Yep. A grape. A great big, pretty, red grape from Costco. Hat season began about a month ago and I am busily felting new hats for Fall 2020. But, December wa...

I no longer have the time, or necessarily the means, to dash off to Africa for a few years, zip to Europe for few weeks of galavanting, or meander down to Gu...

Show season has closed and it was a joyous and successful one. I am grateful for that because it means I can afford to head into another season of creating ...

Fall show season is just about here and it is time to let you know where I will be and when. I am busily sewing this year's animal menagerie so that it will...

This time of year, for me, is the middle of process of creating my dolls. I have to start transforming them from the log that they were to the personalities...

I have to confess that I am an embellisher. I can't resist the lure of trying to tweak whatever happens to be in front of me. A loaf of bread can support a s...

I usually, like most artists, post photos of the things I feel I have successfully finished. I don't plan to change that! I do share more of my general proc...

There is a lot that goes into maintaining a level of motivation and inspiration to create art as a living. This year has had a few challenges, the largest be...

I am celebrating today. I have never been one to chase after accolades, submit my work to magazines, or try to win awards. But, this year, at the urging of...

Hmmm. I probably can, but this question really tests the foundations of my mission to create one of a kind inspirations. I don't always know where my inspira...

This week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. The hats have all been wet felted and it is time to sit down for a one on one session with each and every...

Quality of life is one of the main reasons I am motivated to earn my keep on this planet as an artist. I grew up in Montana taking for granted the extreme, j...

It's April and I have Spring Brain. I know that the number of low humidity, sunny days are numbered in western Pennsylvania and I find myself drifting out o...

I am asked a lot about how I got started felting. There are so many answers to that. A lot was happening all at once, but I'll try to choose a logical threa...

Being the middle of Hat Season, today was meant to be a blog about how I got started making hats in the first place. I will get to that one day soon, but the...

I have been avoiding writing a blog and even having a website for so many years that I can no longer remember why! What changed? When I am exhibiting at an ...