Ceramic sculpture of upper female torso, arms holding a piece of fabric

Embroidery on dye-painted art quilt

Made a piece of fabric out of clay (like you do) and finished thread embroidery; beads next. #artquilt #dyepainting #embroidery #ceramicsculpture #handbuilding

Distracted by Actual Squirrels. Hey ho, why is there so short a time to write this morning? I guess I did things, and then I watched the squirrels running up and down the tree (they're young ones, so they're kinda funny about who goes first on the branch thing. But not sure how it got this late. Also I have no photos of said squirrels.

Distracted by Actual Squirrels.

Hey ho, why is there so short a time to write this morning? I guess I did things, and then I watched the squirrels running up and down the tree (they're young ones, so they're kinda funny about who goes first on the branch thing. But not sure how it got this late.…

Black line drawing of woman, cat on head, plant in front

Drawing at dinner again…can’t take me anywhere. #drawing

I’m a Big Girl… Hey. It's Friday. I say this once a week. I saw three squirrels cavorting on the slope this morning. I've only ever seen two at a time, mostly one. This was definitely three. Fun times. I definitely have the trees for it. And the one I'm watching right now? Definitely a young one. Not super tiny, but not an adult. Cool morning focus...on nature (even destructive nature) rather than the shitshow that is school right now.

I’m a Big Girl…

Hey. It's Friday. I say this once a week. I saw three squirrels cavorting on the slope this morning. I've only ever seen two at a time, mostly one. This was definitely three. Fun times. I definitely have the trees for it. And the one I'm watching right now? Definitely a young one.…

Embroidery on dye-painted art quilt

Ceramic sculpture of woman’s torso

Made it to the bright pink…then it’ll be the bright purple. Also added arms (hands need work!)…reminds me of the low row in Pilates 😂. #artquilt #dyepainting #embroidery #handbuilding #ceramicsculpture

Kitten with its head under a quilt

Embroidery on an art quilt

Stitching is complicated… #artquilt #dyepainting #embroidery

Not a Natural Haven on Purpose… 'Tis Wednesday, yet feels like a later day in the week that is not yet Friday. OK, that only leaves Thursday, but honestly, sometimes it feels like there is a full week between Monday and Wednesday alone, and then you get to Thursday (finally) and it just wings by into Friday and you're done. Sometimes, though, you're teaching sex ed and the boys are being such wingnuts that you get through the day and their stupid shit and even though you have a ton of grading to do that you don't want to do on the weekend, you can't find the mental energy to do any of it.

Not a Natural Haven on Purpose…

'Tis Wednesday, yet feels like a later day in the week that is not yet Friday. OK, that only leaves Thursday, but honestly, sometimes it feels like there is a full week between Monday and Wednesday alone, and then you get to Thursday (finally) and it just wings by…

I haven’t even gotten to the beads and sequins part of this yet… #artquilt #dyepainting #embroidery

Embroidery on a dye-painted art quilt

Embroidering eyes. In her mouth. Yup. #artquilt #dyepainting #embroidery

Art Will Be at the End of It… It seems to be Monday again. Some cruel joke. We start sex ed today, a full 6 weeks early, and I am so not ready. I have 32 kids opted out (I think...something like that)...I have one class that only has 6 girls left (girls opt out more than boys). I clustered them in a little pod, like wagons circled together for protection.

Art Will Be at the End of It…

It seems to be Monday again. Some cruel joke. We start sex ed today, a full 6 weeks early, and I am so not ready. I have 32 kids opted out (I think...something like that)...I have one class that only has 6 girls left (girls opt out more than boys). I clustered them in…

Embroidering an art quilt with a cat watching

And back to this one, with Scribble’s help. #artquilt #embroidery #dyepainting

Embroidery of words in red on a black and white improv-pieced quilt

Oh yeah, so I haven’t finished anything, so it makes sense to work on another unfinished project 🤯. #artquilt #improv #embroidery

Clay sculpture of a woman’s torso

Artemis II landing in the water with three red and white parachutes

So I made stems and/or arteries while watching Artemis enter Earth’s atmosphere, and I can’t think of a better way to spend a Friday evening. #ceramicsculpture #handbuilding #nasa

Soft and Cuddly I love these weeks where Monday and Tuesday are fathomless days, no end in sight, and then all of a sudden, it's Friday. Like what happened there? I guess I appreciate it? I'm just not sure about the concept of time. Still. After how many years? Ha! Years. Time. So it is Friday and this weekend is kind of a shitshow and I'm not sure when I'll grade the things I've been carrying around to grade.

