Jen Paschke

All the individual handmade pieces have come together in time for this Saturday's 18th Anniversary of the First Saturday Arts Market.

Butterflies made from tissue paper, wire, stone clay and paint; flowers crocheted from cotton yarn or made from upcycled tissue paper; leaves hand sewn using up-cycled cordueroy.

Sometimes my art is wearable.

Burlap + wire + wool yarn + cotton fabric + tissue paper + embroidery floss + bleach + ink + stone clay + acrylic + buttons + thread

After working on several more detailed figurative works, I took a break to play with ink and abstraction. I love the "magic" of working with inks and water, the feeling of being completely in and sometimes out of control at the same time.