Today I got on the wrong ferry from Orcas Island on my way back to Lopez and ended up taking a couple additional ferry trips and spending a few extra hours waiting at the Orcas landing. On those ferries and at the landing I had lots of time to work on a spoon! I love how this connects me with the people around me. I know more people notice than approach me. I try to catch people noticing and draw them in. I met Barb on the first ferry, who told me enthusiastically that she really wants to carve spoons! On the way back to Orcas another kind woman approached me just before we arrived. I should really have cards with my info to hand out at these times! At the Orcas landing, while waiting three and a half hours for the next ferry, I met Ana, who commissioned me to carve a camp spatula for her! Here is the sketch I made, which she insisted I keep for my records:
If any of the people I told about this blog today are reading this, or if you have found your way here somehow otherwise, please feel free to contact me with any questions or to commission one of my useful sculptures.
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In these souper spoons I make there are often little cracks or unexpected challenges that help shape the unique and beautiful design that results. This has been a wonderful reminder of how life can be. When I work with what I am given with love and willingness to stay in it, I am often rewarded with something unexpected and delightful.
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