I am participating in a woven postcard exchange, “Here and (T)here,” sponsored by the American Tapestry Alliance (ATA). Participating ATA members were randomly assigned to another
Ikea Rugs, Personalized (and Instructions)
Our kitchen became a rug-stamping workshop twice for granddaughter Alden. Last December my daughter Margaret requested a rug to go underneath grandson Fitzgerald’s Christmas present–a
Gerhard Munthe Tapestries at the American Swedish Institute
Tapestry fans, don’t miss two pieces designed by Norwegian National Romantic period artist Gerhard Munthe at the American Swedish Institute (ASI). They are on loan
Missing the Nicest Person Ever
My lovely aunt MaryAnn Cieklinski died last week, and I am sad to lose a life-long anchor in my life. Of course this is way
Frida Hansen Transparency in the Stavanger Library
I made special friends with a Frida Hansen transparency at the public library in Sølvberget, the Stavanger Cultural Center–I visited three times. The mermaids hang in
Tapestries Today, the Fancy Royal Kind
Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen is overbearingly baroque. Dim rooms are crammed with paintings and objects of luxurious sorts: gold, ivory, inlaid wood. In the face
