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leaves and flowers

To get through the winter we frequently visit the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, which is a 15 minute walk from our home. We savored the humid air and lush green yesterday and here are a few photos. The conservatory opened in 1915, and was one of many features of Como Park, which was born when the City of St. Paul purchased 300 acres of prime land on the shores of Lake Como in 1873. The Conservatory is now on the National Register of Historic places.

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snow hats

snow hats

We are having a fluffy snow this morning. The flakes are making hats for the Rudbeckia and Echinacea seed heads.

Echineacea seedhead

on seed head

Birdxbird was a great success. My owl hanging found a new home, as did many other bird themed works. Birds will benefit.

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I enjoy repeat patterns – a challenge to design and a fun to discover variations on a theme. Perhaps I like them for the same reasons I enjoy traditional Irish music, Mozart,and the Delta Blues. Visual rhythms, process rhythms, keeping time, leaving space for imagination, practice for my hands.

I’ve washed the rice paste from the cotton/linen blend, decorated with Meadow Rue and Tulip designs. Below are photos of results. Each piece is approx. 24×62.”

image of katazome meadow rue pattern on cotton/linen blend

Meadow rue, natural pigments on linen/cotton blend

image of meadow rue detail, katazome on linen/cotton blend

Meadow rue detail

image of tulip pattern, katazome on linen/cotton blend

Tulips, natural pigments on linen/cotton blend

image of tulips detail

Tulips detail

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Tea Cozies off to Moscow

October 19, 2009 Bird motif

I sold two tea cozies this past weekend to a woman from Moscow! It makes me smile to think that one will warm her mother-in-law’s teapot in Moscow, another her mother’s teapot somewhere in France! She bought them from my “old” Etsy shop, which features screen-printed items for the home. The design began as a [...]

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More layers, a non-traditional approach

August 21, 2009 Katazome

I am using katazome tools and materials in a non-traditional way with this piece. I have added paste and and dye layers, approaching it a bit like a painting but more backward and indirect. It will get 3 or possibly 4 more layers before I set it aside. In the beginning I drew out the [...]

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Sorting, sifting, reflecting

July 29, 2009 Inspiration

The Art at St. Kate’s show/fair was a great experience and exceeded my expectations! A windy day, two rain squalls, a sky with gorgeous clouds, and good sales. I was pleasantly surprised at the popularity of my runners, and sold out of the Minnow design (but can always make more). This week the garden needs [...]

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Pile of Pillows

May 11, 2009 Bird motif

Just completed a batch of Katazome (stencil-dyed) pillows, which I’ll be showing in Art-A-Whirl this coming weekend (May 15-17, 2009). Art-A-Whirl is an open studio and gallery tour of Northeast Minneapolis featuring more than 600 NEMAA artists, including; potters, tile makers, painters, sculptors, musicians, photographers, glass blowers, printmakers, jewelry makers, textile designers and more! I’ll [...]

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