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Welcome to my Blog
ONE YEAR MONTANA
MARCH 2022
"Spring"
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"Peaceful Waters"
"Aspen at Night"
Some new veneer art
FEBRUARY 2022
JANUARY 2022
YAY! Some of my art is now available @ HandMADE Montana, Polson, MT
DECEMBER 2021
I am looking forward to seeing you again in 2022.
Wherever that might be : -)
Thank you so very much for all the support in 2021!
NOVEMBER 2021
Great news! My earrings are now available at the store UPCYCLED in Missoula!
UPCYCLED, 517 S Higgins Ave, Missoula, Montana
All items in this store are made of at least 50% upcycled materials. Every single artisan in this store cares about the environment and sees beauty where others only see waste! Love it!
"Abstract Wood Photography"
"Statement Art"
"We, the Future" (#2)
"One"
And even more great news!
My shows in Helena and Missoula are coming up soon and I am working on getting some more art done! Besides jewelry, my booth will also be filled with different styles of wood art. Most of what you see here is still WIP ... but we want to keep it interesting, right?!
Selected pieces of my digital art "Abstract Wood Photography" - weathered wood transformed into landscapes.
Selected pieces of my "Statement Art" will be available as prints. The originals are sold or stayed back in Maryland. I had not planned to bring them, but it is very obvious that many people of the Missoula (and Helena?) community think like me. Maybe some of you would like to support local artists and would like to make a statement at the same time?
The number of prints (all 8 x 10, including a 11 x 14 matting) is very limited, but postcards will also be available.
"Follow the Grain" Wood Art
"Follow the Grain" ink & wood art - another beautiful way to celebrate nature! Wood is not only used as medium, rather the wood becomes art itself. By highlighting its nature (grain, knots & color variations), the wood transforms into a new kind of nature.
Some of those pieces are made of upcycled wood.
"Veneer Art"
Years ago a woodworker friend gave me his veneer that he wouldn't use anymore. I never found the time to use it. Finally I do. Those little artworks are inspired by Montana's beautiful scenery and/or express individual statements.
Want to learn more about these categories?
"Sustainable Driftwood Art"
Driftwood Art is one of ZanaWoodArtZ's most favorite categories.
All driftwood is collected along Montana's rivers and lakes, with only a few pieces coming from Washington State. Inspired by the landscape which surrounds us, each driftwood art pictures nature's beauty in a very unique way. While some art contains only driftwood, other artworks are combined with sea glass (collected in my Maryland), foiling, acrylics or ink.
Most of those materials are upcycled - really sustainable art!
OCTOBER 2021
October & December Shows 2021
Bozeman MADE fair
Bozeman, October 31
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
11 am to 5 pm // VIP 10 am to 11 am
https://handmademontana.com/pages/bozeman-made-fair
Helena Holiday MADE fair
Helena, December 4 & 5
Lewis & Clark Fairgrounds
Sat 10am-5pm // Sun 10am-4pm
https://handmademontana.com/pages/field-guide-helena-made-fair
Missoula Holiday MADE fair
Missoula, December 12
Adams Center, University of MT
Sat 10am-5pm // Sun 10am-4pm
https://handmademontana.com/pages/field-guide-missoula-made-fair
THANK YOU!
- handmade in Montana!
Jewelry
Here are a few examples of my jewelry that I brought to the show "Bozeman MADE fair", Since it was my first show, my focus was on jewelry. In Helena & Missoula I will also bring prints of my statement art and abstract wood photography as well as 2D driftwood art. I am looking forward to seeing you there!
SEPTEMBER 2021
We spend a weekend in Glacier National Park. This is one of the most beautiful parks I have ever been. On our Saturday hike we had our first close grizzly encounters. In total we saw eight bears that day, four on our hike. On Sunday we got to hang out with mountain goats. Mountain goats are most amazing creatures!
JULY/AUGUST 2021
My husband and I are some of the lucky ones who did a cross-country trip through the US before we settled into our new home in Missoula. The diversity and beauty of this continent was often just breathtaking. For me, it was a constant reminder that we humans are just a small part in the complexity of nature. It is on us to preserve this beauty for future generations and to live as sustainable as possible.
It is hard to put in words all the beauty we have seen on our journey. But I felt like trying and wrote this poetry when we reached the West Coast in Washington.
The Journey
From the peaceful waters of the Chesapeake
we follow the path from East to West
to live a true heartbeat
of this land’s eternity.
We pass through softly rolling hills
and endless farm- and grassland
with their simple complexity
to reach the desert’s bizarre formations.
We breathe the air of
pine forests and lush meadows,
filled with mushrooms and wildflowers,
sparkling in all colors.
We touch the sky
on a rough, tundra-like mountain
high above the turquoise-white glacier
embedded in the moraine’s gray scree.
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We cross crystal-clear streams
to feel completely humbled
below one thousand years old trees
in an overgrown, moss-covered rain forest.
We sense the pearling-fresh humidity
of misty fog on our skin,
vanished by the sun’s warm touch
at a mystic mountain lake.
And finally,
we end our journey on a beach
with white-weathered wood
and the wild roaring sea.
In the state, where the mountains are calling.
August '21
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