DAUGHTERS
IN THE EVER GROWING BUSTLE OF SOUTH CONGRESS IN AUSTIN, DAUGHTERS FEELS LIKE IT IS NESTLED INTO A QUIET LITTLE NOOK. LOCATED IN ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS ON THE BLOCK, IT'S STOCKED WITH QUALITY PIECES INTENDED TO BE WORN, LOVED, AND PASSED DOWN OVER TIME. MUCH LIKE THE BUILDING ITSELF. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SPACE TO PAIR UP WITH. I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU CAN NOW SEE AND PURCHASE MY WALL HANGINGS AT DAUGHTERS. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PIECE, OR TAP THE LINK BELOW TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHSE AT DAUGHTERS.
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IN BLOOM SERIES
IN BLOOM
THIS WALL HANGING FEATURES TWO OF MY FAVORITE DESERT BLOOMS - THE CENTURY PLANT AND THE DESERT GLOBEMALLOW. IT ALSO CARRIES THE NAME OF THIS BANNER SERIES: IN BLOOM.
WHEN WE CAME THROUGH THE CHIRICAHUAS THE FIRST TIME, WE TOOK NOTE OF A SPOT THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO CAMP AT THE NEXT TIME WE MADE IT THROUGH. THE SPOT WAS NESTLED IN A LITTLE NOOK ALONG THE CHIRICAHUA BYWAY WITH A TOWERING CENTURY PLANT ON ONE SIDE AND A PERFECT SPOT FOR WATCHING THE SUN SET OVER LAYERS OF MOUNTAIN TOPS ON THE OTHER.
I LOVED GETTING TO SIT AND WATCH HUMMINGBIRDS AND BEES HANG OUT AT THIS CENTURY PLANT ALL MORNING LONG. IT HAD SO MUCH LIFE ORBITING AROUND IT. THE SOUNDS OF THEIR WINGS AND THE WIND COMING UP THE MOUNTAIN WAS ALL YOU COULD HEAR.
IN BLOOM SERIES
IN THE SILENCE BETWEEN COCHISE AND DOUGLAS
WE TOOK OFF DOWN US 191 ONE MORNING AND HEADED SOUTH BETWEEN COCHISE AND DOUGLAS AZ. I WANTED TO PULL OVER TO PHOTOGRAPH SOME WHITE PRICKLY POPPIES THAT WERE BLOOMING ALONG THE ROADSIDE. THEY'RE MY FAVORITE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SPACES WHERE YOU STEP OUT OF YOUR CAR, WALK OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND REALIZE JUST HOW "OUT THERE" YOU ARE. I LOVE THAT FEELING AND FIND A LOT OF SOLACE IN THE SOLITUDE. AS YOU LOOK AROUND YOU CAN SEE WHY IT WAS APTLY NAMED THE BASIN AND RANGE REGION. IT WAS CLOSE TO SILENT OUT THERE OTHER THAN THE SOUND OF THE GRAVEL UNDER MY FEET.
THIS PIECE, FOR ME, IS A LOVE LETTER TO SOLITUDE AND THE VASTNESS OF THE DESERT.
IN BLOOM SERIES
ENTERING THE PORTAL
FOR YEARS AS WE WOULD TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN TUCSON AND OUR HOME IN CENTRAL TEXAS, WE WOULD NOTICE AN EXIT SIGN RIGHT AROUND THE ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO STATE LINE THAT HAD THE WORD "PORTAL" WRITTEN ON IT. I WAS FIRST DRAWN IN BY THE NAME, BUT ONCE I LOOKED IT UP I WAS DRAWN IN BY PHOTOS OF DESERT PLANTS HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS, WATERFALLS, BIRDS, NEON GREEN LICHEN COVERING RHYOLITE HOODOOS, AND COATIMUNDIS. IF YOU HAVEN'T YET HEARD OF A COATIMUNDI, I SUGGEST YOU LOOK THEM UP. THEY'RE ADORABLE.
