The 100 Day Project begins on February 22, This Year (2023)!

#100DayProject

“Little by little, a little becomes a lot.”
–Tanzanian Proverb

 

“I trusted its unknowing...”
–Ada Limón in conversation with Krista Tippett
​(On Being Podcast episode: ‘To Be Made Whole’)

 

I love the excitement of a new beginning – of whittling down endless possibilities and choosing one project that I will embark on for one hundred days. I love knowing that not every day will produce a masterpiece, but by the end, the collection of days will add up to more than where I began. I know that I will be transported. I know that I will slip out of a comfort zone and that I will know more about a subject that I am curious about than I did at the start.

One year I was drawing the variety of plants within a mile or two of my home. Another year, I drew one character and explored the space around her. For the last two years, I’ve been enjoying the smudgy otherness of my left hand. This somehow has given me a new confidence, as if that hand is not me, but a being I am nurturing – a not-myself.

I start somewhere simple – a walk in the woods or making a meal with a new-to-me vegetable – starting with something doable puts me on a path. I make time and space for it – it needn’t be a lot of time, or a lot of space, though it could be. One year I started my drawings on small pieces of paper that I cut to fit inside of an old tin. This led to a daily walk, an abundance of tiny flower paintings, and to our Alternative Sketchbooks!

The repetition becomes meditation, the process is wondrous. By the end, I may find something revelatory.

This year, though I am still undecided, I am leaning toward a new medium.

Where will you begin?

The Projects are Endless!

How to Spend these 100 Days?

100 Days of Clay	100 Days of Any-Handed Sketching

100 Days of Making Ink from Foraged Plants	100 Days of Paper Cut Buildings This is Søren’s cabin!

100 Days of Letter Writing A Letter from Katie!	100 Days of Your Sweetest Our Darling Pearly

I limit my materials...	The framework can be broad or specific...

Start Small and Document!
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Venture Outside The Scout Plein Air Box	Stay Home The Sendak Artist Roll

Start Organized Medium Botanical Desk Caddy	Let Things Find You The Hunter Satchel

Pack Light The Keeper Pouch	Keep Everything in Sight Beatrix Artist Caddy

The 100 Day Project in a Sketchbook!

Bookbinding Tutorial: Planning a Journal for the 100 Day Project

“You can be in a place for years and years and not see somehing, and then when it dawns, all sorts of nuggets of richness start popping up all over the place. You’ve gotten below the obvious.”
–Andrew Wyeth

 

Some #100DayProjects that I love!

@yoshiko_hada	@ellamorella

Everywhere, Astonishments!
Some Good Things

We are changing Some Good Things to Everywhere Astonishments, (also the title of a picture book I’ve been working on). I find astonishments daily, and am thrilled to have a place to share some of them.

• Podcast: February 2nd’s episode of On Being, Krista Tippet interviews Dacher Keltner about his new book entitled AWE: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life. Sometimes I feel like a lightning bug flashing in time with the others, but I suppose we have our antennae out when we dig into a thing. There is a fine line between magic and understanding why. I love walking on it, that line, and peering in on both sides.
• Recipe: Citrus Salad by @pierceabernathy – yum!
• Art: Berman Museum at Ursinus College: I went to see Lydia Ricci’s work that I previously only knew from Instagram. Seeing it in person, along with the titles, was an unexpected time travel to a world on the cusp of a distant familiarity. Visit her during ‘studio hours’ at the museum. In addition to Lydia’s work, were the well-worn paint brushes transformed into elegantly painted portraits by Rebecca Szeto, as well as sculpture, photography, and more.

By Lydia Ricci Website	By Rebecca Szeto Website

We’re Moving Out of Philadelphia
...and it's bittersweet!

We are very fortunate – as a family and small business owners – to be able to follow our curiosities to wherever they may lead. Here we find ourselves in another major transition! We – Walter and I, Søren and Silas too, have decided to sell the Peg and Awl building in Port Richmond Philadelphia, and move our business into our Barn here in Chester County, Penna. It felt like a quick decision, but it was the culmination of much quiet consideration. I have always been spontaneous – or so it seems – so much is accomplished in our sleep.

Yesterday was warm and wondrous. As I walked from Port Richmond to Old City for a last minute hair appointment at Barnet Fair, and to treasure hunt at Vagabond Boutique, I felt the weight of nostalgia for what we would soon be leaving, and a lightness too, as I imagined floating, for the first time in a while, into a new unknown.

