I’ve been on the move this year, with changes every season. Magritte said, “Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.” I entered that sphere head over heels this summer when we traveled to some of the…
The turn of the year is both a summing up (how did we do in 2016?) and a forecast (where are we going in 2017?). We are overrun with data at that time of year - - economic indicators, climate…
In putting together last November's exhibit Northampton Unbuttoned: Dedicated to the Girls of the Mill River Button Company, ca. 1874, I was inspired by Historic Northampton's rich and varied collections as evidence of working women's lives in the second half…
As a papermaker I'm always searching for discarded linen to make into paper. Much of the time I end up recycling clothing - - out of date Flax dresses, ripped muslin trousers, you name it. This obsession with cloth extends…
This week I gave a talk about late 19th century papermaking and William Morris. My colleagues, Nancy Bradbury and Cornelia Pearsall invited me to their Victorian Medievalism class here at Smith College. The class covers 19th century revivals and transformations…
Up until today it's been a pretty mild winter here in the Pioneer Valley. My latest monotypes called the "Warm Winter series" draw inspiration from those days when there was just a dusting of snow and a thin layer of…