In Floor Basket, the artist wove just enough of a structure to enclose an empty space. It is an example of Lillian Elliott's desire to create objects that appeared to be drawn in the air.

For the "Texture for Layer" group. Please feel free to use as you please. It would be nice if you do use it to link back to me. Thanks :-)

Tips on weaving an open-weave basket, with illustrations that show, using arrows, the correct placement of strips. Suitable for experienced weavers.

CYCLE OF LIFE, 2011, acrylic and collage It is that time of year when I start thinking about spring. It is still cold outside, and we can still end up with a few more snow storms before spring arrives. But there are signs of spring, like green buds on bare branches and small fern fronds peeking up from the ground. And the birds, with their nest building built into their DNA, is another sign of spring. And after the winter months, we look for signs of hope and renewal. This nest is in my Zen House (greenhouse), in a glass box along with round beach stones and driftwood. "My aim is to create an emotional sense of space and place, where time ravages, wind blows, seas swell, places are found, days dwindle, moments are present, then past." -- Sam Lock I have this nest on my front porch-- I often find it disturbed by creatures like squirrels and birds who seem to help themselves to the twigs and straw and odds and ends to make new nests. Chris Giffin is a terrific artist who collects and assembles recycled and found objects into beautiful assemblages. You can find her work at these two gallery websites here and here. Novie Trump: "Eggs have been a symbol of rebirth and renewal for thousands of years.... In this work a nest of weathered bones cradles a single luminous egg, a symbol of hope and possibility amidst death and destruction." You can find more of her beautiful works at her website here. Lelarnie O'Sullivan is from New South Wales, Australia. You can find out more about this artist and her work at the Visual Arts Network here. WHEN A TREE DREAMS it is of eggs-- robin's, dove's -- the gentle cradling, the perfect fit of bluestem straw, alder, sprig, mud, down, hair, in its wind-- strong cup of sky-- reaching branches. -- excerpt, D. J. Gaskin, poet You can find his website here Susan Seubert, fine art photographer. Find more of her beautiful photography at her website here and her work at this gallery in Portland, OR here. Take refuge in rivers, in oceans, in whales, in elephants, in manatees, in birds, in words, in images, in dreams, in dance, in song, in silence. Take refuge in the bird path. -- ashes and snow. org

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Against all the advice I’d ever read, or been given, or even inferred through common sense, I decided to warp the loom on Friday night with what amounted to lace weight, single ply, handspun. This …