The Free Market Fairy Tale

Artist: Merle Pace

Discovering the self ...

I've been a huge fan of Merle Pace's photographic self portraits for a long time. When I first saw them, I was unsure of whether they were very new or decades old. She has a timeless style that reminds me of old hand colored photos or a John Williams Waterhouse painting.

You can find more of her work on her website HERE. Or shop in her Etsy store, HERE.

Allie, Ledge, and Noah ...

Labyrinth Finished

We finished the labyrinth. It took several-ish hours over a few days and cost all of $12.00 for the rocks.  It's a seven path labyrinth, and walking the entire thing one way is about 300 feet of path.

 

It was pretty simple to do and didn't take as much space as I thought it would. We started with a flat and weed free spot in the garden that was about 25' x 25'.  We marked the design by scratching it in with a stick using this plan ... and made our paths about a foot wide.

 

 

And then we lined it all with sandstone, which was really inexpensive and quite light and easy to work with. 

 

 

Building a Labyrinth ...

I'm using this pattern here ... and it's much easier than I thought it would be. Labyrinthos is a website I found very helpful in figuring out how to do this project.