Salley Mavor
@salleymavor.bsky.social
Artist and children's book illustrator who creates 3-dimensional hand-stitched miniature worlds. Website: weefolkstudio.com Shop: https://salleymavor.etsy.com
NEW BLOG POST! I revisit Birds of Beebe Woods and share thoughts about what inspired this collection of hand stitched birds, as well as give a behind the scenes peek at how I made it 13 years ago.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW BLOG POST! I revisit Birds of Beebe Woods and share thoughts about what inspired this collection of hand stitched birds, as well as give a behind the scenes peek at how I made it 13 years ago.
weefolkstudio.com/2025/12/02/b...
weefolkstudio.com/2025/12/02/b...
NEW CARD in my shop!
"February Snow" note cards are available just in time for the upcoming season, in packs of 4, 8 and 12. The winter scene is perfect for a Holiday Card! It's from 1986, when I started experimenting with a bas-relief format.
Link to Etsy shop: salleymavor.etsy.com
"February Snow" note cards are available just in time for the upcoming season, in packs of 4, 8 and 12. The winter scene is perfect for a Holiday Card! It's from 1986, when I started experimenting with a bas-relief format.
Link to Etsy shop: salleymavor.etsy.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW CARD in my shop!
"February Snow" note cards are available just in time for the upcoming season, in packs of 4, 8 and 12. The winter scene is perfect for a Holiday Card! It's from 1986, when I started experimenting with a bas-relief format.
Link to Etsy shop: salleymavor.etsy.com
"February Snow" note cards are available just in time for the upcoming season, in packs of 4, 8 and 12. The winter scene is perfect for a Holiday Card! It's from 1986, when I started experimenting with a bas-relief format.
Link to Etsy shop: salleymavor.etsy.com
A big thank you to the lovely folks who came to hear my talk at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA last Saturday! It was was such a pleasure to meet them and hear about their creative lives!
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A big thank you to the lovely folks who came to hear my talk at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA last Saturday! It was was such a pleasure to meet them and hear about their creative lives!
NEW BLOG POST! My current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum @nequiltmuseum in Lowell, MA features a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances. (My son, Ian held one of them up, so we could see how it looked.)
Link to blog post: weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
Link to blog post: weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NEW BLOG POST! My current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum @nequiltmuseum in Lowell, MA features a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances. (My son, Ian held one of them up, so we could see how it looked.)
Link to blog post: weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
Link to blog post: weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
NEW BLOG POST! My current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA features a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances. I share photos, videos, and commentary about this new work, which I've named Felt Filigree. Link: weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEW BLOG POST! My current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA features a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances. I share photos, videos, and commentary about this new work, which I've named Felt Filigree. Link: weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
Happy Halloween! This original illustration for my book, You and Me: Poems of Friendship, is one of dozens of works included in my exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. The show, To Every Season, is on view through Dec. 31, 2025.
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happy Halloween! This original illustration for my book, You and Me: Poems of Friendship, is one of dozens of works included in my exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. The show, To Every Season, is on view through Dec. 31, 2025.
NEW BLOG POST about FELT FILIGREE!
In today's post, I share photos, videos, and commentary about my new work, a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances of my current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum.
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
In today's post, I share photos, videos, and commentary about my new work, a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances of my current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum.
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
NEW BLOG POST about FELT FILIGREE!
In today's post, I share photos, videos, and commentary about my new work, a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances of my current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum.
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
In today's post, I share photos, videos, and commentary about my new work, a collection of botanical sculptures hanging in the gallery entrances of my current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum.
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/29/f...
GOOD NEWS! My exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH is being extended through Jan. 4, 2026! The show, Bedtime Stitches & Other Works, has been so popular that the museum decided to keep it open for another 2 months.
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
GOOD NEWS! My exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH is being extended through Jan. 4, 2026! The show, Bedtime Stitches & Other Works, has been so popular that the museum decided to keep it open for another 2 months.
Harvest Time is one of dozens of 3-dimensional embroidered scenes currently on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor, is on view through Dec. 31, 2025.
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Harvest Time is one of dozens of 3-dimensional embroidered scenes currently on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor, is on view through Dec. 31, 2025.
Today, I'm sharing details from Pocketful of Posies, my anthology of nursery rhymes. Full sized original embroidered bas-relief illustrations from the book are currently on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. The exhibition, To Every Season, is on view through Dec. 31, 2025.
October 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today, I'm sharing details from Pocketful of Posies, my anthology of nursery rhymes. Full sized original embroidered bas-relief illustrations from the book are currently on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. The exhibition, To Every Season, is on view through Dec. 31, 2025.
My current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum includes 8 original illustrations from my 1995 picture book, Mary Had a Little Lamb. The collectors who purchased the pieces 30 years ago are loaning generously them. "To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor" is on view through Dec. 31st, 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My current exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum includes 8 original illustrations from my 1995 picture book, Mary Had a Little Lamb. The collectors who purchased the pieces 30 years ago are loaning generously them. "To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor" is on view through Dec. 31st, 2025.
I am pleased to announce that a new exhibition of my work opened earlier this month at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. "To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor" is on view through Dec. 31st, 2025. Learn more in this blog post:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/02/t...
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/02/t...
