The Facebook conversation started when the excellent Sheena Fraser McGoogan-Artist posted “Small Pear Tree in Blossom,” April 1888 from the Van Gogh Museum. See it here – ‪#‎ArtOfTheWeek‬  or here http://bit.ly/Pear-Tree Van Gogh Museum said: ‪#‎VanGogh was a great admirer of Japanese printmaking, which is reflected in the composition of this work: the small tree in the foreground, the high viewpoint and the lack of depth. I responded to … Continue reading Van Gogh & Johnny (not Depp)

When people ask what I do, I always say I make things. After that good, crisp beginning, my answer starts to get complicated because I make so many different kinds of things. For the purposes of this site and my Etsy store, I’ll just say that for decades I’ve been making things of leather – cowhide, deerskin, moose, elk – and of beautiful fabrics – mostly natural … Continue reading About/bio

With Valentine’s Day a week away, I have a new addition to the series of dog collar covers I started at Christmas. You slip the LOVE LOVE LOVE fabric tube easily over the collar and slide the ends together to hide the buckle, or leave open to clip on the leash. Isn’t Dazzling’ Danny sweet? Continue reading Wrapping love around your dog (collar)