So…I am launching myself and the lockets on kickstarter! Take a looksy here: Story your story: Kickstarter project
I am also gearing up to create some pendants with textiles. I know what I want to do, and the sketch is a shadow of that — but it may give you an idea or not. Regardless, here it is:)
I woke up this morning feeling the first leg of my journey in my new home was moving into it’s next incarnation. It’s hard to pinpoint why I felt I turned a corner, maybe it’s the deep sense of calm gained after a series of tenuous leaps off cliffs onto shaky ground or just the …
On my birthday I treated myself to a night at the Brooklyn Art Museum, to hear author and scholar, Ruth B. Bottigheimer speak on her book, Fairy Tales: A New History. She makes a case that fairy tales do not have their origins in the countryside but rather the cities, with their birthplace being …
“Nobody ever discovered ugliness through photographs. But many, through photographs, have discovered beauty. Nobody exclaims, “Isn’t that ugly! I must take a photograph of it.” Even if someone did say that, all it would mean is: “I find that ugly thing…beautiful.”
~ Susan Sontag, On Photography
To connect with the essence …
Despite threatening weather conditions and other minor obstacles, I made it to part II of the fabric making workshop. Being in the industrialized, gritty, post-apocalyptic setting of this Williamsburg neighborhood made everything a bit more ominous and well, scary…like Halloween:). Everything seemed a bit off but I was grateful to return to my new friend.…
