Studio Notes

Bloody Dock's Bloody Nature

Prints and Original Painting Available [https://www.kristinmroach.com/search?q=bloody+dock] Save the Date mending @ the Octagon [https://www.kristinmroach.com/events/mending-social-kalce-9d8xt-zj2f4-ystpk-ddbxy-e6myn-het2w-xzrct-chhgt] * Thursday, May 28, 2026 * 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Join me for the ongoing monthly mending social at the Octagon Center for the arts. Bring your project and a favorite beverage to enjoy. View Event → [https://www.kristinmroach.com/events/mending-social-kalce-9d8xt-zj2f4-ystpk-ddbxy-e6myn-het2w-xzrct-chhgt] Roach Motel Zine Club [https://www.kristinmroach.com/events/roach-motel-zine-club] * Friday, June 5, 2026 * 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Grab a tea from Little Woods and head up to my studio to make your own political zine! Get inspired by the Roach Motel Zine Distro & Reading Library, then dive into an afternoon of cutting, pasting, and professing your love. Bring your scraps—and come solo or with friends! The zine distro and reading room will be open during zine club. View Event → [https://www.kristinmroach.com/events/roach-motel-zine-club] Art Walk + Debut of Backyard Botanicals: Whiterock [https://www.kristinmroach.com/events/art-walk-debut-of-backyard-botanical-whiterock] * Thursday, June 11, 2026 * 5:00 PM 8:00 PM (Private Preview 1:00 - 5:00 PM) View Event → [https://www.kristinmroach.com/events/art-walk-debut-of-backyard-botanical-whiterock] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Falling in love with Goldenrod

This week’s Letter was written August 27, 2025. End Notes * Original Goldenrod Painting & Open Edition Prints are now available. [https://www.kristinmroach.com/search?q=goldenrod] * Read the residency report from last year’s Lakeside Lab Residency. [https://lakesidelabair.org/2024/08/01/untethered-kristin-m-roach/] * Send me a letter: Kristin M Roach, 138 Main Street, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA. * See this and the rest of the [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/]handwritten letters [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/] from my studio to you [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/]. * See the [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/cf5v8tncnxwjs3z04bvxuc77lfm2pu]full backyard botanical series [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/cf5v8tncnxwjs3z04bvxuc77lfm2pu]. * Purchase Originals & Prints [https://www.kristinmroach.com/shop/backyard-ecology/gouache-paintings] Passing through Central Iowa? See my work in person at my tea shop & gallery Little Woods Herbal [http://www.littlewoodsherbal.com/] (136 Main Street, Ames, Iowa). Save the date for October 11 & 12th. I’ll be hosting the Ames Community Arts Council at the tea bar for the Ames Area Studio Tour & exhibiting all the backyard botanical paintings. Currently only about half are on display. My big challenge over the next month is to finish my greeting card collection for the series and get prints of all the paintings made—no small feat! I’m almost done with reprinting all the sold out 8x10, now on to laying out and getting all the cards printed. Wish me luck! NOTE about Monthly Mending at the Octagon Center for the Arts The mending meeting is still happening the 4th thursday of each month, but I will not be able to attend in August in September because… I’ve been accepted into the Iowa DNR Field to Fork program this summer and am learning archery! I didn’t get a choice about timing, they were like - you are in, show up on these dates. Okay, will do. I’ll be back in mending action in the fall. Sincerely, Kristin M Roach This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Stitched from the Well Within

View the more of the Waxing & Waning series in my portfolio. [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/waxing-waning] * Enjoy the Craft Leftovers’ digital archive [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/s/craft-leftovers] — a paid subscriber thanks! * Purchase Originals & Prints [https://www.kristinmroach.com/shop/backyard-ecology/gouache-paintings] * Send me a letter: Kristin M Roach, 138 Main Street, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA. Passing through Central Iowa? See my work in person at my tea shop & gallery Little Woods Herbal [http://www.littlewoodsherbal.com/] (136 Main Street, Ames, Iowa) OR Now - August 9th my work is part of a group exhibit called Elusive Balance. Closing Reception for Elusive Balance Group Exhibit * 2:00PM – 5:00PM, August 9th, 2025 * Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, Iowa. * «More Info Click Here [https://octagonarts.org/event/elusivebalance/]» Sincerely, Kristin M Roach This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The Memories Flowers Hold.

This week’s Letter was written July 10, 2025. * Original Purple Salvia and Prints are now available. [https://www.kristinmroach.com/search?q=purple%20salvia] * Send me a letter: Kristin M Roach, 138 Main Street, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA. * See this and the rest of the [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/]handwritten letters [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/] from my studio to you [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/]. * See the [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/cf5v8tncnxwjs3z04bvxuc77lfm2pu]full backyard botanical series [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/cf5v8tncnxwjs3z04bvxuc77lfm2pu]. * Purchase Originals & Prints [https://www.kristinmroach.com/shop/backyard-ecology/gouache-paintings] Passing through Central Iowa? See my work in person at my tea shop & gallery Little Woods Herbal [http://www.littlewoodsherbal.com/] (136 Main Street, Ames, Iowa). NOTE about Monthly Mending at the Octagon Center for the Arts We will not be meeting in July (we all have outside obligations), and I will not be able to attend in August in September because… I’ve been accepted into the Iowa DNR Field to Fork program this summer and am learning archery! I didn’t get a choice about timing, they were like - you are in, show up on these dates. Okay, will do. I’ll be back in mending action in the fall. Sincerely, Kristin M Roach This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

First & Only Elderberries

This week’s Letter was written June 26, 2025. * Original Elder Berry Painting and Prints are now available. [https://www.kristinmroach.com/search?q=elderberries] * See this and the rest of the [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/]handwritten letters [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/] from my studio to you [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/]. * See the [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/cf5v8tncnxwjs3z04bvxuc77lfm2pu]full backyard botanical series [https://www.kristinmroach.com/journal/cf5v8tncnxwjs3z04bvxuc77lfm2pu]. * Purchase Originals & Prints [https://www.kristinmroach.com/shop/backyard-ecology/gouache-paintings] Passing through Central Iowa? See my work in person at my tea shop & gallery Little Woods Herbal [http://www.littlewoodsherbal.com/] (136 Main Street, Ames, Iowa). NOTE about Monthly Mending at the Octagon Center for the Arts We will not be meeting in July (we all have outside obligations), and I will not be able to attend in August in September because… I’ve been accepted into the Iowa DNR Field to Fork program this summer and am learning archery! I didn’t get a choice about timing, they were like - you are in, show up on these dates. Okay, will do. I’ll be back in mending action in the fall. Sincerely, Kristin M Roach This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe [https://kristinmroach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]