Image: Mine; Ice storm “castings” in the garden (from a few years ago) I am pleased to be writing from other side, more or less, of the health “challenge” I alluded to in a post last year. I am back on my feet and have begun to reengage with my studio practice, which is already pulling me in various directions. Some things I now know for sure: I am more in love than ever with this Work in its myriad facets. I am more relaxed than ever about it, too. Fear was at the root of so much of what…
It is in my nature to seek metaphysical roots and metaphorical tendrils in much of what transpires/crosses my path in life. Through that process I unearth grounded, practical symbols and solutions to aid in resolution/transmutation/evolution. Life is change – sometimes subtle and easily integrated; sometimes profound and world-rocking. I am living change of the latter sort: I was recently shaken by a health setback, one which has necessitated quick, unequivocal, and fundamental shifts in personal priorities, beliefs, values. Adversity has a way of shaking one’s foundations and, at minimum, calls into question one’s habitual responses to life’s little challenges, especially…
I feel like the year has been progressing at a rapid pace (even though it is only January 19th!) 2016 was the “year of the wearable” for me, primarily. I am beginning to find flow in my wearable art line, petal-una collection. That work will continue this year, likely branching, as usual, in a variety of directions…but all pointing back to the center – all of my work in the studio circles back on itself, cross-referencing, cross-fertilizing. In addition to creating art-wear in 2016, I was gifted with the opportunity to expand the horizons of my fine art fiber and…
I am in the early stages of fully reёvaluating and re-purposing my blog in the face of a fundamental shift in values underlying my studio practice. What follows is the first of many posts focusing on what it means to me to be a designer/ maker in the early 21st century – a time when a recognition of the Earth’s limits necessitates redefining how we work, how we engage with each other, and how we preserve the planet’s finite resources (and honor its complex systems). A point of beginning. I am a one-person show, manufacturing on a micro scale. Arguably,…
Last July I quietly entered the 10th year of my textile/fiber entrepreneurial adventure. I have been working with cloth, fiber and allied processes for over 20 years but doing so as a livelihood came a bit later. 10 years is a milestone, worthy of much review and assessment. As 2015 came to an end, I began that review. In the midst of my musings on the past year’s fiber/textile-art, design, and making, I had a chance to see a couple of shows which I found inspiring (note to self: get out and see more work by other makers!). Here are some…
