Compost Diaries

Twenty years ago I moved into this condo suite after a tough break up. I remember the sad sad day it was when I moved in. But the next day my nephew was born and I was filled with joy. The cycle of life. Well, here we go again. My […] Read More

Yes, I have an underwear collection. I have finally figured out what to do with them. Inspired by our rag rug weaving project at work, I am braiding the underwear. My first thought is to make a little matt, but it might also turn into a picture frame. The rag […] Read More

Pre-covid, I was taking some fabric art courses at Maiwa. They were supposed to be introductory, but I quickly realized I was in a room full of artists. I wound up weeping in the bathroom at noon, I was so petrified. I didn’t know how to use any of the […] Read More

  I have many sets of tarot cards. I took a course years ago and was told by the instructor that the cards should be kept in velvet bags. The velvet protects them physically, but perhaps energetically as well. I purchased my first deck of tarot cards back then, a […] Read More

For the past year, we’ve been learning to weave at work. And this coming week, I’m presenting on arts-based methods in language learning at the DeCoda Literacy Conference. I’ve decided to incorporate a very easy activity that we learned from the first weaver we worked with: paper weaving. It’s a […] Read More

This is another of the ‘zines I have created since coming into the Sonya Ahlers sphere of influence. The base is a little gem I found in Orion Magazine called The Lost Spells by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris. Surprisingly, the booklet on “moths” fit with the theme I had […] Read More

As it is Easter, it seems appropriate to post my rabbit warren from last year. This was a sculpture I created for a weeklong workshop I was attending with the Wolf Willow Institute. We were delving deep into systems leadership through various arts-based methods and were to create a 3-D […] Read More

I went through an intense bling phase last year. As I have never had a bling phase, nor even a princess period, this was a total surprise to me. I could not get enough sparkle. I bought sequin dresses and rhinestone pumps. As I work in the inner city and […] Read More

My first ‘zine capturing the Start with the Art project Three years ago, I embarked on an archiving project. It was really an overwhelming clear out project, sorting through old contract binders, overflowing filing cabinets and file drawers, and a storage locker that was filled to the rafters. I had […] Read More