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Since 1990 I have been making hand made paper. The plants I gather (milkweed, bindweed, cattalis, lichens and moss) for paper making are also the raw materials for nest building.

In 2006, in honor of the New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail, I wove pieces of wood together to create the large eagle nest in my front yard. On a trip to Southern Arizona in 2007, I was fascinated with the bird nests in cactus plants. For ten months I couldn't stop thinking about the nests. Then one morning, walking my dog, I discoverd some weathered clover plants; by the time I arrived home I was holding my first small bird nest. Some wood from my collection added stability and a framework. A small circular piece of my hand made paper made a fine interior. I haven't been able to stop making nests since.