I was humbled by the abundant love emanating from those of you who participated in #TheLastHundred at D14 at the Circle Craft Holiday Market. The love was so overwhelming. I did not get a picture of every one of you that came to hug, dress up and/or came dressed in Dahlia Drive. If you do […]
16 years of business at a minimum of 3 shows per year equals 48 shows. 48 shows at an average of 4 days per show equals 192 days. 192 days at an average of 20 pieces sold/day equals 3,840 pieces made! BEFORE AFTER I generally prepare the garments for sale: pattern, dye, paint, print, set, […]
A plethora of paper, bits of lace, woven seaweed, buckets of buttons and doodads, fraught threads, brushes and dyes fortress my studio. Each item beckons me with endless possibilities. It is my nest. #TheLastHundred humbles me. Every day, there are fewer canvases to print, paint, embellish and dye, yet the nest does not seem to […]
Dahlia Drive’s Continuation Day: November 12, 2023 Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist priest, described birth and death as continuation days; there is a life before birth, a life during life, and then a life after death. It is a continuum. In physics, no energy is gained or lost; it simply transforms. Below is a small […]
