GLAZE DAZE

A vase, a jug, a candle vase. North Carolina pottery, C.C. Cole. side note: Ever play the pottery app on the iPad? So fun! via East Carolina University

MASK MAKING

Pinky bunny meets Mexican wrestler meets Fang. So good! Halloween, or Day of the Dead ideas for mask making. California Arts Council Workshop, Self-Help Graphic Arts program in L.A., 1982. via OAC  

APT. DEPAS

Spencer, Rosalyn & Sophie Depas. 227 Cumberland St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 19, 1978. Sophie has a loom in her room! Turns out Spencer Depas wrote a book titled Macrame, Weaving, and Tapestry: Art in Fiber—coolest ’70s Brooklyn dad ever! By-the-by: Brooklyn apt. sublet available Aug 31 – Sept 10 (Labor Day week) It’s my [...]

TINY BASKETS

Horse hair basket weaving of the Tohono O’odhamo in Arizona. Last night I took a class with Manimal at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian. The last two pics are from the class, an example basket by our teacher Louann Shannon and below is my little construction in progress. So cool! We’re totally going [...]

O II V

Colorful visions from the Yale Peabody Museum collections. 1. Necklace, Giriawa, East African Cattle Area 2. Navajo rug, Southwest 3. Fan. Made ostrich feathers, Sudan  

WORK ↔ SHOP

At long last, a website/shop is launched! WORK ↔ SHOP is Nothing is New turned design studio + web shop. In an effort to combine my internet research life and my textile/design life I created this site, a mix of portfolio and shop. Now you can own POSTRS, New Friends weavings, Archive Road Trip book [...]

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