Contributors
Maura D’Amore
Maura D’Amore is a professor of English at Saint Michael’s College, a liberal arts school just outside Burlington, Vermont. When she’s not teaching and writing, she enjoys making crafty messes (preferably a few at a time), indoors and out, with her husband and two boys. She’s also an expert at finding four-leaf clovers.
Matt Smith
Matt is an independent photojournalist based in Eastern Pennsylvania applying a fine art background to reportage. Following years on staff at a daily newspaper, Matt went out on his own to create a deeper engagement with people and communities to tell their stories. See more of his work at mattsmithphotographer.com
Mathilde Cinq-Mars
Mathilde Cinq-Mars is a feminist freelance illustrator. She likes to get out her pencils and watercolours to draw people, flowers and to pine after good old days. Her work has been published in many books and magazines. She lives in Québec with her daughter and a lot of dried flowers.
Maryanne Moodie
Maryanne is a fiber-obsessed maker from Australia who now resides in Brooklyn, New York. Maryanne is best known for applying unexpected color combinations to her nostalgic designs. She is inspired by the intricacy of vintage textiles, traditional costuming, modern art, and the natural world. Visit her at maryannemoodie.com.
Martha Miller
Martha Miller has been creating portraits and self-portraits for over thirty years, working in a variety of media. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Maine College of Art and has work is in numerous collections including the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA. Martha teaches drawing through the Continuing Studies Department at Maine College of Art and maintains a studio in Woolwich where she lives with her husband, Garry.
Martha Anne Hearn
Martha studies as an illustrator-in-training at Falmouth University in the UK. You can tell her desk in the studio by a foot-high stack of paints and mess. She gets out of bed every morning to the sea and her sketchbook. Her fascination with shape and color and a propensity towards depicting and geometricizing organic forms define her work. She wraps herself in the world of all things folk: tales, art and music. Visit her at www.martha-anne.co.uk.
Marlene Adelmann
Marlene Adelmann is the Founder and Director of the Herbal Academy, international school of herbal arts and sciences and The Herbarium, a virtual membership website for herbalists. Through the school and online herbal classes, Marlene has brought the wild and wonderful world of herbs to over 20,000 students across the globe.
Marisa McClellan
Marisa is a food blogger, canning teacher, and cookbook author based in Center City, Philadelphia. She is the author of Food in Jars, Preserving by the Pint, and Naturally Sweet Food in Jars. Find more of her jams, pickles, and preserves (all cooked up in her eighty-square-foot kitchen) at foodinjars.com.
Marianne Power
Marianne Power lives with her family in Western Massachusetts. They purchased the home her friend Elizabeth had lived in for ninety-three years, and have been restoring the house and surrounding acreage ever since. They grow flowers, herbs, fruit, and wild concord grapes.Marianne and Elisabeth remained dear friends until Elisabeth’s death at age ninety-nine in 2010.
Marianne Elliott
Marianne is the author of Zen Under Fire and a human rights advocate and yoga teacher. Trained as a lawyer, she spent two years in the Gaza Strip before going to Afghanistan, where she served in the UN. While peacekeeping in one of the most dangerous places on earth, she decided stories were her weapon of choice, and yoga was her medicine. She can be found at www.marianne-elliott.com.
Marianne Boukamp
Marianne heralds from the beautiful underrated state of Michigan. She is a mom, wife, nurse, avid traveler, photographer, painter and storyteller. She tries to find beauty in everything she sees. The most wonderful thing that has happened to her recently is becoming a grandmother.
Margaret Oomen
Margaret, a Canadian rural physician, mother of four and textile artist, has been a gatherer and maker of things for as far back as she can remember. She draws her inspiration from her treasure-hunting family, her great respect for and love of the natural world and her travels. She shares her adventures at resurrectionfern.typepad.com and as resurrectionfern on Instagram.