Confront the fine art created by the multi-talented Magnolia, Delaware artist Deborah Johnson straight from her collections at her Falling Leaf Studio. The Historic Odessa Foundation is pleased to exhibit a selection of her glass works, tapestries, paintings, Shibori dyed silks, and embroideries. In works spanning over a decade, Deborah Johnson reflects on the hidden structures that unite all living things. Fractals, sacred geometry, and organic forms intertwine, revealing the rhythms and patterns that connect us to the divine and to the natural world.

“Fresh From the Garden” Explore the Collins-Sharp House and working kitchen garden with your guide as our costumed interpreters capture the sights and flavors of authentic 18th century cooking. Savor the aromas of dishes cooked over and open fire using the tools, recipes and techniques commonly...

Do you admire those old marbled book cover papers and wonder how it is done? Join paper conservators Brook Prestowitz and Betty Fiske for an afternoon of trying some of the many techniques for creating these colorful acrylic designs on paper. Use your creations for your own craft projects, OR use them for book covers in the upcoming workshop on Making Small Japanese Books at Historic Odessa Foundation in October.