Soft and Cuddly

I love these weeks where Monday and Tuesday are fathomless days, no end in sight, and then all of a sudden, it's Friday. Like what happened there? I guess I appreciate it? I'm just not sure about the concept of time. Still. After how many years? Ha! Years. Time. So it is Friday and…

Raccoon in wool with embroidery

Sometimes I stitch other people’s patterns (Sue Spargo)…I love that the marks on the raccoon’s body look like eyeballs. #critterandclover #suespargo #embroidery

Ladybug art quilt

5 big art quilts in progress

One is done (ish). Because it already had legs. I found the canvases I mount these on too. Good news; I will never run out of those. #artquilt #bugs

Juggling So we've been back at school for two whole days. It hasn't been particularly difficult (well, staff meetings hurt my brain...)...actually, here's a legit commentary on staff meetings. I'm still obsessing over the word 'justify' and what it really means and how it doesn't mean what people say it means and this is why when you tell a word person that they have to use a particular word, said person will obsess over that word for the next 48 hours and then refuse to use it.

Juggling

So we've been back at school for two whole days. It hasn't been particularly difficult (well, staff meetings hurt my brain...)...actually, here's a legit commentary on staff meetings. I'm still obsessing over the word 'justify' and what it really means and how it doesn't mean what people…

5 bugs on art quilts

5 bugs quilted, ready for legs. Or something. #artquilt #bugs

Clay torso with leaves and starburst hole

Making weird clay things… #ceramicsculpture #handbuilding

Need More Leg Parts… Back to school today. No time has passed. The yard and house are still disasters. It's all good. It happens every year...mostly because I like to travel over break (it makes it a real break from what I've been doing). The cleaning and yardwork are constants. They don't go anywhere. Even when you clean, you will just have to do it again.

Need More Leg Parts…

Back to school today. No time has passed. The yard and house are still disasters. It's all good. It happens every year...mostly because I like to travel over break (it makes it a real break from what I've been doing). The cleaning and yardwork are constants. They don't go…

Deciding how to finish all the bugs I ironed in Virginia last week. #artquilt #bugs

Cat under quilt while I embroider

Embroidered eye on dye painted quilt

Scribble is so helpful. Embroidery continues. #artquilt #dyepainting #embroidery

Completely Unprepared Late start to writing; so much to do. Brain explodes and is replaced with AI...which doesn't know where to start, how to prioritize. Still laughing about Melania's AI in the classroom. Obviously the woman and her people have never stepped foot into a middle-school classroom. I wouldn't mind a little robot assistance just for the stupid questions: "What are we doing?" "Do we have to read the whole thing?" "There's a back?".

Completely Unprepared

Late start to writing; so much to do. Brain explodes and is replaced with AI...which doesn't know where to start, how to prioritize. Still laughing about Melania's AI in the classroom. Obviously the woman and her people have never stepped foot into a middle-school classroom.…

Ceramic bowl with heads

Green swirls and black eyes in a mouth

Ceramic sculpture of a back ribcage

Finally some art of my own: a big bowl that turned out well, some embroidery in progress that’s really hard to see, and an insane ribcage. #ceramicsculpture #handbuilding #dyepainting #embroidery

So Much Art… I was supposed to write Monday, but I went to five museums instead and then out to an amazing dinner, care of the girlchild. So I didn't have the mental or physical energy to write anything. If you follow me on Insta, you saw some of the art photos I posted, because I saw a lot of art, and there are still a million photos and they're mostly for me and y'all may never see them.

So Much Art…

I was supposed to write Monday, but I went to five museums instead and then out to an amazing dinner, care of the girlchild. So I didn't have the mental or physical energy to write anything. If you follow me on Insta, you saw some of the art photos I posted, because I saw a lot of…

Tire art

Closeup of faces

Two arms, jasper johns assemblage

Statue of liberty in painting detail

I just got home like 90 min ago and I’m still dribbling art everywhere. #hirsshorn #saam #nationalportraitgallerydc #renwick

Drawing of two heads

Blue chicken statue

Reflections in glass of three figures

Giant words on the walls and floor

I saw so much art today, my head is exploding…in a good way. #drawing #renwick #saam #hirshhorn #nationalgalleryofartdc

Black line drawing of woman, exit sign, and birds

Wooden carving of man with rifle

Bamboo forest

Embroidery of black and white curls

Just one of those days… #drawing #shenandoahvalley #pamelawinegard

Woman in all black, speaking, arms out wide

Woman speaking between artistic hanging jungle vines

Woman speaking in front of art quilt

Woman standing in front of four art quilts and an antique sewing machine

Great artist talks today @vaquiltmuseum from @artextilena, Holly Cole, and myself (IDK what I said). I missed the march, but my art speaks too. Thanks to those who did the work today and hope for all of us in the future. #artquilt #politics

People watch as I iron fabric pieces together

5 little quilt squares with brightly colored bugs ironed down

I demonstrated how to make bugs today…artist talks are tomorrow starting at 2 pm; last day to see the exhibit! #artquilt #fantasticstories