Wet Felted Slipper Class at Penfelt Studio.

Wow! You know what's REALLY fun?? Getting together with a group of 

your best girlfriends and taking a class together!

This month I gathered a gaggle of gals and we headed over to PenFelt Studio,

and learned to wet felted slippers from the effervescent LeBrie Rich!

Here are a few of our finished slippers, I wear mine obsessively.

LeBrie has mounds of beautifully colored roving,

and some of her whimsical collages feel just right next to all those colorful balls.

Here we are, "working" away, truly it's more like playing away.

On the right is LeBrie, helping Charla try on her slippers.

Happy ladies with joyous slippers! Look at these bunny eared guys!

Every time I take a class, I am elated at the end! 

It's SO MUCH FUN to create, to learn, and to make something by hand. 

I am also so happy when I am on the teaching side of the table,

helping YOU build your creative confidence and skills.

Did you know here at Bird's Eye View Studio I also offers private classes?

All we need is a group of four folks, and you can learn anything from

needle felting, to bookmaking, to painting and drawing.

Let me know if I can help make a FUN day for a group of your pals!

And MANY thanks to LeBrie, you are a complete joy! xo

November's Contour Drawing Class, Fruit.

This month in Contour Drawing class we will focus on the wonders of fruit!

These organic forms are forgiving to draw, a great starter class for beginners.

We will work on *seeing* organic forms as they are, not as we imagine them,

and we will train our eyes, brains, and hands to work together as a team.

Sakura micron pens, Pentel pocket brush pens, 

and Koi and Tombow markers will be our tools of the trade. 

Wednesday, November 18th 6-8:30pm.

Email me to register. suki (at) birdseyeviewstudio (dot) com

Hope to see you in class!

Mono-printmaking and Long Stitch Bookbinding Class.

This month I had the extreme pleasure of teaching a mono-printing

and bookbinding combo class at the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

If you have taken class with me you know I love organizing supplies!

Before we began...

Half way through our printing.

One student created a whole series of moon prints.

Another played with geometric shapes.

We printed and printed and printed all morning.

And then in the afternoon we stitched together our books,

using our decorative prints for our cover paper, 

and for each signature of pages.

I had a hard time not wanting to take each and every one of these books home!

Such beautiful work.

Such a fun and creative group of students!

New Cards in the Shop.

Brand new cards are available in my Etsy Shop.

You can also find many of them at 

The Museum of Contemporary Craft Gallery Store,

Little Red Press, North Fork 53's Farm Store, and Collage.

Send a little love via the USPS and tell the people you love that you do.

Felted Acorn Fun.

Outside the studio door the acorns are falling and covering the walkway

 with their delightful little caps. I have such vivid memories of acorn caps 

from childhood, a wooden baret for dolls or finger tips. Now I happily

harvest these windfalls for felting fun. And you can join me!

Needle Felted Acorns

Wednesday, September 30th 6-8pm.

$25, all supplies included.

Make a bunch of these wooly wonders!

Email me at suki (at) birdseyeviewstudio (dot) com to regsiter!

Fall Classes.

Woo Hoo! The Fall class schedule is out!

I am REALLY excited about the line up.

A little something for everyone, even kidlets.

Here are a few highlights, to see the full list, 

click the "classes" button at the top of the page.

Hope to see you in a class very soon!

Contour Drawing: Flowers  September 16th 6-8:30pm

Patchwork Pattern Play  Saturday, September 19th 10-1pm

A great class for beginners to painting and drawing!

Parent & Child Class: Wet Felted River Rocks  Wednesday, September 23rd 4-5:30pm

Encaustic Mixed-Media Family Collages Saturday, October 10th 10-2pm

Mono-printed Long Stitch Books at Oregon College of Art and Craft

Saturday, October 17th 10-5pm

Contour Drawing: Mushrooms Wednesday, October 21st 6-8:30pm

Kids Make Art! Drawing Animals Tuesdays, October 6th-27th 4-5:30pm

To register for any classes here at Bird's Eye View Studio,

simply email me at suki (at) birdseyeviewstudio (dot) com!

Wedding Lace Rocks.

For our wedding, I decided I wanted to paint a lace rock for everyone who attended.

People thought I was down right nuts. They encouraged me to take on something easier.

But, I like a good challenge, and I've been told I like doing things the hard way...

so here's what they looked like in the end!

Over 120 stones, one for each of the people we love, and who came to cheer on our love.

Each one a little bit different from the next.

And yet also somewhat alike.

Here is what Lace Rocks mean to me:

The stone itself is weighty, like the commitment of marriage.

It isn't something to take lightly, 

and with its weight come solidity and groundedness.

These stones are circular, but not perfectly, 

like a good marriage there are a few lumps and bumps.

And the lace paintings are delicate, and must be made with care,

like the vows we made on that day and will keep for each other.

And in the end, the play of weight and delicacy,

light and dark, simpleness and complexity,

are just like we are, and how all of our lives are, a balance.

So happy to have made them, and so happy to be married to my favorite human,

who is both wonderfully simple and deeply complex.