SOLSTICE HANDMADE

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Making in the Mountains!

Follow Solstice on Instagram to keep up to date on my projects and travels as an Artist in Residence for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

ALL ORDERS WILL SHIP OCT 28TH upon my return

Stones along Grapeyard Ridge trail

Really love this photo of some etchings from a year ago in their new home (-:

Rubbing from Hiram Calder Cemetery - thinking about sentiments for endings, especially when they’re tucked away and hidden in the hills

You’ll definitely see a lot of these collected phrases and imagery popping up in future prints in some form that I just haven’t found yet
P.s. pls google smoky mountains burial landscapes for a great map if you are ever hiking in the area, so many unmarked peaceful plots right along the trail that you wouldn’t otherwise know about. It will make u feel tiny

Cyanotype test prints from yesterday ! Today was spent exploring Cataloochee, back to work tomorrow 🌿

💛 this photo of @transfigureprintco by a mural painted last summer - if you haven’t seen their work take a 👀 all made right here in GR by a working artist

Dots dots dots and podcasts today

Reading and painting and thinking about restocking these leggings today

As I was updating my website today I realized never posted decent photos of this project for @greatestlake’s truck 🌿

Sketchin on the trails today

Guess which porch is mine -
Natural dyeing today, it’s been too long !

Today was creek swimming and hiking and finding dinner with the lovely park ranger Sheridan who is a mentor for this experience, tasted my first chicken of the woods!

Safely landed in the smokies, I can’t wait to read and learn and draw new things and make (hypothetical and optimistic )plans for the next year or so ... Over my stay I will volunteer with a nearby field station studying lichens, speak at @arrowmont_school, plan winter classes, update my website, make a painting to be released with @tinyshowcase, create a tapestry series, develop a catalog, and so much more ...

Printing more cowls today, natural colors by @adventuretextiles

Sending out an overdue thank you thank you to @womenslifestylegr for a recent interview with Kayla Sosa 🌿 thanks for the endless support!

So so many flannels coming at you for @diystreetfair 🌿

Making progress at @speciationales 🌿 commissioned by @collectivebrew for their opening in Grand Rapids!

Knocked out a big chunk of my mural at @speciationales, almost everything is blocked in and ready for detail work (-: come have a beer or wine tomorrow, I’ll be painting from 12-6! Thanks again to @collectivebrew for the opportunity 🌞

Working on a little something for @aadlgram’s tiny expo 🌿

Printed a huge stack of these boys yesterday! They will debut at @diystreetfair next weekend and will be shocked in stores so so soon