May Artists of the Month

Martha McMurray Cant- Shepard, Spinner and Weaver

Martha moved to acreage in Sonoma County in the 1970's and soon found a need for "living lawn mowers" to keep vegetation in check. These mowers--sheep to city folk---needed to be shorn yearly and one thing led to another. She soon was developing a breeding program and STARBUCK STATION WOOLS was born to produce superior fleeces for hand spinners
Martha's sheep wear coats most of the year to protect the wool from dirt and vegetable matter. She sells well skirted whole and half fleeces "in the grease" from the ranch in Freestone and processed wool roving by weight at the Artisans' co-op.
Martha is also a fiber artist of note. Displayed this month are skeins of handspun yarn, knitted and woven accessories and a hand spun, hand dyed, hand woven rug with a turkish knot pile which took Best of Show a few years ago at the Sonoma County Fair