Above & Right | Spiderweb Brush reclaimed walnut and red oak, recycled tin can, silver wire, abalone shell, CA glue, natural ixtle/agave/tampico fiber. The backside has a woodburned fly hiding in the walnut grain, but the pictures I took of it ended up being just slightly unfocused, unfortunately. 2024.
Left | Seeded Hen’s Wing with Folkschool Broomcorn natural broomcorn, nylon twine, reclaimed leather hanger, hand harvested sorghum Bicolor seedheads added decoratively to the body of the broom and stalk woven into the handle. 2024.
Right | Leather Wrapped Ixtle Handbrooms natural ixtle/agave/tampico fiber, reclaimed leather from the garment industry, nylon twine.
Above | What Was and What Will Be art broom collaboration featuring a turned cherrywood handle by Jade Pangalinan and assistance drilling holes in tintype from Mia Donalson. Tintype of seeded broomcorn, concept, and tying of broom done by myself. Made for Penland’s Summer Session 6 Auction. July 2024.
Right | FolkSchool Broom natural seeded broomcorn I’d helped seed as a Workstudy, made while a Student Host at John C. Campbell Folk School. 2024.
Above | Firefly Broom dyed broomcorn, nylon twine, found silver dollar plant, and botanicals specially treated to glow in the dark: gomphrena from the farmer’s market, seeded broomcorn I grew. 2024.
Left | Burned Brush driftwood foraged responsibly along the shores of the Long Island Sound, found charred and burned in a way that made it very comfortable to hold. Natural and black walnut + iron dyed ixtle/agave/tampico fiber. 2024.
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naturally dyed ixtle/agave/tampico in black walnut and black walnut + iron, nylon twine, reclaimed leather, vintage hand-woven wool hanger. 2024.
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industrially dyed broomcorn, nylon twine, mixed reclaimed leather woven handle. 2024.
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naturally dyed ixtle/agave/tampico fiber in black walnut + iron and madder, reclaimed leather woven handle, vintage hand woven wool cord hanger. 2024.