Lights off – we were about to leave on Saturday but paused for a quick mirror family photograph!	Our barn as seen from the woods!

Some Things to Look Forward to in the Coming Year!

• New Website! We’ve been working on it for a long time – we don’t have a launch date yet, but soon!
• New Jewellery! If you’ve been following along on Instagram – you may have seen some glimpses of these projects over the past few years.
• New Of A Kind Adventures! (accompanied by more Flea Market adventures, read here!)
• Exciting Pivots!

 

The Foundlings (Peg and Awl) Building: Before and After

Read about the Shop Renovation Project, here!

We’ve put a lot of work into our workshop since we bought the dark and closed-up building in 2016 – from opening cinder-blocked windows and tearing down walls, to transforming the gravel and pavement into gardens. We built and set up a storefront (that we never officially opened) just before the pandemic. We poured concrete floors and filled the wide open space with an abundance of tools and machines and worked with our wonderous crew to design, make, and ship all of the treasures that we share around the world.

We look forward to the next adventure for Peg and Awl and, too, for the building! The dream is always for some magic makers to take the reins and re-imagine a better, brighter, greener, and cleaner corner of Philadelphia.

A lot happens through word of mouth — if you know someone who may be interested, please share!

The Listing for Our Building

After Storefront, trees, plants, and windows!	Before A lightless old space full of stuff.

After Employee gardens and honey bees~	Before Concrete slab (though locals told us it was a wading pool in the summers and an ice hockey rink in the winters!)

After A part of the woodshop!	During Pouring the concrete floor.

During Knocking down the in-between wall.	Before

Renovations and the inhabiting of the nearly abandoned building in Port Richmond, Philadelphia.

Read Here!

 

The Barn: Our New Shop

Read On: Our Barn Restoration Project

We will continue to make treasures in Philadelphia over the next few months. In May, we will be opening our new workspace to the public for a Studio Tour in May! There we will share our art, showroom, and the goings on of the new iteration of Peg and Awl.

This space will be a gallery and showroom.

Walter’s cozy loft studio will remain Walter’s cozy loft studio.

 

Our Barn Restoration Project

Read On: Our Barn Restoration Project

“...By the time we had finished removing the rotted bits, the trusses, the rafters, and the floors, it was hard to say if we were reclaiming an old barn, or building a new one in its image. The barn shape – the space within the frame – became one of the few parts I could solidly say remained from the historic place. But over the next few weeks, as I observed the delicate skeleton of the old barn standing strong but precarious in the wind and rain – with day now inside and night inside too – I grew suspicious of this boundaryless thing I wanted to keep. What were we preserving, and more, why?”

The Old Barn from the road.	We hired Precise Buildings to rebuild the barn!

Original wall that divides the two parts of the barn. Pearl and Søren, my loves.	A new view!

 

In A Warm Winter

We haven’t had much winter yet. There are random days when I am outside in a tank top raking old piles of previously ungardened debris as if Autumn is here to stay. Except, beneath the piles I’ve found thousands of eager green bits who tell me otherwise. The most enthusiastic of them are clumps of Snowdrops and Daffodils so abundant that I long for warmer rainy days so I can move them out of paths and thin them out so they can breathe – so they can take up even more space*.

Now that the mornings are a smidge brighter, I can see the fog that hangs in our little valley in the wee hours, and it lifts my fog-loving spirits. Being awake when the world seems mostly asleep is a gift I receive nearly daily.

Small Batch: The Hunter Satchel in Fog	Small Batch: The Waxed Canvas Tote in Fog

On My Desk

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I am often overwhelmed by the stuff around me. I cannot keep it down. I cannot tame it. I want it all to leave but then I go to a flea market and things call out, and there I go, arms outstretched like a somnambulist. But then I play, and things happen. And they aren’t all good but that doesn’t matter. It is the moving, the shuffling, the brightening and widening of spirits and thoughts and ideas that matters.

I shall not be tamed, and neither, I suspect, shall my stuff.

Mornings are for writing and drawing. And getting inky, inevitably. I love these journals! You can make them with our tutorials as your guide (here) or with our Anselm Bookbinding Kits (here).

Brush Rest Trio made from Antique American Chestnut.	Small Carson Tome for morning pages and all manner of thinking on paper.

