new work!

I'm overjoyed to announce that on January 12th we welcomed our daughter into the world!

Photo by Shannon Zahnle Wenger.

Regularly scheduled artistic activities will resume shortly. Between feedings.

Still here!

The philosopher pointed out yesterday that it's been nearly a month since my last update. Oh dear! So I'm popping in to reassure you that I am indeed still here. I have been on a bit of a hiatus, you see, because my first baby is due sort of any time now, and between the holidays and getting the house ready for its newest inhabitant, my studio has been in a state of disruption and nothing new has been made since I sent out my last Christmas orders. My mind, in short, has been on other things. Rest assured that I'll be back at it as soon as possible. In the meantime, have a happy new year and try to stay warm!

State of the Arts Gallery

I'm pleased to announce that my work is now available at State of the Arts Gallery in Olympia, Washington.

New items at Wandering Turtle!

I just delivered a fresh batch of goodies to the Wandering Turtle-- lots of earrings in all styles, from dyed paper and mosaic to wabi-sabi leaf earrings. Get 'em while the gettin's good! (I'm talking to you, Hoosiers!)

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)

...and now for something completely different. Hand-embossing is the brave new frontier I'm exploring lately. This piece involved several layers of embossing on creamy Arches text. The title, of course, is a reference to the ee cummings poem....

River of Fire card

No text on this one, just the beautiful serendipitous design. Sometimes words aren't needed.

Etsy store up and running again

Ok, I've officially resurrected my Etsy store to carry my new greeting cards, some original 2d works, and other papery goodness as-yet-unimagined. There's not much there just yet, but I'll be adding things at a reasonably steady pace, so do check in from time to time.