hidden in the details

 

View fullsize “Rising into the Sky.” Sunflower pod, feathers. 6x7” This is one of those pieces that slowly unfolded...I grew this sunflower in my garden a few years ago and it’s moved in and out of different pieces over time. Recently I fo
View fullsize “Unbound She Began Anew.” Wood knot, willow cordage, paper wasp nest.
View fullsize Thus tulip greeted me this morning on my kitchen table grown on a farm down the street. It’s fullness and beauty just took my breath away. And the sacred geometry emanating it’s still symmetry from the center. Looking forward to stepping
View fullsize “Turning Within.” Muscle shells, willow, balsa wood, beeswax.
View fullsize “Flying Home.” Seed pod, rabbit fur, feathers, balsa wood, beeswax. This seed pod was gifted to me from my mother from the Amazon. She didn’t know what it was, but from my research, I believe it’s from a monkeycomb tree (Apei
View fullsize Sometimes titles just aren’t ready to come forth yet. Here’s a short poem to go with this piece. _____________________ “perhaps the problem is we are all living a beautiful story but are completely unaware.” ~ Vinati Bho
View fullsize “Dreaming between Earth and Sky.” Shell, usnea, dried flower, balsa wood, beeswax.
View fullsize “Wearing Her Soul Inside Out.” Mixed media assemblage: leaf, willow, twine, balsa wood, beeswax. It’s full moon today and I think of how the full moon reflects the sun during the darkness of night. To me this delicate leaf has been
View fullsize Here are 2 fun videos I took way back during winter months making boxes with balsa wood and bees wax. It gives you a sense of scale with the finished assemblage pieces.
View fullsize “E A R T H & H E A R T : art as a threshold between nature and the human experience” Today was to be the opening of this show at Vashon Center for the Arts with @jennifer_hawke and Brian Dempsey. I’m feeling the sadness of th
View fullsize “Raw Potential Nesting Deep in Her Wisdom.” Mixed media assemblage: paper wasp nest, barnacles on a shell, glass bead, willow, red twig dogwood, twine. :: How do bees know how to create such nests of beauty in perfect geometry? And how do
View fullsize “A Secret Whisper.” Mixed media assemblage: bumblebee, clay, corn silk, poppy stem, willow, twine, balsa wood, beeswax.
View fullsize “Together We Hold What’s Most Essential.” Mixed media assemblage: bones, beads, rabbit fur, clay, willow, balsa wood, beeswax. A poem by Maya Spector to accompany this piece: ______________________________________ We Need Each Other
View fullsize “The Sound of her Flowering.” The vision for this piece came together quickly but took a while to execute. Like so much in life things come together in their own rhythm and timing. :: Mixed media assemblage: goat horn, dried flower pod, v
View fullsize “Suspended in the House of Everyday and Ancestral Times.” This piece feels like the one that wants to be seen today. I can’t decide if the claws are caught between the linear threads and the organic luminescent shell or if they are
View fullsize Titled: Still Sitting at the Center of Her Being. This is the underside of a sea urchin with the top of a poppy seed revealed at the center. Both these amazing natural formations have the geometry of the Golden Ratio at the core of their unfolding.