“What keeps me up at night is wondering where I planted the Iris Cristatas. Where?” More drawings @beingmargauxkent	“In the sun, 40 degrees feels summery. I removed my winter layers and embarked on the unplanting project at the 5 acre wood. Under piles of dead things, living things thrive! Thousands of daffodils anxious for springs’ arrival!”

Sendak Mini Artist Roll in Almond	Foundlings Small Desk Caddy: Holly

 

Projects In the Works

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Solvitur Ambulando Jewelry	We will be joining the County Studio Tour in May!

 

Some Good Things

• *I recently learned about moving plants in the rain in Elizabeth Tova Bailey’s The Sound of the Wild Snail Eating.

• How I Built This with Hank and John Green.
• One of the resources we use for Homeschool is Hank and John Green’s Crash Course. Søren and Silas’s favourite is Philosophy — so much so, they listen twice: once with Walter on the way to Open Connections (their co-op), and once with me on the way back!
• We also loved The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green.

​Tin Type by Tyler Scaife 2011/2012. Tyler was one of our first employees and he helped us build the first woodshop (that we are standing in front of) in the backyard of our Philadelphia row home. Søren and Silas are here too, a blur, for the exposure was 45 seconds!

Our 13th Anniversary!

Walter and I started Peg and Awl on the 10th of January, 2010! According to my journal – which was blank – it was just a day like any other day. Though I’ve always kept a journal, I didn’t commit daily; a blank page now would absolutely denote a different kind of day! But as I sit, my butt pained by the raised root of this old Norway Spruce overlooking a cemetery on a seriously misplaced spring day, I think about how everyday is just another day, and too, how no days are just another day. It is perplexing, this life. Each day is a day to start something new, or a day to simply be. I am trying both.

–January 2020

Thank you for being here!

Walter and I write every newsletter and blog post, should you wish to reach out to us!

Though we forgot our anniversary date, we are daily grateful that the things we love to dream up, make, and use are enjoyed by others too – it keeps our creativity, spirits, and business going!

2023 will see us meandering off of familiar paths into unknown territory. A disruption is in order! Until then...

Some Things to Look Forward to in the Coming Year!

• New Website! We’ve been working on it for a long time – we don’t have a launch date yet, but soon!
• New Jewellery! If you’ve been following along on Instagram – you may have seen some glimpses of these projects over the past few years.
• New Of A Kind Adventures! (accompanied by more Flea Market adventures, read here!)
• Exciting Pivots!

Our Workspaces Through the Years!

The Backyard Shoppe (2010–2012) Photograph by Chris Crisman	The Peg and Awl House ​(2010–2019)

The Atlas Casket Factory (2012–2017) Photograph by Parikha Mehta	The Current Shoppe (2016...) This is where our treasures are made!

The Barn at the Five Acre Wood (2022...)

Read about the Barn Renovation Project, here!

I’ve been moving around The 5 Acre Wood looking for spot that is just right! Here I am in my first studio, which will sooon be a gallery space and showroom!

A view of The Barn from the woodland.	Walter’s loft studio in the barn.

A portrait of our family when we first moved here – we are due for a new one...

Walter takes his Scout Plein Air Box everywhere!	As for me, journals and Sendaks are my constant companions.

 

Some Good Things

“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
–Robert Greene

• Podcast: The full quote is so much more exciting than this misunderstood snippet. Have a listen to this episode of Simon Sinek’s A Bit of Optimism – he interviews the TSA head of socal media – Janis Burl. What a thrilling conversation about interruptions and zig zags! 

• Currently Reading: Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl

“The facts are sonorous but between the facts there’s a whispering. It’s the whispering that astounds me...”
–Clarice Lispector from The Hour of the Star

Since the start of our business, we’ve been making objects that change as we change – fast, slow, it is difficult to say. Perspective is mysterious!

As we reflect on the objects we make and have made, we feel ready for change yet again, ready to make space for new objects reflective of our new experiences and environments.

We’ve decided to discontinue a handful of our classics – some of which have been with us from the beginning! These treasures are limited to the quantities currently on our website and ready to ship. If there is anything you’ve been wanting, now is the time to scoop it up!

View our Last Chance treasures, here.

As always, if you have any questions, send us an email at info@pegandawlbuilt.com

 

Bags for All Occasions

Click here for to view all last chance treasures.

The Gatherer Bag

The Weekender	The Large Finch Satchel

The Large Waxed Canvas Tote	The Dopp Case

The Reader	Marlowe Lunch Bag

The Little Rogue Backpack

 

Home and Kitchen Collection

Click here for to view all last chance treasures.

