Exhibits, Ornaments, and other new stuff

The show is up and beautiful at the Frehner Gallery of the Monroe Arts Center in Monroe Wisconsin!  This is the arts center, an historic Methodist church, saved from destruction and transformed into an active Community arts center.

Suzanne, the gallery director, went above and beyond the call of duty to install the show.  She did such a fantastic job, using fishing line to hang the work and keeping it perfectly asymmetrical, just the way I envision the pieces hanging in someone's home.  Now how often does that happen? 
I sold several of my leaf wallpieces right at the opening, pieces similar to what you'd find in the art section of my Etsy shop.

I did steal bits of time in the house to finish up some more wool felt ornaments.

The little acorn is made from vivid green roving and royal blue yarn.  It measures about 1 x 1-1/2 inches.  The heart is made from wool batting and alpaca locks and measures about 3 x 3 inches at its maximum dimensions.  I've got these safely tucked away in my ornament box for next Christmas, but am more and more tempted to sell them.

You might have already noticed this.  I've started selling the book Moving Metal: The Art of Chasing and Repoussé

by Adolph Steines in the commercial supplies section of my Etsy shop. This is the book that I recommend most often for medium to large chasing and repoussé work in my workshops.  I did not learn from this book, but I still look to it when I need some creative approaches and technical insight for my own work.

I'll be making chasing tool sets again in April. I've got 3 requests already.  Please contact me if you'd like to be put on the list of people to notify when the sets are ready.