Red Cedar
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Post #3288: Cycles of creativity
I tend to flow between cycles of obsession when it comes to textile work. My sewing machine might sit untended for months with a project cut out beside it, my looms might be warped and left unwoven for as much as a year –… Continue Reading “Post #3288: Cycles of creativity”
Post #3287: The end of ’22 and making do
I have barely written a thing all fall. Not here, not in the newsletter (save for one issue), and not in my personal notebooks either. It’s been a wordless time for me, and one that I’m eager to break with given my need (in… Continue Reading “Post #3287: The end of ’22 and making do”
Post #3286: Learning to Paint
I haven’t been writing much in the last month because I have been totally absorbed in a course I am taking through Maiwa which teaches how to turn natural (plant and insect-based) dye matter into paint. The amount of course work per week has… Continue Reading “Post #3286: Learning to Paint”
Post #3285: Return
I am fully back in my schedule after one year of being out of it, and at least partly working away from home. No matter anything else, it feels good to be in this routine again – the early morning work start and mid-afternoon… Continue Reading “Post #3285: Return”
Post #3284: Getting through August
I feel stupid whenever I tell people that from mid-to-late August is my worst time of year. Summer is supposed to be happy time and all that. But for whatever reason in the seasonal cycle August brings on depression and anxiety. I get stomachaches… Continue Reading “Post #3284: Getting through August”
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