Olde-Fashioned Tree Swing	Step Stool

The Bathroom Collection

 

Studio and Decoupage

Click here for to view all last chance treasures.

The Studio Collection

Chalk Pad	Large Desk Caddy with Quote

Apothecary Caddy	Decoupage Collection

We settle into the old mill as if it were home. Søren rests against what is left of a wall and opens his sketchbook to map out a world of his own invention. Silas walks back and forth on the high edge of the wall where once was a roof, headphones on, music playing. Walter and I unpack weekenders filled with clothes, masks, and our new autumn-coloured bags. Despite the calm, we are working under the Autumn sun and have little time. Pearl stuffs her wet and twitching nose into leaf piles, exploring worlds unknown to us.

Trees drop their leaves into and around what is left of the old Mill where women once gathered and chattered whilst waiting for warm bread. Our senses are ignited out here in this sentient place – amongst beings seen and unseen. There is an abundance of things to be grateful for, our lists are never long enough.

Inspired by Autumn, we’ve put together a small batch of some of our favourite bags in four new colours: Elderberry, Red Maple, Birch, and Fog. We’ve also chosen Red Maple for our Sendaks! These bags are constructed with the same durable waxed canvas we love, hand-dyed with special colours, and finished with our brown or black vegetable-tanned leather! As with all of our bags, these can be personalized.

 

Elderberry

Waxed Canvas Tote	The Hunter Satchel

The Small Hunter Satchel	The Keeper Pouch

Mini Waxed Canvas Tote 

The Finch Satchel	Mini Waxed Canvas Tote

The Maker Pouch	The Scholar Pouch

 

Red Maple

The Finch Satchel	The Hunter Satchel

The Small Hunter Satchel	Waxed Canvas Tote

The Scholar Pouch	The Maker Pouch

The Sendak Artist Roll

The zipper pouch filled with my erasers, and sharpers.	Sendak Mini Artist Roll

The Sendak Artist Roll	4” Anselm Bookbinding Kit

 

Fog

The Small Hunter Satchel

Waxed Canvas Tote	Mini Waxed Canvas Tote

The Finch Satchel	The Hunter Satchel

The Scholar Pouch	The Keeper Pouch

 

Birch

The Hunter Satchel

Waxed Canvas Tote	The Small Hunter Satchel

The Keeper Pouch	The Finch Satchel

Mini Waxed Canvas Tote	The Maker Pouch

 

Our Collections Explained!

If you’ve been following along with us for a while, you may have noticed that not all launches are the same – some products stay for years, some fly off the shelves, and others fall somewhere in between. Here are some explanations to distinguish between our various collection types.

Standard Collections: Everything in our standard collections will be ongoing until we decide to stop making them! They may include some vintage or antique materials, (ex. journal fabric lining) but these details will vary subtly to ensure their ongoingness.

Small Batch Collections: Limited batches incorporating specialty or vintage materials where larger batches can be made, but are not infinite! The quantity ranges, but we aim for minimum of 100 in these collections.

Of a Kind Collections: Limited batches incorporating vintage or antique materials. Each object will be limited from 1–20 items depending upon our findings.

As you may see from my list of Things I Love, I've been on a bit of a binge lately. I'm feeling a welcome change a-coming and it expresses itself through new food, new adventures, new adornments, &c. (though as I reflected on last year's gift guide, I am also quite the same.) 

May my list lead you down some enchanting rabbit holes!

ps: These are drawn with my non-dominant hand:) More @beingmargauxkent 

Nikon Zfc I've been looking for something between my phone and my too-big-for-everyday camera for years. This is the first camera that is easy to carry, can be used with one hand (and often a nose), and takes really beautiful photographs!	Our Pearl There are so many abandoned and neglected animals in the world! Pearl is our daily treasure and will likely be in every gift guide I make. We got our Pearl from Providence. Find a shelter near you and go say hey!

Duckfeet Finding shoes that will accompany me daily on bike rides and walks and hikes that look good with dresses and pants, and keep my back and feet strong and not hurty is no easy quest. I love Duckfeet for checking off every box — I now have four pairs!	Make Ink: A Forager's Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan I held off buying this book for I fall down far too many rabbit holes. But what a treasure! And what a rabbit hole! This book contains story, process, art, and discovery. It is inspiring in so many ways. Søren and I have been having so much fun making ink.

