Apples For Meryl

This is my first serious piece of embroidery which I did while reading Michael Pollen's, The Botany Of Desire, www.michaelpollan.com. I was transfixed by his descriptions of apples and their history, inspired to carry on in my embroidery beyond the simple line drawing I expected to finish in a week. I ended up working on the piece for many, many weeks, filling it in diligently. My work was a prayer to this ancient fruit, one of our earth's greatest blessings.

Thank you Meryl for your generous and kind way, my offer in this gift, is to shine light on the true nature of my respect for your generous action in support of me and my artist's life.






I had the very good luck to work with Sandra Oseguera (sandraoseguera@comcast.net), a very fine, professional seamstress who I am blessed to work with in our print studio at Laney College in Oakland. Her excellent skill in creating pillowcases from the 100% Linen that I choose to embroider on was a match made in heaven. After spending a good deal of time on this embroidery, I felt that her work created a finished product worthy of my efforts. Her attention to detail astounds me, encouraging me to an excellence that I hope always to strive for in my creative pursuit.

Thank you Sandra!