I am a creative process coach and teaching artist in the visual arts. The world is a fascinating place, full of details and nuance and stories and the unusual.
Working with you to find the art that means something to you and providing strategies to leading a creative life are my goals as a coach and instructor. My drawings are slices of time, views that have caught my fancy. By noticing and sharing, we never know where we might go.
01/26/2026
I’m making things and they are getting put up in my web shop (see link in bio). I got this whimsical hedgehog fabric on a trip to Japan last year.
10% of every sale gets donated to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and Translifeline. One of the ways I resist the actions of the current regime.
12/25/2025
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!
Next up on my inkle loom I wanted to add some level of difficulty. I have lots of rayon thread on spools that I’m not using so wanted to see if I could make a band with them. If it works then maybe I have a way to use up my un-used rayon threads.
To make one strand on the warp I looped the color 4x. I have 100 threads wrapped, and it’s very slippery thread. Already I see several mistakes. But, it’s a good learning lesson and I might experiment with things as I go along since I have about 7 feet more to play with. Play is good.
12/14/2025
My third band is now started on the inkle loom. While I work on this one, I will start figuring out tablet weaving which I can also do on this loom but which will make more complicated designs.
Anyhow, so far so good without having any instructions on how to copy designs I’ve seen in real life.
12/03/2025
My first inkle band is finished and I’ve set up the loom for my next. So very satisfying to make and see this next band develop.
12/02/2025
Don’t just demand his resignation, he needs to be impeached and removed.
Impeach Pete Hegseth (UPDATED 12/1) ⭑ 5 Calls Updates December 1, 2025: The Washington Post reported that Secretary Hegseth gave explicit orders to kill any survivors of the initial September 2nd …
12/02/2025
Yarn arrived yesterday and trying out something new. Never used or warped an inkle loom before.
I have no idea what I’ll do with this band when finished. That doesn’t matter though. The process and the possibilities are the main focus part. I’ll figure out a use for it eventually.
11/25/2025
I made a rainbow bowl for a client. If you’d like one too, let me know. I’d be happy to make one for you too. 🌈
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10/26/2025
Haven’t done any drawing recently, but since I was recently in Japan, I was inspired to continue.
The big vat is an old lacquer pot.
09/23/2025
More bowls, more colors. This project is fun because I get to play with all the colors in my fabrics. And there are so many more combinations to try!
They’re still not on my website, but I have taken pictures. One step closer to actual listings.
09/20/2025
It was time to work with purples and this is what I made from 20’ of wrapped cord: a medium sized bowl and a coaster.
Working with my hands (and color) gets me and my mind in a happy place. Making art and being creative are acts of resistance. Make this world a better place.