Gardenheir I generally wear clothes until they fall apart, and with all of threadbare and buttonless favourites piling high for repair, I've decided to gather some new treausres. Walter gifted me the suspendered-courderoys and now I am hooked! The recycled hemp garden boots are my garden boot (tick-keeper-at-bayer) dream come true!	Warwick Furnace Farm Lavender Goods I've been in much need of a calming, and always in need of a balming. Grateful to always have many of Warwick Furnace Farms treasures strewn about! I just got the muscle salve and the sweet birch is like root beer all day.

Antique Tins I may have a habit of vintage tins. I like to say I am NOT a collector, but I do fancy myself a gatherer. I love tins for hauling art supplies, soft things like pastels, and tiny messy things like pen nibs. And they make wonderful alternative sketchbooks. They fit nicely into my Sendak and pouches. And of course, I love a good Flea Market find — though Etsy and Ebay are great resources if you are patient!

Bonsai Silas is learning about Bonsai's for a Homeschool project and he got us all into it. Our garden, artist friend Kai, brought a bag of Bonsai-able trees for Silas, including: Azalea, Boxwood, Pines, Juniper, and Hercules Club. The places to look, he said, are parking lots and mowed areas where the roots are biggened as the tops are shorn! Abundance everywhere, for those who seek it!

Always More Books I will never stop gathering books. Unread stacks surround me, but also, many are read and scribbled and delighted in. (PS: Padraig O'Tauma's book has been long preordered - check.)	The Simple Folk I stopped at my favourite Philadelphia shop, Vagabond, and found The Simple Folk linen dress (among other things)! So cozy, layerable, pocketed, swishy, and loooong. I have to tie it in a knot to bike and hike with it — but yay! I love it so.

Spruce Tip Jelly Treat yourself to a Spruce Tip delight! Paired with yummy cheese, this is a hard thing to not get to the bottom of in one sitting.	Omega Juicer Struggling with Lyme and all of the problems that stem from it, it is time for me to return to juicing! I cannot wait to get this (my Christmas wish). Silas is also looking forward to the juice journey we will embark on!

Our Bookbinding Tutorials Make your own presents! Use our bookbinding tutorial for the foundation and add your personality to sketchbooks and journals made by you - kind of the best gift really! I love making these little coverless books and always have an extra in my bag with a specific project within…	Bellwether Farm Sheep Milk Yogurt My favourite yogurt - like toasty marshmallow goodness with maple syrup. But then I load it up with fruits and whole cacao granola! Mmmmm.

 

Mentioned in this Post:

From Our Shop:

• Our Bookbinding Tutorial
• Anselm Bookbinding Kits

From Other Shops:

• Nikon Zfn Mirrorless Camera
• Providence Animal Shelter
• Duckfeet Boots
• Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan
• Gardenheir
• Warwick Furnace Farm Lavender Goods
• Bonsai
• The Simple Folk
• Spruce Tip Jelly
• Omega Juicer
• Bellwether Farm Sheep Milk Yogurt

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Here are some of my favourite little and big things. I am often overwhelmed by stuff I have, stuff I want, the general problem of stuff. But I was reminded the other day how important our small businesses are – to the economy, to those around us, to the people we work with and the materials we use – this all has value that is sometimes hard to see. This got me to really appreciating some of the little treasures around me –

Above: Our very best everyday present is our Pearl! We got her from Providence Animal Center last December and not a day goes by where don’t express our gratitude in our silly voices and normal voices, for being paired with the very best doggo in the world!

Come winter and my skin is begging for balm! This Lavender Salve from Warwick Furnace Farm is a cozy treat. Have a look at their IG to see how they transform the world around them with lavender magic!	It may be a bit early to talk about Dahlia tubers, but I am excited because I’ve just dug mine up! I got them from Golly Bard who has a lot of lovely treats all year ’round including her gorgeous art and wallpaper!

I am a bit of a Kombucha fiend. Since we stopped making our own I’ve been scooping up Tribucha’s Rosemary and Sage by the box whenever I can find it! Looking forward to trying their new Berries and Chamomile potion!	Breath was a quick, eye-opening, and calming listen about the unraveling of human breathing! Be sure to pick up this tape at the same time. (Bonus: The taped mouth will lead to mysterious new dreams!)

Pearl LOVES Whisker Biscuit Cookies and Chicken Jerky! All delights are made by hand with healthy ingredients in Pennsylvania. I was getting their treats as gifts long before I imagined we’d ever be... dog people!	Lala Earth concoctions are always in our apothecary cabinet and in my pockets. The Homestead Balm is my favourite - and the face lotions are absolutely refreshing for my dry winter face. Plus, all of the scents are absolutely earthy and intoxicating!

