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Collaboration with other artists of various mediums is planned.
“I’ve always liked to make things,” she said of her work, explaining as a young child she would spend hours creating things, such as two one-inch high sail boats.
“Even in college, I liked to spend time making things,” she said, adding at this time she began the Easter eggs — eggs painted vivid background shades with tiny, detailed designs such as hummingbirds attending a flower or dot-sized flowers with petals.
After college and working in Northern Virginia for the federal government on mainframe computers for several years, Ms. Moore turned her interest to her art only.
Over seven years ago, she quit her commute back and forth from D.C. to Rappahannock County and became a full-time county resident.
“I took workshop after workshop,” she said of her training in making paper — a very skilled and patient work.
Since then, she has perfected the art — making cards, wall hangings, art forms, paper forms — often demonstrating her art at local schools, Blackwater House, workshops during summer months and other events.
“Kids love this,” she said, demonstrating the technique of making paper.
Using self-made decals and mold — a screen-like square of various sizes with a removable top frame — she dips the two into a
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