Here I am! Or more accurately, here is my table at the inaugural St. Louis Park Art Fair. As you can see, it was a beautiful day. The venue is very nice – I regret not getting a picture of the entire show from the bleachers. The Recreation Outdoor Center (ROC) is a facility about…

That’s how much time it took to overhaul this website. There is still work to be done – the most important to populate the portfolios – but I believe there are no errors. I started with Dreamweaver many years ago, with help – then moved to WordPress ten years ago, doing the work myself, and…

I took a dimensional needle felting class at the public library, taught by Marlene, a teacher from the Textile Center. Here’s the progression, first body-head-nose: Front legs and shoulders. Out of time at the class, now working later at home to assemble most of the rest: Next to a more realistic panda, I see that…

I took a class today at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota with Katherine Buenger. It was one of their Try It! classes, which are mostly one session. I love Sami bracelets – I purchased one several years ago at an American Craft Council show, and enjoy wearing it – and Katherine designed this necklace using the…

Three years ago, I took a sweet grass basketry class at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Grand Marais is on the North Shore of Lake Superior, nearly to Ontario, and a draw for its natural beauty and outdoor recreation as well as its arts. Not as much is open in the winter, but…