I treated myself to a pile of these cushy + cozy socks from Imogene and Willie - made by Little River Sock Mill in Alabama.	The Five Acre Wood is a LOT to keep up with, but this coming year we will have extra hands! My favourite place for seeds and education is Fruition Seeds in the Finger Lakes of New York! There is so much to learn!

I’ve been dreaming of these Sennelier Oil Pastels for a few years now. Perhaps now that we will be able to spread out, Santi will drop them (carefully) down our chiminey!	Learn how to bind sketchbooks and journals for gifts with our bookbinding tutorials! I love making these little coverless books and always have an extra in my bag with a specific project within…

My Warwick Weekend.

Last month I spent a weekend at the Warwick Furnace Farm for a much needed impromptu escape with Claire Rosen (one of the farm’s sisters) and Emma Mierop of Skippy Cotton. We planned to take our worlds apart and put them back together again, but we only got as far as:

Taking our worlds apart over snacks and long lavender soaked discussions,
going for a long walk on a cold, star bright night,
understanding that a thing taken apart nearly always reveals more than expected, and therefore takes longer to put back together,
and nebulous plans for a next time.

I also made some pretty classic Margaux messes everywhere I went. Claire seemed unbothered. See my dribblings and droppings below:

I do have a LOT of the things we make with me when I go anywhere. We make them to use them and use them I do! Here is my Sendak and my nearly finished Large Tome.	I awoke first and did my morning pages in Claire’s time-travely kitchen – oh, to be somewhere else is such a luxury!

 

 

I love our radish canvas color, but we are discontinuing it to make space for new things. I have a variety of our radish bags, 'tis yummy faded pink!	The Finch has always been my favourite bag – I carry mine everyday – next in line are Hunter and Rogue equally!

I've been stuffing and hauling my radish Weekender for years!	Claire keeps her Truffle Marlowe by the door. This is a bag that most of my friends and family have – an easy, everyday companion!  Should we make a few in our new Autumnal colours?

What a treat to have a morning like this!	Lavender everywhere!

I also love my Duckfeet Boots!	Piles of things on the floor. I settle in quickly...

Pearl and Honey enjoyed their freedom and new found friendship!

 

Warwick Furnace Farm

Claire and her family moved to Pennsylvania and started a Lavender farm where they make a variety of Lavender Delights, host an Artist’s Retreat, have an inspiring Gallery Space, etc. In addition to their combined love of Lavender, each family member follows their own varied passions in this magical space that they’ve created. Their farm is a short, beautiful drive from us…

Here are a few photographs of Claire’s fantastical and elaborate photographed worlds – her own individual passion.

Skippy Cotton

Emma’s shop is a delight! She combines her drawings, embroidery, and whimsy to form her own House of Curiosities! From ornaments to clothing to artist supplies – have a peek into her wondrous world. She has also navigated her way into the world of AI art and has made some enviable pieces with it (another can of worms we discussed with exuberance)!

Skippy Cotton's year-round ornaments!	Which of course also look splended on a Christmas Tree!

Fragile Earth Exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum

Claire surprised us with a visit!

Courtney Mattison

Porcelain and Stoneware coral reefs whose texture, colour, and allure was so deliciously inspiring that I signed up for a clay class at a cob studio nearby.

Mark Dion Ever a favourite, Søren and I spent an especially long time with his work, chortling and sighing, and all manner of involuntary noise making...So maybe I was a little noisier than Søren.

James ProsekWe investigated James’s mysteries close enough to set off alarms – lucky for us, there weren’t any.

Jennifer AngusAn abundance of bugs and tiny stories built into boxes and wall pieces. Everyone clambered to take in as much detail as possible; no one wanted to leave.

Photograph by Jackson’s Art Supplies

Sarah Dyer, one of my favorite picture book makers and illustrators, recently wrote a detailed and very informative review on our Sendak Artist Roll for the Jackson’s Art Supplies blog. She includes lots of photographs with her own art supplies, showing how she organizes them into her Sendak. It is a delight to see the Sendak well-loved, well-used, and from new perspectives. Read Sarah’s review here:

Peg and Awl Sendak Artist Roll Review by Sarah Dyer 
on Jackson’s Art Supplies

 

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