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My daughter, Hazel, came home from college for a brief stay this summer before returning to move into an apartment in Lawrence.  I wrote here earlier that she worked in the shop while I was recently away. What I didn’t write is that she was also hard at work planning and making a fiber sculpture to give to her roommate, Flo, during this time while she was home.

I watched her as she planned her project over several weeks. She modeled the “creature” after a character, Uril the Miststalker, from a card game called “Magic the Gathering”. She made her yarn and color selections and diligently worked up one swatch and sketch after another until she had a plan. The day I left (and I wish now I’d taken a photo) she was just beginning to  work out the shaping on Uril’s head- it was still only swatches and drawings at that point.

Here are a few work in progress photos her dad took while I was away.

closeup of claw and body before assembling

hazel at work

I left on a Wednesday and when I returned the following Tuesday, the creature had already been borne and gifted into the happy arms of Flo. Since I had flown from Kansas City, I stopped to meet Flo and see the new apartment on my way home.

hazel and flo with uril

They look happy, yes?

Couple more pics:

Uril at home

close-up of signed Uril

and one last parting shot of the happy girls…

hazel and flo on their balcony