blooming brooches all done

All done!  10 wet-felted wool flower brooches completed.  I'll be submitting these to the committee at The Crossing Arts Alliance where I work to see if they'd be a good fit for the Sales and Gift gallery.  It would be fun to have some of my work in there.

This one has a clay bead center made by my talented friend Haddie.

Speaking of my work...I started a Pinterest page for The Crossing and need more artsy souls to follow.  If you're a pinner, let me know either by following me over there or by leaving me a comment here with your profile.  I'd love to connect with you there.

Happy Day!

new brooches and zen

 

A few finished brooches are on my table.  The wood bases made this weekend from walnut, hickory, mahogany (a new one for me), and a piece of chokecherry.

 

 I always say that working at the sander and saw brings me a little bit of zen.  It was really cool to see that same thing happen for my 7 year old when he turned his first piece of wood on the lathe yesterday (closely supervised of course).  Who knows, perhaps we'll need to make a little more room at the workbench soon.

I'm planning to have another shop update soon, after I get a few more pieces completed.  Details to come.

Hope you all have a great start to your week.  Find some zen.

new brooches today

 

Over the weekend I finished needling those brooches I've been working on, and cut and sanded the wood bases too.  These 7 pieces will make their appearance in my shop today at 3pm CST.

 As always, they tell stories about places I'd like to be, places I've been, places where I imagine one could find some quiet peace.  You might have noticed there are no man-made structures in my pieces.  That's on purpose.  There might be fields and meadows, but you won't see barns or red balloons.  Not in these pieces, anyway. (some other time, maybe)  These are all very quiet.

 Some tell of moonlit swims, some of trips to the mountains with my father.  Some remind me of flying on cliffs above Lake Superior (remind me to tell you of my "flying" habit one day).  Others of quiet places I've only dreamed of.

If these move you, or if you know someone who might enjoy them, I'd be so grateful if you'd spread the word.

I do have a number of other pieces started, I'm still in the mood for making brooches, AND I have babysitting help this week so you just might see another update before too long.

Thanks everyone!  Have a great start to the week.