I’ve always been a maker of things, and I know I’m not the only one–the kind of person who can’t keep their hands out of anything without a very conscious effort of will. A bit of the surprise is taken out of this proverbial big announcement by the fact that I have a) been […]
These are the colors of fall for me now. A while back, my husband wrote a really good piece for Front Porch Republic about planting fruit trees even when you don’t know if you’ll get to reap the rewards of your labor. Yes, this did have a basis in real life, as we had just […]
Here’s a quick look at the main body of work I made this year. I’d been developing a glaze combination I really liked for a while, and I decided to make a lot of simple pieces in various shapes that would showcase these glazes beautifully. I’m always attracted to things that match and don’t match […]
Oh my. I’ve been doing SO much. So much that I can’t post it all. So much that is exciting and new and beautiful, and at the same time nothing new under the sun (part of the beauty of it! As mentioned before, I love functional ware. Nothing beats a favorite mug or cereal bowl). […]
I’m filling up my shop! More to come; new things every week. http://www.etsy.com/shop/windfallarts
“Make it from scratch!” is my modus operandi for almost everything. I ask, can it be cooked, sewn, written, built, or otherwise fabricated by means within my power, and if so, will it be better than something I could buy ready-made? The answer to both questions is often “yes” (read this as an insult to […]
Here’s a post I wrote over 2 years ago, and today feel compelled to share, unedited. I still feel much the same, even though some of the specifics are different now. (Pictures are more recent.) It’s a small life. Days are long sometimes, yet there is so little time . . . but lots happens […]
As you might know if you’ve seen my recent posts on facebook, I’ve got some new things in the works. There is great excitement here in my messy little studio. I feel grateful and triumphant in a couple of different ways. To be making things at all is a huge victory over all the distractions, […]
It’s not original at all, not very complicated nor requiring much creative power to make it work. I’ve seen plenty of other artists use plant impressions in their pieces. But I’m not too worried about being a pathfinder or trailblazer right now, just about trying something new-for-me that I will love and that will expand […]
Here we are. We are like little magpies these days, collecting color and taste and texture for our book of life. Reading and strawberry picking and seven-foot tomato plants. Coffee and jam-making and homemade swimming pools. Having close church friends over for a vehement yet unheated discussion. These are the people we are—trading food and […]
Handcrafted and Homegrown 