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  • Of Trees and Roots and Names of Things

    When my grandpa Averill bought property on Wolf Lake in the Irish Hills of Michigan in the early 40s, he picked the choice lot for himself, and then parceled out smaller lots along the lake edge in a little barony he named “Averill’s Basswood Terrace”. (My grandpa liked to see…

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  • Make 25: My edible book entry

    Three of my troop’s girl scouts did a fundraiser for literacy by hosting an “Edible Book” feast.  People who entered created something edible based on…

  • Make 24: Same form, different demo.

    Today I demoed the extruded casserole project for my ceramics class at Owens College. Same idea, bigger form. Bad cell phone pic. Wait until you…

  • Make 23: Demo casseroles

    This is made from an extruded wall (I cut the die with a rim and gallery) — textured with a wooden block from a jenga…

  • Make 22: Needle felting first!

    I took a wet felting class a few weeks ago and made a big fish, so today I decided to try needle felting and make a little…