SAILORS & SASQUATCHES

Spent a few nights on the Oregon Coast last week and had a blast hanging with friends and kids and dogs and the ocean. I could post a million pictures of the Oregon coastline - which I happen...

FOOD FRIDAY: BEETS+QUINOA+WALNUT

BEET+QUINOA SALAD:1.5 cup raw quinoa2-4 beetshandful of walnut piecessm package of goat cheesehandful of cranberriess+pfinely chopped parsleyoil and balsamic vinegar Steam the beets with skin on ...

VOYEUR

While reading a blog attached to a local designer's website (an acquaintance actually) I couldn't help but feel a little voyeuristic. Even though I barely see this person, I now know the status of ...

FOOD FRIDAY... WHAT'S UP IN MY KITCHEN!?

    As much as I would like to have a food blog, I just don't have the time... much less the time it takes to cook a nice meal every night. Man, I would if I could.Instead, I'm going to do this ...

INUIT

Some of my favorite Inuit art by Kenojuak Ashevak from Cape Dorset.Some of these prints are made using seal skin as a stencil... others are stone cut. I am particularly fond of her early works and ...

MIRRORS AND MAGIC. TWO BY TWO.

These are some images from a newly acquired book by Leah Gordon: Kanaval. The images were taken during Mardi Gras in Haiti over several years time. I originally saw some of these photos exhibit...

THIS WEEK IN THE STUDIO...

  New wool lined Kilim bags! Leather visors! Hello Good People! If you are in Seattle this weekend, come check out xobruno and some of our new items at Urban Craft Uprising! It's at the Seattl...

MISSING NEW MEXICO

Maria and Julian Martinez working on pottery. San ldefonso Pueblo: Indigenous: "originating or occuring naturally in a particular place" I've always been drawn to indigenous culture... the rit...

FILLING IN THE CRACKS..

decorative potholes by juliana santacruz herrera in paris, franceamazing.

INTUITING MOVEMENT

I am a maker of things. As I ride that roller coaster of "creative process" I'm constantly thinking about change and moving forward and volition and how to keep that process true and inspired. I th...