CT – DRESS UP.

Connecticut. Girls, boys and infant dresses. Pretty young things. 1. Girl’s dress.2. Girls’ dress owned by Mary Caroline Ogden Pierson.3. Boy’s dress probably owned by a member of the Filley family.4. Boy’s suit owned by Oliver Ormerod Jensen.5. Infant’s dress owned by a member of the Brainard family. via University of Connecticut

AR – ARTS&LORE.

Arkansas was a tough dig image-wise. The shiniest gem I found was a folksy collection of alphabetical MP3s recordings. Subjects reflecting on life in the Ozarks ranging from Anglo Saxon Seed Bed to Zinc. I liked the Superstitions broadcast. According to the Ozark omens I should expect an unwanted visitor tonight as I happened to [...]

HOT SUITS.

Swimsuits. Out of water. via Monroe County Library

UNIVERSAL CRAFT CARDS.

Learn from the Universal School of Weaving Draft sample cards. It’s not just the beautiful colors and textures of the samples but it’s the so seventies hand lettering and woodcut Universal School of Handicraft seal that makes me love these oak tag sample cards. Weavers in the Appalachian area worked on their own and often [...]

O WEAVE.

O weave! My newest completed project are circular weavings. They’re inspired by the book Weaving without a Loom, which I discovered earlier this year. I cut a piece of circular cardboard and voila — a LOOM! Pictured above is my first box loom with a weaving for my friend Carl (who unfortunately has yet to [...]

CAT’S CRADLE.

Jennie, cat’s cradle Boy baby (eselu naña) complete Clear Sky, 5th stage Girl baby (eselu osa), complete. Gopher, just before releasing the string Cat’s cradle, New South Wales, 1968. – – -A couple days ago I was riding the subway along with a bunch of well dressed teens. Two of the teens were using a [...]

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