Introducing: Frances Clover!

Frances Clover: my new pup (labradoodle and australian shepherd mix)
frannie and her sister zinnia who lives nearby...

my fabric obsessions for this fall.

more tweed.
I just returned from Seattle where I was working on a collaboration with meadow starts with p...part of an artist in residence program that andrew peterson runs called: fifty-five-oh-six. A wonderful chaotic exploration of play that will result in my own book project based on my time there as well as a short video. I'm sure I will be blabbering on about this as it progresses...so, for now I thought I would share a few images of some tweed portfolios and cases for i-pods that I have been working on just for fun.

way back when I lived in ann arbor, I worked in a book conservation lab at a university of michigan library/museum. It was so wonderful roaming through the archives everyday as I learned to repair old books and documents...I have been a bit nostalgic for this era lately. The majority of my time was really spent building "folders" and boxes to protect items from damage...and now a few years later this has evolved into a subconscious obsession to create little boxes and containers for precious papers and well worn books. I have some old prints and drawings around that I am making this tweed portfolio for...and may list some cases similar to this in the tangible shop.