love and light descending...

…love and light descending describes that Holy Night when Jesus was born that we celebrate at Christmas and also on Resurrection Sunday as we remember how Jesus then hung on a cross to redeem us! This tiny tapestry captures the essence of that feeling for me of the love and light descending on us and the gift of redemption with it. I hold tight to these truths and the gift of the Holy Spirit Jesus left with us when he returned to Heaven.

… an act of worship for me, my tapestries are a kind of journal of my prayers and praise, visual offerings about the beautiful love and mercy of Jesus…

...summer's vibrant beauty

….the garden is full of cosmos, marigolds, coreopsis a few surprises…like safflower that reappeared from last year…

…the summer season is so full of color, bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and finally even a few monsoons….

..summer's heat gives opportunities for solar dyeing....my favorite dye process.... I'm always delighted and in awe of the rich and gorgeous colors God's creation provides...I love the unknowing...no intention to repeat any particular colors...just enjoy and weave with the colors I'm given from nature...

....winding down and preparing to show

This is the time of year, for the past several at least, where I am winding down from a body of work and preparing to show it in our local, Artists Studio Tour. New ideas get put on hold…somewhat… while I finish ends, stitch tapestries to mounting fabrics, paper etc… it’s both exciting and exhausting while my mind and heart continue dreaming all the new pieces to create... Here’s a glimpse into my work table at the moment with all the various stages of finishing in process….

...dwelling in the light

Finally getting up to date with my posts, the past four have come from work in the last 9 months, this one is what’s currently on my loom.

….very slowly but surely this one is coming to life on the loom…dwelling the the light as I weave…reminding me to stay in the light…John 1:5…”the darkness can never extinguish it.”

...dreaming of the oceans...

….dreaming always about oceans…the rhythms…the colors in early morning…the gentle and powerful movement and sound…one of God’s incredible creations that reminds me of both His gentle love and mighty strength… these two tapestries are also inspired by the beautiful words in the poetry of Jennifer Maritza McCauley and her reflections and love for the oceans she’s experienced…

travels with tapestry...

…my small traveling tapestry loom last summer/fall was on 5 wonderful trips in 3 states…pictured here a tapestry from late fall 2023 inspired by prayers and dreams of the thin places …far away oceans and lakes nearby.

the dye garden.....God's gift of color!

The dye garden gave me such beautiful colors, all through simple solar dyeing…except a small but generous harvest of fresh leaf indigo where all the blues came from…God’s beautiful gift of color constantly inspires me to create work that reflects that beauty….time to rest now from harvesting and dyeing and focus on new tapestry weaving…

God's gift of color from the dye garden

"Rhythms of Grace"

“Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.” Matthew 11: 28-29 MSG translation

This verse inspired my tapestry, “Rhythms of Grace”, as well as other recent works and is about one of the “thin places” where Heaven and Earth meet and the presence of God is so clear, a gentle presence calling me to rest in Him.

This tapestry was the first to find a home in the recent local Artist Studio Tour and now has a home with a beautiful soul and friend who sees and appreciates the meaning behind it. Grateful it found a perfect home. I pray it brings peace and rest for her soul each time she looks at it.

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