Last fall, I had an idea that looked great in my head, looked great on paper, but fell flat on fabric. I loved the print, though, and knew that I would eventually revisit it. Well, I revisited the print this weekend. Turns out that the print, which wasn’t quite right for a large tote bag, […]
Revisiting and reworking READ MORE »
First of all, thank you, everyone, for your words of support on yesterday’s post. It’s been quite a trying week, but knowing that there are people out there who believe in me and my work makes it all a bit easier. But on to happier things – new work! There are certain trends that start
Making chevron cool again READ MORE »
The first call came on Thursday morning. My friend (and Kickstarter backer) Amelia told me that the leather strap had fallen off the bag I had just sent her. I told her I’d send another one to her, and asked her to keep the broken bag for me so I could show it to my
And sometimes things go wrong. READ MORE »
“What inspires you?” “What is the inspiration behind this collection?” I get asked these questions a lot (there must be a book out there called “How to Talk to Artists”), and I can rarely answer them to the questioner’s expectations. I usually mumble something about doodling for a week, or cutting up pieces of paper
Work gets the work done READ MORE »