Rusty Bits Bouquets

One of my perks from my teaching gig in Telluride, CO was getting to see and wander through Kathy’s (one of my students) collection of rusty bits that she’s acquired over her many years of collecting rusty stuff.

And Kathy very generously gifted me with rusty bits from her collection, including some rusted pipes, cylinders, […]

Lucky Us!

One thing we have in abundance here in the mountain west: Rusty old horseshoes

silk, horseshoe-wrapped, vinegar, juniper dye bath

Top piece: cotton, bundled with plant material, steamed. Bottom 2 pieces: silk, bundled with horseshoes, dyed in juniper dye bath.

(detail view) Top, Cotton bundled w/plant materials […]