Ink: Iris part 1

 I picked all my purple iris flowers and will begin to cook them down for ink. They looked so pretty in the bowl. 

Wool loving kitty!

 I have a little workstation upstairs in the garage to card wool. Someone has decided it is a great place to chill while I'm on the treadmill!

Fly...

 No surprise - I like butterflies!

Cyanotype

 We've had wonderful sunny days for sun printing. 

The print while processing in the sun

I came across this lovely weed in the woods. My plant id app identifies it as Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson or Large camas. I wonder where it came from? Not sure... but it made a lovely sun print!

Needling time!

 A little prep work for upcoming teaching

Using a wool dryer ball as the base is a tremendous time saver. For now I'll use wool and no stitch or beads, just playing and figuring out the best teaching methods.

Figge: Kames

 A trip to the Figge Art Museum is always inspirational.  I especially enjoyed the art by Louise Kames in the exhibit; "I Don't See Anything That's Not Beautiful "

May 1st - Wow!

 It's a rather rainy, cool, damp day here in northern Illinois. I'm picking up mom in a few minutes for a visit to the garden nursery and a bite of lunch. This past week I've been doing some stitching and beading on some wool that I felted last month. Progress is slow and I'm not totally sure about the direction this piece is going. It just needs time to develop