Quote for Today: Charlotte Eriksson
Am I making something worth while? I’m not sure. I write and I sing and I hear words from time to time about my life and choices making ways, …
Quote for Today: Eric Fehrenbacher
Ritual makes me think of being in the flow of the creative process—when I’m fully focused on the creative, often listening to music, making the work, making intuitive creative decisions …
Quote for Today: Jane Hirshfield
Ten Windows records the desire to understand others’ poems I’ve felt transfixed and transformed by: “What is a good poem doing?” “How is it done?” “Why does it work?” I want …
Quote for Today: Neri Oxman
One cannot separate the spider web’s form from the way in which it originated. Nature doesn’t divide between the architect, the engineer and the construction worker. —Neri Oxman, in “The …
Look and Listen #4 Indigenous Woodworkers Ned Bear and Justin Sappier from St Mary’s First Nation (New Brunswick, Canada)
This video from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) takes us to St. Mary’s First Nation in New Brunswick. Ned Bear, who passed away last year, was a master woodworker and …
My Feathered Friends: Party Shoes and Nesting Shoes
Turning old shoes into pieces of art sounded like fun; I had no idea it would also be therapeutic. Last weekend’s Walk in My Shoes Soirée saw the debut of …
Quote for Today: Paul Dermée
Is it a world in the making that turns as it whistles to the depths of my being It is burning Suppose it were to appear A bleeding rosary …
Sensuality of Texture: Geology of Shoes
Machines are so essential to daily life that we often fail to appreciate what we can make with our hands. A cordwainer is a person that fashions luxury footwear from soft leather by hand, designing, cutting …
Traditional Delights: Carved Creations of the Ural Candle Factory
Should technology replace human craftsmanship? We often forget the joy of making things by hand. These videos may remind you. The Ural Candle Factory lies in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a city …