I have always loved the Agriculture Show at the Santa Paula Museum, but I could never think of any subject that was in my wheelhouse — that felt like something I would love to make — not just to enter a show….until I came up with the idea of building...
In Memoriam pays tribute to women who died getting illegal abortions before Roe v Wade. I added tags with names of women who died, dating back to the 1870s. But I’m also asking people to share their experiences. I go in every week and am greatly moved by the new...
My herons were so popular at the OSA/OVLC “Art in Nature’s Wonderland” event, I am making more! They’re fabricated out of beach wood — the “bodies” from wood that washed down from the Montecito mudslide after the Thomas Fire,...
OSA member Martha Moran, known as Ojai’s Rockstacker, is celebrated in an exhibition titled “Matter of Gravity” at the Maloof Discovery Garden in Alto Loma, CA. The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts is a member of the Historic...
In such stressful times, I wanted to create pieces that were small and intimate and made me feel good. Thus, the Goddess Eye Series. My Reiki Rocks are mini-rockstacks. I send healing Reiki energy with all my work and hope to bring a bit of Eastern Serenity and calm...
When I first started doing rockstacking, I wanted to do something that was a step beyond the rockstacks you see out hiking. Use more interesting stone than our local sandstone. But I worried about where to find unique pieces. Hah! Now I have too much of...
