Carienn Day has passed away. She was a kind hearted person and loved to share her skills with everyone at the space. For many of us she was our first teacher here at the space. She will be deeply missed.
We will have more details about the memorial service when we know more.
Carienn was truly someone that loved DMS and dedicated a lot of time, effort, and self. I have no idea how many people have taken her classes or have been mentored by her.
She had many disabilities that progressively got worse.
Lord, grant this person peace she so richly deserves. Amen
Oh no! I’m so sad to hear of this. My love and light to her friends and family.
I am trully saddened by this news. Carienn was a true maker, a great teacher and a awesome friend to so many. She struggled to teach with her poor eyesight and limited travel abilities, but she taught many classes in spite of her difficulties. I know I took several.
She will be greatly missed as she was so well loved by so many. My prayers are for her family and friends,
Wow. Just Wow. She was an awesome and very smart person to talk to and chat with, even though it was sometimes an adventure interpreting the written word. She had a great sense of humor about that text to speech mangling.
She had a lot of health issues, but loved coming up to DMS. I think we were like a second family for her where she could come up, be herself, and just enjoy things and the conversations.
Cairenn, on two separate occasions, taught me classes alone when I really wanted to learn something but my schedule just wasn’t working.
So creative. So smart. She always had something interesting to talk about, and lordy, could she talk. A lifetime of experiences she would share with anyone who would listen.
Such a neat lady. So giving of her time and expertise and inspiration.
These are a few of the pieces she helped and inspired me to create, and every time I decide to wrap layers of beads around something, I’ll call it "squid’s heart"ing it.
Carienn was a maker’s maker. Always willing to share her knowledge to help you getting started. So sad to hear of her passing, she was a very kind soul!
I will truly miss having to slow down while reading her post to figure out what she meant from what speech-to-text created. It was a great exercise in patience, and creative thinking. She was such a kind soul, and so creative. I truly missed out by never making it to one of her jewelry classes. Rest easy, Carienn!
OMG! What sad news. I have taken several classes with her, most recently just a few weeks ago. She was always patient and willing to share her knowledge and skill in jewelry making. She will definitely be missed at the space.
Very sad to read this news 
She was an Inspiration! She didn’t allow disability or failing eyesight keep her from participating at the place she loved. May she rest gently among the stars
This is a great tribute to Carienn’s legacy. If others have photos of jewelry they made from her classes and photos of the class, if you could post them here I can’t think of a better tribute to her.
I think of these as her Trademark piece of jewelry. I always thought they had an elegant look to them. I wonder if I can find the ear rings I made in her class? I can’t say that I ever wore them, but was proud they came out as well as they did given my strong lack of artistic skill.
These peapods are wonderful! What a terrific class that must have been!
Today would have been Cairenn Day’s 71st birthday. Happy Birthday Cairenn, may you still be teaching all your craft.
I am hoping to arrange a memorial for Cairenn at the space, hopefully sometime in august. We are trying to get her estate wound up, but it is a mess, both physically and legally. Details when I have them. There will probably be some pieces of her jewelry or some of her stones for people who want a memento. I will attempt to teach some of her classes as I can, but there are some only she could teach. I still expect to hear her on the phone telling me about her day. I will miss her.
I’m sooooo sorry for your loss Sue. You were the first person I thought about when I saw this on here. My heart breaks for your loss. 
I’ll will definitely keep my eyes open on Talk so I can attend the memorial whenever it is held. 
I finally got my MW Word of the Day working (is it ironic that the institution I work for appears to be blocking this? Hm. Off to WM to check the meaning of “irony”…) and today’s word is “debunk”.
I think if you knew Carienn, you know why I’ve posted this.
