The Girl and the Gear
5/28/2020 So, it's a weird time, but today I want to tell you about the gear. It is a bike gear, but this isn't a post about bicycling. In the summer of 2017, I went on a bike ride from Cumberland, Maryland to Pittsburgh, PA. I know, not a post about bicycling, but on that ride, I met Rachel Sager, the forager mosaicist. To hear more about that adventure, check it out here: Riding the Rails . A year later I found myself in Rachel's studio for a mosaic class. I knew nothing, it was raining and there was a crazy student named Sheri that I would completely adore by the end of it. Again, this is all background on how I got involved with this gear! For the story of dancing, rain, coal mines and foraging, head to this spot: Mosaics Adventure . I fell in love with micro-mosaics that weekend. The big installations are fun, but I love working tiny. When the opportunity came up for me to complete a gear to send back to the Ruins (...