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Hand and Heart

December 19, 2009

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 ...

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Twilight in Autumn

November 9, 2009

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

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Where Art Meets Garden, Part 1

September 28, 2009

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

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Spiral Garden

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 ...

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