Hooray! The new fabric storage system in my studio is done and dusted! The wooden media cabinet has been repurposed, used cardboard moving boxes have been made into…
Coiled rope basketry continues to dominate the FanningSparks studio. The techniques are easy to learn and projects can be completed quickly. Once you get the hang of it,…
At its most basic, coiled rope is a length of cordage wound in a spiral or sequence of rings. In the nautical context, coiling rope is an important…
Maybe it’s the vast expanse of sparkling white snow that has me dreaming about spring flowers. Or maybe it’s just that flowers have always been a go-to motif…
One of the many fascinating artifacts on exhibit in the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia is a sailors’ valentine. A sailors’ valentine is a…