Anna Messerschmidt

I submit my little woven basket for a badge bit in textiles. I harvested some native willow and red osier (dogwood) from my property and made this lovely little berry or egg basket. This was not my first basket, but I didn't think of documenting the process when I made the first.

I agree that Mike's gardening ideas work better with my vision as well and I'm in to give this a go. I'm in Maine.

I don't know if I can male it or not, but I'll gladly pitch in $10 to make sure you aren't stuck with the room cost. Besides, I want this to be viable and your efforts coming to fruition. You put a lot of work in this and I appreciate it.

I'd give it a try - just to see what I can do, if it turns out, I'll submit, if not, it was a learning experience. I like the idea a lot and I like the limitation of size. With 17 acres to play with I find myself stretched too thin all the time and this would force me to limit my garden size.

Since I had Memorial Day weekend off last year, I'll most likely have to work. There is a chance that I'm off the weekend and work Memorial Day itself, so if you could keep it to Saturday or Sunday, the odds are better that I might be able to attend. As for Location: Bangor is fine with me. I'm coming from Monticello.

I am interested as well. Please share ordering details when you are ready!

It's not quite 'art' per se, but I've set out to carve at least one spoon per week in 2024. I just picked up spoon carving and figure I need practice to get good. I enjoy it a lot.

John F Dean wrote:I just remembered …Messerschmidt.

Lol they were known for their airplanes - I know, because I get asked all the time if I'm related.

My submission for the first timer spoon PEP BB. I chose birch as my material, because it is readily available to me. I invested in a cheap set of carving knives - would recomment to invest a little more and get a good hook knife and a good sloyd knife. I learned to charpen those knives though. It was a lot of fun to carve the spoon and it got me hooked: I'm setting up to be able to carve more.

That is a beautiful and inspiring accomplishment - congratulations! I'm looking forward to reading your books.