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Maine Craft Artist Award 2025

October 19, 2025

It is with great pleasure and joy that I share this news ~~

I have been selected to receive the 2025 MAINE CRAFT ARTIST AWARD

I share this award with the amazing Gabriel Frey, Passamaquoddy artist and 13th generation black ash basket maker.

Since 2009, the Maine Crafts Association has celebrated the exceptional contributions of craft artists through the Maine Craft Artist Award. This annual honor recognizes artists for an outstanding body of work and a distinguished career of service to Maine’s craft community. The award signifies excellence and brings well-deserved prestige and acknowledgment to the artist’s achievements.

Annual Awards Presentation & Ceremony 
Saturday, November 1. 
Center for Maine Contemporary Art | 21 Winter St. Rockland, ME
Doors open at 5:30 PM | Presentation to start at 6:00 PM. 

The event will include speakers on behalf of the artists, the awards tradition of gifting a handmade pin that reflects the honorees to the recipients, and words from MCA’s leadership.

The public, friends, and supporters of both honorees are welcome to register for and attend the presentation to celebrate the recipients.

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"One Brave Island"
4" by 4"
Hand spun Linen, indigo, embroidered with cotton floss

This sweet little framed piece will it be part of Buoy ARTPM amazing community exhibit!
Three cheers for Al the amazing curator extraordinaire.
@b
"Tender Bound"

I feel a primal urge to swaddle, to bind and wrap.

Balanced beach stone with crocheted linen (madder dyed).

9" by 6" by 3.5"
#textileart #mainebeachstones #crocheting #crochetstones
Soft can encompass hard. 

Chariclo the Greek goddess, wife of Chiron (whose name means graceful spinner) models, the ability to hold and create sacred space. 

Even though her energy is soft and feminine, she is powerful and sets firm boundaries.

T
There is so much I still don’t know about how the Universe works.

How the sun and moon rise and set.

How the ocean can conceal and absorb so much life.

How one tiny human has a huge capacity for love and sorrow.

"Moonlight Ride" d
In an increasingly chaotic and unpredictable world, I long to create a sense of order -- even if it is only in my studio with thread.

Metaphors aside, the simple act of untangling a web of indigo dyed, linen and cotton threads has a profound and cal
Bowing down to the New Year.
Beginning again and again.

From my series "Secrets of the Infinite"

#textileart #textileartist #newyear #indigodyedlinen
Diving into a new year.
Unfolding into a new consciousness.
Unraveling and remembering.
🌟
The New Moon and the Solstice 
and 3I Atlas converge this week 
Offering opportunities to expand, to be profoundly in love with this time and space.
🌟
May all
First snow. 
❄️❄️❄️❄️ 
❄️❄️❄️❄️
It muffles sounds, 
blankets the gray bare branches 
And cushions my footsteps. 
❄️❄️❄️❄️
and makes a lovely resting place for this Stone cozy.

This indigo dyed stone cozy will stay out this winter. See you in the spr
Honored to be included in 
 “Textiles for the End of the World” 
 @surface_design online exhibit

Link to show in bio 

“Throughout history, textile-making has required hyper-specific knowledge of local ecologies and climates, utili
Hope to see you....
Artist talk with a few biennial artists
CMCA Rockland ME
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, November 15
@cmcanow
To live in this world

you must be able 
to do three things 
to love what is mortal 
to hold it 

against your bones knowing 
your own life depends on it ;
and when the time comes to let it go ,
to let it go.

Mary Oliver "Blackwater Woods"
Humbled and honored
🙏🏽
Thank you, Maine Crafts Association 
For this honor. 
Thank you CMCA for hosting this awards event. 
Thank you Amy Hausmann, Maine Arts Commission for her eloquent presentation speech❤️
🙏🏽
Honored to share this award with G
Bright and steady. 
Off my usual path, pulled towards 
Rhythm and steady. 
Bright and joyous. 
And the resilience of wool. 
🩷
A blanket to welcome a new female to the tribe. With Hope🙏🏽🩷🙏🏽Joy
#weavingasmeditation #weavingasmedicine #logcabinwea

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