Welcome Sara Shirley, Dream Tale Puppets, & More

March 10, 2022

  We’d like to welcome a new marionette (above): Sara Shirley, made by the awesome craftsman, Rob Lauten. The only direction I gave Rob was a spec sheet with a handful of illustrations, my Czech marionette, Hurvinek, and a couple…

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The Eleanor Courier Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1

February 9, 2022

Happy February! Click here for our first newsletter of 2022, Volume 2, Number 1! It’s a quick read! Our e-newsletter, The Eleanor Courier Journal, is a monthly publication about writing, illustration, and puppetry. Click here to view the first issue,…

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Available Now: The Eleanor Courier Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4

January 6, 2022

Happy New Year! Click here for our latest newsletter– it takes only a minute or two to read. Our e-newsletter, The Eleanor Courier Journal, is a monthly publication about writing, illustration, and puppetry. Click here to view the first issue,…

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Just Released: The Eleanor Courier Journal

September 17, 2021

We are pleased to announce the launch of our very first E-newsletter, The Eleanor Courier Journal, a monthly publication about writing, illustration, and puppetry. Click here to view the first issue, here for the second issue, and here for the…

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Second Article Published in UNIMA-USA’s E-newsletter

September 16, 2021

It is exciting to share that UNIMA-USA published another article of mine in the fall issue of their member’s only quarterly e-newsletter (many thanks to Laurie Swygert at UNIMA-USA)! Check it out here too: “When students are involved with making…

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Crankie article published in UNIMA-USA newsletter

June 7, 2021

UNIMA-USA, one of 101 national centers of Union Internationale de la Marionnette, published my article about crankies in their most recent newsletter (May 2021)! Many thanks to Katherine Fahey for sharing her knowledge and experience with me for the story!…

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Everyday Saints

June 21, 2020

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Every Problem Has A Solution Quilt Project. The illustrated quilt-like square here is the result of my query, “how can I best use my skills as an illustrator and graphic designer to…

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Solutions

May 22, 2020

This week, I am going to use a process that is part of a project at our Quaker Meeting – the Every Problem Has a Solution Quilt Project – developed by Friends Cameron Hughes and Barbara Lake. In a nutshell,…

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A Sprout

May 14, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, I put some queries out to the universe: how can I best use my skills as an illustrator and graphic designer to be useful in the time of the pandemic and climate change? Is there…

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Sowing Seeds

May 1, 2020

A Friend from Quaker Meeting recently shared with me, The Soil Story. It’s a short, well-crafted, and engaging video produced by Kiss the Ground – a 501(c)3 increasing societal awareness about the extraordinary benefits of healthy soil. Watch The Soil…

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