
Found and constructed objects. Charms for making, to keep the connection between hand and heart, to inspire a light touch and unburdened memory, a simultaneously focused and detached response to a wild flow of ideas and an overwhelming abundance of materials. Finishing a work of art is all about letting go.
Patin'd silver metal bezel and ...

The fiery flowers of pineapple sage, young radishes in a driftwood bed, one last rose before winter, the sun shed at sunset, and an alchemical androgyne.
The Divine Hermaphrodite

Three favorite photographs of artists' gardens from a book that I am parting with. I have this long standing practice that for every object I bring into this house, I must part with an equivalent object, usually a book for a book, a clothing item for a similar clothing item, etc.
John Ruskin
Edward Augustus Bowles
Derek Jarman

I am as old as dirt now but that's okay because I really like dirt. I've been spending all of my free time playing in it. This has been an unusually cold spring and is turning out to be a ridiculously cold wet summer.
We've been constructing a spiral garden, something I have wanted to do ...