‘Harvest for me was a vision of richness, in colors and textures that fills our eyes in the Autumn season.

How to convey this in a visually magical way….  Using WOOD as a foundational element.

I wanted to set the story on a beautiful walnut Live Edge board with beautiful patterned grain that I procured at a specialty lumberyard.  It would be criminal to cover this beautiful board, so no question about it….  I needed to leave it as exposed as possible.  I chose to build up with the structure to get heavier across the top of the design, thus creating the magic of ballet dancer perched on the pointed toe. The harvest gathering might resonate well, displayed on a tall vertical conical woven baskets.  Heavier and fuller at the top of the basket, dripping with rich colors and textures that screamed Autumn’

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