"Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space."    — Buzz Aldrin

Materials:

• Blue agate
• Cork bark
• Burr oak giant acorns
• Cacti skeletons
• Sponge mushrooms
• Pheasant feathers
• Lotus pods
• Chalice shaped pods
• Deer moss
• Birch bark
• Acorns
• Blue glass beads
• Catalpa tree pods
• Ata pods

The largest of my works thus far is a commissioned piece.  It was inspired by the earth tones of a grand space it was created for.  The blue touches in that room are replicated in the blue agate slices that stand out in this complex, intricate work.