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I am pleased to announce that a new exhibition of my work opened earlier this month at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. "To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor" is on view through Dec. 31st, 2025. Learn more in this blog post:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/02/t...
weefolkstudio.com/2025/10/02/t...
Endpapers are so much fun to make! For MY BED, I featured animals that appear in the book. In addition to creating full page illustrations, I made a series of animal icons for the adjacent text panels throughout the book.
Learn about the book and on my blog here: weefolkstudio.com/my-bed-book/
Learn about the book and on my blog here: weefolkstudio.com/my-bed-book/
September 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Endpapers are so much fun to make! For MY BED, I featured animals that appear in the book. In addition to creating full page illustrations, I made a series of animal icons for the adjacent text panels throughout the book.
Learn about the book and on my blog here: weefolkstudio.com/my-bed-book/
Learn about the book and on my blog here: weefolkstudio.com/my-bed-book/
I'm in my studio, setting up seasonal scenes that will soon be reassembled in display cases at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. My exhibition, To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor, will be on view Sept 9 - Dec 27, 2025.
September 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm in my studio, setting up seasonal scenes that will soon be reassembled in display cases at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. My exhibition, To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor, will be on view Sept 9 - Dec 27, 2025.
These 2 pieces are included in my current exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH. I made them 30 years ago, using detritus I saved from my grandmother's things. The show, Bedtime Stitches & Other Works, will be on view through Nov, 1, 2025.
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
These 2 pieces are included in my current exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH. I made them 30 years ago, using detritus I saved from my grandmother's things. The show, Bedtime Stitches & Other Works, will be on view through Nov, 1, 2025.
"Displaced" is currently on display in my exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH (through Nov. 1, 2025). Learn more about "Displaced" in this blog post: weefolkstudio.com/2016/06/26/d...
August 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Displaced" is currently on display in my exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH (through Nov. 1, 2025). Learn more about "Displaced" in this blog post: weefolkstudio.com/2016/06/26/d...
Take a peek at a wee world that will soon be reassembled in a display case at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. My exhibition, To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor, will include 50 seasonal landscapes, from dioramas to framed wall pieces. It'll be on view from Sept. 6 to Dec 27th, 2025.
August 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Take a peek at a wee world that will soon be reassembled in a display case at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. My exhibition, To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor, will include 50 seasonal landscapes, from dioramas to framed wall pieces. It'll be on view from Sept. 6 to Dec 27th, 2025.
My exhibition, "Bedtime Stitches and Other Works" is at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH until Nov. 1st. I will give an Artist Talk on Saturday, Sept. 27, 4-5 PM. Information and registration:
www.mariposamuseum.org/salley-mavor
www.mariposamuseum.org/salley-mavor
August 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My exhibition, "Bedtime Stitches and Other Works" is at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH until Nov. 1st. I will give an Artist Talk on Saturday, Sept. 27, 4-5 PM. Information and registration:
www.mariposamuseum.org/salley-mavor
www.mariposamuseum.org/salley-mavor
Rob and I visited my exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH. It looks fantastic! I'll post photos and videos in the coming days.
August 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rob and I visited my exhibition at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH. It looks fantastic! I'll post photos and videos in the coming days.
Impromptu visit to the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, NH next week! I'll be there to see my exhibition on Wed., Aug. 13th from 3 to 5 pm. Please come by and say hello! "Bedtime Stitches & Other Works" is on view until Nov. 1, 2025.
August 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Impromptu visit to the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, NH next week! I'll be there to see my exhibition on Wed., Aug. 13th from 3 to 5 pm. Please come by and say hello! "Bedtime Stitches & Other Works" is on view until Nov. 1, 2025.
It's raspberry season! When I made these replicas, I was inspired by our new raspberry patch. The raspberries practically begged to be featured in the summer scene! See the completed piece and learn how to make your own faux raspberries on my blog here:
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August 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's raspberry season! When I made these replicas, I was inspired by our new raspberry patch. The raspberries practically begged to be featured in the summer scene! See the completed piece and learn how to make your own faux raspberries on my blog here:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/05/05/s...
weefolkstudio.com/2025/05/05/s...
Look who I spied in the beanstalk!
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Look who I spied in the beanstalk!
"A Wise Old Owl" from Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
July 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"A Wise Old Owl" from Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
Here's an early piece from 1982. I'm guessing its size is 20" W x 24" H. This style is so simple compared to the kind work I do now. I find its open expansive quality refreshing, but my impulse is different now. If I made a beach scene today, it would probably be crammed full of figures!
July 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Here's an early piece from 1982. I'm guessing its size is 20" W x 24" H. This style is so simple compared to the kind work I do now. I find its open expansive quality refreshing, but my impulse is different now. If I made a beach scene today, it would probably be crammed full of figures!
I built a wall with stones that I gathered at the beach. See photos and videos documenting the process of creating landscape details, such as moss, sky and the stone wall for the summer scene in my seasonal landscape series.
Link to blog:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/07/20/s...
Link to blog:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/07/20/s...
July 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I built a wall with stones that I gathered at the beach. See photos and videos documenting the process of creating landscape details, such as moss, sky and the stone wall for the summer scene in my seasonal landscape series.
Link to blog:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/07/20/s...
Link to blog:
weefolkstudio.com/2025/07/20/s...