Studio Update

This winter all goes forward in the studio. I was able to complete a few pieces on my looms. First, a purple weaving on the Kessenich Loom. This weaving went to my sister-in-law for Christmas. She was moving to a hospice facility after over a decade battle with terminal breast cancer. Purple is her favorite color and she wore the shawl as she moved. She passed away on December 21, 2023. 
A commission I started in June also came to completion. I wove a pastoral stole in green. I enjoy making the custom stoles as it gives me time to methodically make and meditate as I weave. The stole is pictured on my Schacht Loom. 

​As a Christmas Present to my family I purchased paint by number paintings of our beloved dog Rico. He passed away this October. We were heart broken as his body was failing and his mind sharp. He is greatly missed. Pictured is my daughter Adeline's start on her picture she chose. 

2023 brings more commissioned stoles, blue and red which I will methodically weave. At St.Paul's where I teach art to Kindergarten- eighth grade and social studies to grades kindergarten-third grades I am planning a large collaborative weaving project. I have four of seven looms threaded for the school wide creation. I prepared warp in a rainbow of colors. 
As far as personal art endeavors, I will continue to stitch my art kerchiefs and I have a quiet murmur of a large color project brewing. It has been nice to coast a bit as teaching second grade in the 2021-22 school year along side art was quite the feat. It was a very successful year but not sustainable, I did suffer some burn out. I am thankful for that amazing opportunity to teach in a classroom. I learned so much management wise and formed amazing relationships with those students. I still have them for social studies and art and really enjoy our time together. I have been been embracing the artwork created in my art room and fully recognize the production of my students is an extension of myself. I enjoy sharing my gift of visual art, skill, history, culture, and knowledge. Truly blessed to love what I do.