This pub covers all facets of the rapidly expanding Fibershed movement through the lens of my fibershed adventures. It started with Alpaca Adventures (https://alpacas.substack.com/archive), the Year1 archive.
Art from nature, where the material is often the muse. Basketry tutorials, making ink, seasonal inspirations, creative explorations, and all-round gentle living. Encouraging you to give it a go and just make a THING.
Sharing small things that catch the light. Where nature meets the handmade. Musings for the curious.
“What is a recipe for sauerkraut doing in my notebook? What kind of magpie keeps this notebook?” - Joan Didion
Towns and cities nationwide are today’s incubators for ideas that will tell the modern story of American renewal. People are experimenting in innovative ways that drive progress. We share their stories here.
Unearthing optimism, with a hammer, a shovel, or a pen. Telling the story of the people who come from coal through the art of mosaic. Curator and owner of The Ruins Project, a giant cement canvas in the woods of Appalachia.
We create beautiful, hand-crafted books and book-related art prints. And we tell the stories of the creative process: histories, design philosophy, profiles of craftspeople past and present, and reflections on the printed word.