Immediately after I finished carving the new mini-reliquaries I cleaned the studio. The photo was taken before I left for Texas to visit TD Kelsey last month. Cleaning and clearing is an important step between stages in a project. The last weeks have been a fury of creativity – too focused to share. Starting a whole new series is as engaging as the intimate journey with a new lover. Precious. Scary. Exciting.

Intensely engaging.

I have been sequestered daily with the new work (for many weeks now) and am just beginning to be at a place where I can begin to share…