12 more make 54

43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

Nest Experiment

Birch Bark

Still looking,
Still experimenting

6 x 6

One of the inspirations for this project was the terracotta warriors
I was imagining how so many artisans probably spent years reinterpreting the same elements again and again. Each a little different than the last and yet the same.
After 26 years designing tiedyes for my job I feel a certain kinship although they probably had a far greater incentive to keep going than I , there is no emporor with the power of life and death in my world... just a mortgage and a bunch of other bills!

Trying Words

the counted so far (30) 

So what are these little guys about?
that has many answers,
an exploration of Tribe, group similarities contrasting with individuality
the practice of working within boundaries,
a repetitive interpretation of the same elements: gold stone, red thread, green thread, gold bead, black bead, olive bead, horsehair, knotted cord, and pine twigs
a way of reestablishing my daily practice,
paitience
finding a voice again.
more?

Marching on

18, 19, 20, 21

They are still arriving,
Joining the others,
 Going
unsure of the final destination
but they keep moving along