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 *Please allow me to do double duty with this post - and count it as my "Focus on Life" post. I have been in the studio all week finishing new work! Also - there are additional images tagged on Instagram. Thanks!*

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(My Spring newsletter, complete with images. May seem a bit more formal in tone... But it does have all the scoop regarding where I will be when!)

Happy May Day! Welcome Spring!

Oh heavens a week ago today I was home from Austin. Home late Wednesday night actually. Since i got home - its been a frenzy. Spoutwood May Day Faerie Festival is right around the corner. I need new collage/mixed media work for a local show, to hang on April 30th. The tax man was insisting we file his papers on time. Class to teach, chores...So I endeavor to catch up, and present a slide show of scenes and cuteness from Austin, Easter, and my lil nephew...

Above the clouds...

You can see they are not your ordinary deck of playing cards. Aren't they exquisite? A friend at the ceramics studio brought them in to show me. She purchased them in Russia, maybe 25-30 years ago. The suits are the four seasons, and they look so  - regal? unique? archaic? 

I love the resin. ( I use ICE resin by Susan Lenart Kazmer. I have tried others, and I do like ICE the best.) I love the clarity after it has cured. I love the silky, slightly sexy texture. I like what it does to antique paper. I like embedding things into it. I like its strength. And I haven't even tried casting it or coloring it...