Woven Memories: echos of people and place. Works in Progress

Hold the dates: July 10 – July 25, 2026 – Hope Cook Gallery Carnegie Art Center

July 10, 5-7pm – Opening Reception 

A sneak peek at 3 new in process pieces that will be a part of this exhibit over the summer. Just some quick peeks …saving the stories for the show.

Daisies aree my favorite flower. They are so cheerful and bring me joy! Lots of weaving and more to go on this one! So many memories of daisies to draw upon.

Memories from a trip to Colorado last summer. Gorgeous aspen trees everywhere There are so many layers in this one…from the zentangles to the photos of my time in Colorado to the embroidery on the tree bark and the weaving onto aspen branches from a friend’s cabin in the mountains.

Life at the beach! Nothing makes me feel more at peace! Photos; photo inspirations from my travels, yarn choices, sketch, and looking at an old weaving on top to begin planning the weaving to create for this piece.

Where this process all started…this tribute to my Garndma!

Layers Viewing

Video of the show, “Layers” at the Smallest Cog Gallery, St Peter, MN

Video of projection image to accompany Fall Falls

Video of computer and video projection

Images from the exhibit

Layers of Love and Loss: a tribute to my grandmother

Blossoms

Exhibit Invitation and Acknowledgments

A special thanks to the Smallest Cog for hosting the show!

Layers

This piece has been created with many long hours of love. Each leaf has taken 2 hours to embroider. The waterfall weaving took over 12 hours for only a portion of it. Yet it is such mindful work that it brings me peace as I do it. I love that from a distance it looks abstract, but close up there are many layers of detail and imagery. Check out my show. I hope you love the pieces in it as much as I have enjoyed creating them.

Process Focused Art Making

As you may remember I decided to make my goal for 2023 to try to create daily with a focus on process. I also for the month of January made this the focus of my School for Arts Leaders Capstone project. I am enjoying this so much and absolutely love just letting the art lead me, rather than having an end product in mind. I am working in a lot of mixed media on the weekends and focusing on small sketch works on weekdays when I am more tired following a full day of teaching. Here are a few of my favorite images from what I have created thus far.