A few finished brooches:
Today is one of those rainy days that mixes summer blue skies with flashes of pouring rain and mistiness. Everything is wet, green and full of life. I finished up a few brooches and started working with some lace my sister gave me as a gift. She also picked up some great old buttons for me at her neighbourhood yard sale. As the story goes the lady who sold them to her got them from a button factory that went out of business long ago. I can’t wait to make some interesting one of a kinds with them. (Thanks Val!)
I also listened to yoga heart radio on CKDU. I love listening to the lady hosts voice and the words she speaks, she is obviously a lovely and wise person. The chloe dog and I went out for a walk in the rain, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Rainy days are my favourite, as a wooly haired red head I am pretty much built for them.
Dan has been collecting bits of fallen wood as he walks around the city, he keeps coming home with more and more bags of sticks. Right now he has his heart set on making a broom with a beautiful birch branch he found on the ground near the supermarket. He takes his finds home, sands them, dries them out and treats them with beeswax. After that we decide what they should be used for, what they are already. We hold them and intuitively figure out their use; pen, pin, handle, brooch etc. The sticks all have their own individual character and shape, the chaotic beauty of the grain and natural variations in colour can be also quite beautiful. Now that we have a deeper appreciation for this material it seems amazing that so much of it is just lying around on the ground. When we need more we just go out and find some, its a nice excuse to take a walk in the woods. Just goes to show how much trees will provide without even having to cut them down. Treasure is everywhere.
We will be selling some of the new work we make with textile and recycled wood in our store when we (finally!) get the finishing touches done. We made some changes and decided to build a new shop from scratch which will be finished shortly, I can’t wait to share it with all of you.
