Jen's Popperie

Last week we got back from a wonderful trip to Holden Village in the Cascades in Washington state. Here I am trying out a process called batik for the first time. I'll later post a finished product photo....it's still packed away. It was fun to use melted wax and draw with it on fabric, and then dye the fabric in between.
Here is part of my mom's batik...it will be perfect on the table for a Thanksgiving or fall dinner.

All of us wanted to try out the clay whistles. They were fun, but tricky to make. Here is Chris concentrating on getting the reed to line up so it would make a sound. His turned out as the best working whistle.

Weaving, weaving, weaving. Here is mom....

And dad made a Gopher-colored wall hanging...
And, I made a couple of table runners...

Holden is a wonderful place to relax, hike, or do many amazing artsy things...it's a place that is like home to me.