Weaving the North at the North Suburban Center for the Arts
The North Suburban Center for the Arts in Fridley, Minnesota, is hosting Weaving the North in collaboration with the Scandinavian Weavers Study Group of the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. I recently visited, and these are some of the works displayed. The breadth of styles shown is exciting, and the work is beautiful. The pin loom…
Fossilized Coral Cabochon
This has been a project in process for years. For no easily definable reason, I never finished this fossilized coral necklace. A number of years ago, I received an email or a print advertisement from my local lapidary, and I loved the coral cab that they had used in something. I asked for them to…
2020 & 2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellows
The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, with the McKnight Foundation, offers two fellowships each year to mid-career artists living and working in Minnesota. Following are samples of the work on display in an exhibition closing soon at MCBA. Mary Hark has her studio, HARK! Handmade Paper, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her work is collected by…
Cochiti Pueblo Potter Virgil Ortiz
I have enjoyed learning about Virgil Ortiz from two different sources in the past week. First was from the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and their This Present Moment: Crafting a Better Future exhibition symposium, and the second was from the American Craft Council. From the Smithsonian American Art Museum website: This…
Sanibel Shell Jewelry
I like to make souvenirs from things I find or buy on vacation, even if it takes a year to complete. These are bits of shells that I found on the beach on Sanibel, Florida, about a year ago. These are all pieces of shell from Florida Fighting Conchs. The earrings are the inner part…