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You Are Here
Copper etching of Timber’s Mermaid I am writing this post on the Lunar New Year-goat or sheep-take your pick. (I choose goat.) Here in the Northern Hemisphere we are at a seasonal crossroads. The last weeks of winter linger, while the days grow longer and warmer. Everywhere signs of Spring are emerging: the sounds of […]
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Winter Solstice 2014
The shortest, darkest day in the Northern hemisphere is today. It is a powerful time for going inward to reflect, dream and plan. Add a rare new moon (in Capricorn) on the same day and you have something really potent for making positive life changes. So dive deep and reconnect with the source of […]
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Sea Glass
I dreamed last night that I was on an English beach with my mother and sister. The tide was coming in, but I took a quick look on the beach and instantly found two fist- size pieces of sea glass. Both were globular shaped with blue stripes and frosty pitted surfaces. On the ground at […]
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Trippen
Chartres Labyrinth earrings, photo by Marcy Merrill It seems somehow appropriate to start this post with an image of recently completed earrings. They represent the sum of my explorations into etching and using Japanese patina on shibuichi alloy-and the image of the Labyrinth, which is etched on the metal surface, is highly symbolic of my […]
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Seeds of Summer
The Bad Seed 1956-there is a tie in to this teaser photo-just keep reading… The past month has been one of seasonal (and personal ) transition. As the days are getting longer and warmer we prepare for the setting in motion of ideas, goals and long held dreams… To start with the most […]