Why Nests?

This is a new series, started Spring 2026. Why nests? Spring, of course, but I have always been drawn to smooth roundish shapes, stones, eggs, seeds…when I am feeling distresse, stressed, or anxious, I have two stones I hod, focusing on them their smoothness, coolness, how they fit in my hand. I imagine the craziness surrounding them and focus on their stillness. This helps me. This spring I was looking at a nest, noticing the stillness of the eggs amongst the nesting materials, tree twigs and leaves rocking back and forth in the wind blown tree… that stillness again was healing. As I looked at more nests I began to see how differently bird types created their safe spaces.

My nests are Lino cut with a new technique called cine colle added to help the little eggs stand out.