Most times when we travel we travel like the rag-bone man. By the end of each day our nails are like chimney pots and our nostrils and hair dusty and dank. Even when we ought to be cleaner we couldn’t be – because we are always distracted by old stores and scrapes and one scrape [...]
Tag Archives: craft
A Love Letter To Posterity
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Dear You, The last good thing to have happened to me in 2009 was becoming the owner of rare milliner’s parts. As old and (some) fragile as they are, color appears almost as rich as the day they were dyed. I had originally wanted to add them in to my personal collection, but the more [...]
“Good Tidings”
Sunday, November 15, 2009
From the Kansai region comes something made with love and ingenuity. Touting her wares on a bicycle in the quieter streets of suburban Tokyo, she is an artist’s dream come true. Free and joyful because the skies live within her. These bags are made using the Japanese ‘sailcloth’ commodity, where a part of sales is [...]
