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Friday, December 4, 2009

More birds and leaves in process


Afternoon sun streaming into the studio
Those oak leaves remind me of cookies.



I am making more birds and leaves. The owl is new.



My  favorite. I gave him a 3-D beak.
 
They weren't drying fast enough in the studio.


So I moved them up to the house.


It does inspire me to make some cookies.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Thanksgiving table centerpieces


We got this Turban squash from the Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island.



This branch came from a walk on the logging road.



Bothell and family didn't come this year, but they were here in spirit.
Clementine made these candles, she brought a whole box of them last year.



I filled all my pockets with Alder catkins and cones one day.



I love the variation of color and the shapes.



Nine of us fit nicely. And we were nice.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

New Thanksgiving Table


It started with the big trees that fell last winter (time flies) two or three or four years ago.

Mr. Cranky cut slabs from the larger rounds.

He removed the bark, scrubbed the logs with a wire brush, and ran a belt sander over the tops and the edges to create a beveled lip.

Two of the new rounds on last year's table (moved outside for the summer).

The turpentine is for wiping up the pitch that will continue to ooze for awhile. I lost one pair of socks and one pair of jeans to the pitch before I caught on.



I like the one in the center with the footrest.

Because they are simply stacked up without any nails they can be moved really easily. We have them in a triangle right now and will add two more for Thanksgiving to form a big circle. I'm tempted to add hardware to make one of them rotate like a lazy susan and put it in the middle to hold food. Whee!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

a.w.o.l.


antlers and earrings

stones, poppy pod, Turkish textile

ceramic tile, wood, burl, feather

Bowl of collected source material
Windowsill vignettes from Fall. New work (yup!) from the studio coming soon. 
I probably owe you an explanation...