night a horrible storm passed through bringing rain, sleet & snow. By morning everything was white and clouded in.Continue reading “South Sister Hike”

Family Gathering for Evelyn

Warning: A NON ART related posting! It has been a year and a half since the death of my mother Evelyn and finally time to say good bye as a family. On Sunday we gathered at the top of the old McKenzie pass at Dee Wright observatory for the occasion. Close to the mountains sheContinue reading “Family Gathering for Evelyn”

Completed Bamboo Leaf Paper Box

Over the month of July I was slowly working on a commissioned box. Cheryl had really enjoyed the creation made for a mutual friend and wanted one made for her husband’s birthday. The size is smaller but the overall motif very similar. Below are the images of the finished box: 12″ x 10″ x 4.5″Continue reading “Completed Bamboo Leaf Paper Box”

Branch Sculpture in new home!

Wow! What can I say except it’s finally in a new permanent home! Hurray!! After a couple of hours of branch wrangling, Jerri & I had it attached to the ceiling and stable. Whew! Delivery & installation a success with one extra nail hole punched in the wall. One more thing checked off my “toContinue reading “Branch Sculpture in new home!”

Sculpture finds a home!

Site specific installations. What do you do with them AFTER the show ends? Somehow, I never envisioned what to with the sculpture after our month finished. Initially I had thought about building it in sections to make it easier to pull apart, but the sections kind of grew together and were papered over. Now whatContinue reading “Sculpture finds a home!”

Artists@Work: Final day images

The final show day was pretty laid back but filled with sparks of excitement. The first spark was due to Julia selling her second work during the exhibit. She was so surprised and honored! Congratulations Julia!!!! I really liked this piece. Our space felt more open, clean and ready for tear down at 5pm. IContinue reading “Artists@Work: Final day images”

Artists@Work: End of our Month

Hard to believe our time is ending. Wednesday will be our final day together as the show wraps up. I have really enjoyed spending so many hours in the Arts Center Studio with Julia, Elaine & Kendal. I’ll save my wrap up thoughts until another entry. Here are the photos of our “studio space” cleanedContinue reading “Artists@Work: End of our Month”