I am weaving a new towel design and exploring variations. In this design, vertical ivory stripes alternate with twill stripes in different pastels. After I’ve woven a couple towels, I decide I’d like to add some horizontal accent stripes. I could get up from the loom and draw some sketches to scale to decide where […]
The choices that bring you home to yourself
When I was preparing for an artist talk in conjunction with the recent exhibit, Serving Up Art, a friend and fellow fiber enthusiast sent me this request: Could you speak a bit about how you sustain your commitment to go to your loom to create the beautiful things that you make? I find it so […]
Embracing Thanksgiving
I enjoy hosting Thanksgiving. Growing up in India, Thanksgiving wasn’t a significant holiday in my life. My sister and I would arrive home from boarding school on Thanksgiving. We’d have macaroni & cheese for lunch, roasted chicken and cinnamon rolls for dinner. While I was very grateful to be home and thankful for delicious home […]
Living with less
Last November my friends Amy Halko, Holly Jordan and I held a Clay Wood Cloth event at MIX Garden in Healdsburg, CA. We donated a percentage of our sales to the Healdsburg Educational Foundation. The money was earmarked for the Construction and Sustainability Academy (CASA) at Healdsburg High School. This past May we attended the […]
Cultivate home
There’s a store on the main street of Sebastopol, CA that sells great cooking and baking tools. Whenever I drive by, I think about how much I like the name of this store: Cultivate Home. Cultivate is a verb I associate with the garden – preparing the soil, planting seeds, watering and fertilizing, weeding and […]
