Soulful making, slow shopping

I’m on a real serious undertaking of self-care, on a much deeper spiritual level than I have yet tried. So I’m looking and listening and see where my spirit leads me, to teachers, concepts, and practices that instinctually feel right but aren’t necessarily easy or convenient. To that end, I just came across the work […]

Sticky Situation: Make your own washi tape from upcycled labels

How to make your own decorative tape and stickers from museum tickets and e-commerce shipping labels Cleaning up my office/studio recently, I found the ticket stubs from my last visit to the Cooper-Hewitt design museum in New York. I remembered I had kept them to use the ticket info to access the exhibit info I saved […]

Exhibit: Shaker design featured in Paris and New Britain

bur bowtie (c) Allie McConnell, photographed at Canterbury Shaker Village, Vermont   Today brings the opening of Li Edelkoort's art gallery in Paris. Edelkoort is the founder of Trend Union, a highly influential trend forecasting company. She herself is a significant proponent of artisans, textile craft, and sustainable fashion production.  The first exhibition at Edelkoort […]