Studio Clean Up

Natural Dyed Fabrics, I decided to use this vintage suit case to store my tiny bits and pieces that I've dyed over the years.

WIP - Niche No. 4 (The Deer Stalker)

Ok decided that the antlers look best coming out of the side of the niche, now to find some screws and attach the antlers.

WIP - Niche No. 4 (The Deer Stalker)

Trying to figure out how to attach the antlers permanently to the top of the box.  I'm thinking they need to be screwed into the wood some how, instead of just glued.

WIP - Niche (Untitled) No. 3

Bark

It has some potential!

Hillbilly Holler Gets a Paint Job!

John scraping the soffit on the east side of the house, he's not even up in the nose bleed section yet!!!

Hillbilly Holler Gets a Paint Job!

I can't stand to watch him when he's out on the ladder stage, I think I may be developing an ulcer over the stress of getting this house painted!

Hillbilly Holler Gets a Paint Job!

Autumn 2010

Hosta's

Oak Galls

Oak Leaves with Galls

Closing Etsy.com Store

Taking down my  http://www.etsy.com/shop/hackberrystudio this weekend, I have lots on my plate right now, so if you are in need of something get it while it's available!  I'm not sure when I'll open it back up, I have several projects going on right that need my full attention.

Shutting Down My Etsy.com Store

Taking down my http://www.etsy.com/shop/prairiefibers store this weekend, I have lots on my plate right now, so if you are in need of something get it while it's available!

Fall in Iowa

The clouds were really wild looking when I took this photo, the wind turbines were a nice contrast to the soy beans.

Website update

I updated my website this past weekend, streamlining with the focus being on Prairie.  Since I work in several mediums I decided recently that it would be best to focus on one subject for now and explore the subject in depth, I'm very happy with this decision as it has relieved some stress and my work now looks cohesive. http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/

Rusted Grid

Rust Pattern Making

John cut salvaged scaffolding walk ways for me to use in my rust dyeing projects, one cannot have enough rusty things.

Goldenrod Dye Pot

Goldenrod out in the field.

One pounds worth of fresh goldenrod plant tops will dye quite a bit of silk fabric quite nicely.

A close up of the blossoms.

Natural Dyed Silk Yo-Yo's

Yo-Yo's made from my natural dyed silk fabrics, I picked up the Jumbo Yo-Yo maker today and it's a very nice addtion to the sizes I had already.