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Learning by failing

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Been dyeing a lot these past few weeks and have run in to all kinds of obstacles that I didn’t even imagine. I finally did all the proper leg work, maintained my patience through steps in the process that I find tedious, and got some beautiful results. Yields two different colors, gold and pink

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Orchid

Monday, December 12, 2011

Been thinking about orchids this past week. In June, I love wandering around in the woods in Vermont looking for them. There is one stretch of stream in the kingdom that just wanders around and back onto itself, creating little islands and rivulets among the roots of old cedar. There are plants that pop up [...]

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Artisanal LA

Sunday, October 24, 2010

My fingernails are purple and my studio is a mess of red and blue fabric. This past week I’ve been up to my elbows in indigo and madder, making a set of textile pieces to showcase at Artisanal LA, a foodie/growie/eaty event that is going on in downtown LA this weekend. Tara from Silver Lake [...]

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