Spirits
The Mossling Who Counted Raindrops
A clay figure on the windowsill, eleven stones in his pocket and a lot of rain.
A weekly letter about forest spirits, ferns and the stories behind them
I’m Mele. Every Sunday I send a new sketch, a clay figure or a page from my sketchbook along with its story, and I make coloring sets, guides and two video courses.
Latest letters
StudioScanning at Midnight Without Losing the Green
How I keep the damp greens of a gouache page from going flat on screen.
SketchbookThe Gulch Where Ferns Outgrow Me
A morning sketching in a misty ravine, with the stream always one step ahead.
StudioPlum and Moss Green, Nothing Else
Two tubes and a jar of water, and a week of spirits painted from them.
About me
I live on Kauai, where it rains most afternoons and every wall grows a little moss. I draw and sculpt small forest spirits who live in the damp places, with stories I invent and others I borrow, with permission, from fan communities who share their own.
Each letter is one spirit and the making of it: a gouache mix, a crack in the clay, an ink line that went wrong in a good way. I tell you what I used and what I would change, and the story goes alongside.
