An edit of what I love in Oaxaca

Over the last few years I’ve been focusing more and more on my weaving and spinning fibers practice. Both processes are extremely time consuming, so usually I find that late nights, once my daughter has fallen asleep, makes for a good time to throw on an audio book, pour a glass of wine and get deep into work. It relaxes me a great deal to spin and weave…

Mexchic’s Quetzalcoatl 1 hand woven serpent rug with natural dyes on exhibit at MUAC Museum of Contemporary art UNAM in Mexico City celebrating 70 years of Mexican artisanal design

Podcasts I love and listen to regularly

A fantastic New York Times investigative article on the organic cotton industry in India which is organized largely by corrupt practices and fraudulent lies.

Another Tomorrow investigates wool and cotton and how small ranchers and farmers are transforming their vision of these fibers for the future.

Link to The Great Women Artists Podcast, Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers and an article in WWD Magazine on The New Gee’s Bend, an exhibit on textile art

Great Read from Fibershed on Silk, Sustainability and Erasure