It's that time of year when I do my "Rags to Riches: History and Contemporary Perspectives on Papermaking" presentation for the Smith College Book Studies concentration students. In years past I have had the rare privilege of teaching surrounded by…
With the onset of the pandemic, I’ve been making art here at home in my Two Ponds Studio. I've been creating "collage stand-ups," petite portable diptychs that are meditations on connecting with solitude ("Blooming" is pictured here). I’m very excited…
Capriccio - Prints and Collage February 1-28, 2020 Burnett Gallery at Jones Library Amherst, MA Reception is Tuesday February 6th from 5 until 8 pm.
Two of my works are in the Crik'side exhibit in Bennington. Opening Reception: Saturday July 13 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. On view from July 13 - October 4, 2019 at the Bennington Free Library, 101 Silver St. In 1979…
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 Much of the time I end up recycling clothing - - out of date Flax dresses, ripped muslin trousers, you name it.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…