IN APRIL OF 2024 WE TOOK A TWO WEEK TRIP AS A KIND OF CELEBRATORY GIFT FOR ME TAKING A LEAP INTO WORKING INDEPENDENTLY. THIS SERIES IS LARGELY INSPIRED BY THAT TRIP.
WE STARTED IN THE CHIRICAHUAS AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT IN DOING SO IT SET THE TONE FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER. WE LOVED OUR TIME THERE SO MUCH THAT WE WENT BACK AGAIN IN AUGUST WHILE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF STITCHING THIS BANNER SERIES. IT WAS BITTERSWEET TO SEE THAT ALL OF MY FAVORITE SPRING FLOWERS HAD ALREADY DISAPPEARED FOR THE MOST PART, MAKING WAY FOR THEIR HARDIER COUSINS THAT CAN MAKE IT THROUGH A SUMMER DOWN ON THE DESERT FLOOR.
THIS EMBROIDERY IS INSPIRED BY THE DRIVE ALONG CAVE CREEK ROAD, THE ROAD YOU TAKE AS YOU ENTER THE CHIRICAHUAS THROUGH PORTAL - THE COMMUNITY THAT SITS RIGHT AT THE MOUTH OF CAVE CREEK CANYON. TOWERING CLIFFS AND LARGE BOULDERS PEEK OUT OF ALLIGATOR JUNIPER AND OAK COVERED HILLS COMING UP FROM THE CREEK BELOW. THIS IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. EMBROIDERED BELOW THE MOUNTAINS IS LICHEN COVERED ROCK, A NOTABLE TRAIT OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS. TO THE SIDES ARE A TYPE OF DESERT PENSTEMON (I BELIEVE ITS A PARRY'S PENSTEMON) THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH OUT THERE THAT TAKES OVER THE SURROUNDING DESERT ROADSIDES IN SPRING.
THIS WALL HANGING IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE THE ENTRANCE POINT TO THE WHOLE JOURNEY THAT THIS FIRST BANNER SERIES REPRESENTS - A LEAP, A CELEBRATION, AND A STEP INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN.
TRANSFORMATION
AS I WAS FINISHING UP THIS WALL HANGING I LEARNED THAT IT WAS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND YEAR OF THE WOOD SNAKE. THREE WORDS THAT KEPT COMING THROUGH AS I READ ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT WERE TRANSFORMATION, GROWTH, AND INTROSPECTION. IN MANY WAYS IT FELT ALIGNED WITH THE WAY I HAD WANTED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS NEXT YEAR. THE GOALS WHICH I HAD SET FOR MYSELF IN THIS NEW YEAR. I GUESS THAT'S NOT SURPRISING. WE ALL WANT THAT, RIGHT?
SO, HERE'S TO TRANSFORMATION, GROWTH, AND INTROSPECTION. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CELEBRATE.
STRANGE VESSEL SERIES
STRANGE VESSEL NO. 2
RECENTLY I WAS GIFTED A STACK OF KIMONO FABRIC REMNANTS FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S COLLECTION. ONE FABRIC IN PARTICULAR HAD A SWEET FLORAL PATTERN ALL OVER THAT INSPIRED ME TO DRAW UP THESE FLOWERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE STARTED TO NOTICE SHOWING UP IN MY RECENT WORK. I'M GUESSING THAT THEY REPRESENTED SOME SORT OF MUM FLOWER.
THE FIRST VESSEL OF THIS SERIES HAD A KIND OF KIMONO FABRIC LOOK TO IT WITH A COLORFUL MOTIF THAT SEEMS TO POP OFF OF ITS SOLID BASE AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH. STRANGE VESSEL NO. 2 KEEPS THAT LOOK GOING, A LOOK THAT FEELS PARTICULARLY ME - MY JAPANESE ROOTS AND MY LOVE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.
CHAINSTITCH EMBROIDERY ON 100% LINEN IN A MEDIUM OLIVE GREEN WITH GREENISH-GOLD CHAINETTE FRINGE. 23.5" LONG (INCLUDING HANG TABS AND FRINGE) BY 8.25" WIDE. BACKED WITH CANVAS AND INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN LABEL WITH CHAINSTITCHED DETAIL.