A brown desk by a window. On top of the desk is an electric typewriter, a journal with pen, and Bluetooth headphones.

I’m excited to be at an artistartist residency at #Arrowmont with #pentaculum as part of the writers studio. It’s a beautiful place with incredibly thoughtful artists of many mediums.

Seated at a shaving horse and surrounded by piles of curly wood shavings - a naturally curved piece of white oak is clamped into the horse and has been shaved smooth with a draw knife.

7 sets of white oak stool legs poke out of the top of a wood kiln so that the tenons - the end of the leg which will be joined into the seat, can dry. Most of the legs are wrapped in tin foil, so that the exposed wood just outside the kiln does not dry too quickly.

A circular stool sear made of poplar, shaped, and worked smooth

A fully assembled 3-legged stool. It is roughly 20 inches tall. Each leg features a hand carved knee and calf to resemble a human leg. Curved rungs connect the three legs in a T shape.

Woodworking is no joke - this was the most physically demanding workshop I've taken by a mile! But I suppose that makes the end result that much more gratifying. Class was "Designing a 3 Legged Stool" with Charles Thompson at Arrowmont

#arrowmont #greenwoodworking #crafts

Two piano hinge books featuring sticks found on campus in the binding are shown next to a pile of pine twigs. The books are on top of a book cover made from hornets nest paper.

Working on handmade books featuring found objects while assisting a class at #arrowmont this week.

A stack of handmade books in reds and pinks

A handmade coptic-binding book with a pink cover and multi-colored signatures

The inside cover of a handmade journal featuring a variety of colorful handmade papers

A small stack of journals in Suzi Banks Baum's "One Book, Many Papers" workshop at Arrowmont this weekend. This was my first foray into bookbinding, and it is so satisfying to create such a useful and personal object.

#bookbinding #handmade #arrowmont