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Oregon Coast May 2023 Words are hard to find to describe the beauty of the Oregon coast. Usually images show gorgeous vistas of beach, sea, and sky, but beauty can also be found in looking closely at patterns on the beach. Waves, as they recede, create wonderful...

Takadai April 2023 Takadai weaving on the diagonal is fascinating. Each group of threads on a bobbin acts as a warp and, in turn, a weft. The rhythm of creating the shed with the hand, casting a bobbin through, and beating by hand is soothing, as is the gentle...

Studio Assistant March 2023 Meet Papi, my current studio assistant. Her calming presence helps me stay focused, and fortunately, she usually doesn’t want to get intimately involved with threads. She’ll curl up beside me on my loom bench or be nearby when I work on...

Studio Update February 2023 Welcome to my blog. You never know what you will find here. It could be thoughts on weaving or ply-splitting, or other fiber techniques I do, or it might be posts about a walk on the beach, a book I’ve enjoyed, or cooking. Since my website...