i'll begin with a pic of my cucumber seedling. it looked like it might be molding indoors in the peat moss, so i transplanted it outside. now it is covered with a table cloth so it hopefully won't freeze tonight.
i was able to go to caroline manheimer's MA grad show up at ECU this past week. caroline did a series of fiber hangings based upon her school girl uniform. this work was personally exploratory in nature, yet still held true to caroline's long time asthetic. gorgeous.
my neice came over and we did some faux mendhi. i found out the kind of "henna" i have is not really henna, and it can cause all kinds of skin reactions, so i decided to use a sharpie on berklee instead. still, it looked great and she was a very patient girl.
while jamie has had some downtime recently from work he has been making things. here he is doing some drawing, and here is a pic of the table he made using old pool table legs and pine and walnut. excellent.
jamie and i took my nephews edward and hampton camping on friday night at hot springs campground. it was much fun! a beautiful night, and a delightful experience with my nephews. i believe a good time was had by all--fishing, cooking over the fire, a slingshot.... hampton and i did some tree artwork, a gift for the next campers to come through.
i found these awesome crayon carvings by diem chau. take a look at the website, it shows some work that is super cool! miniatures, with a real quiet and elegant appeal.
diem chau also does sewing on porcelain bowls.
this reminded me of esther knobel's work in jewelry. 
she sews on sterling silver. there are many other people in the jewelry world who are sewing on metal right now, and i find it a very interesting mix of materials. check out iris eichenberg's work as well. the sewing is so appealing to me, it makes me want to sew as well. but it is a popular thing to do, so then again it makes me want to avoid the technique. but it is so simply beautiful, and it adds a whole different feel to jewelry.i found this bowl, as well, you can buy it here. pretty nifty to see how people are using this technique in their own way. i like this bowl, because you are allowed to decorate it with whatever pattern you choose to really make it your own.
i found another pic showing work of someone who obviously had seen one of my projects in a Lark book. i just can't get over this kind of thing! amazing!her work:
my work:
a few cool links: www.coolhunting.com
www.designenterprise.com
www.callycreates.blogspot.com
www.margauxlange.com
fermelenge!
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