So don’t be alarmed if things are a bit wonky whilst I work out the kinks.
Speaking of other things that are firsts, my friend Kerry wrote me for the first time in a long time. She was in Architecture school with me and has an excellent eye for modern design, interwoven with a passion for vernacular and craft and time-honored traditions of yore. I really respect so much how she’s been able to coalesce these ideas, especially in a way that is innovative when it is somewhat of a trend right now.
Her newest venture is a design studio that she runs out of Colorado called comma workshop.
They handcraft really beautiful quilt designs that feature cursive text in modern graphic ways all over the field of quilting. Now, my mom always loved quilts, especially of the Amish variety, but these definitely aren’t your mother’s quilt.Personally I always thought quilts were weird and tacky unless they had some sentimental connection. (You know, like they’re made entirely from your Great Grandfather’s used and discarded underwear… Wait, that’s still weird. Really weird. Just threw up a little in my mouth.) But these are pieces of art and distinctly modern ones that marry a warmth of sentiment and words and history while making total sense in a downtown loft.
This just makes me incredibly envious of Kerry’s talent. In fact, I should probably end this post before I start swearing at her online. I wonder if Windows Live has a “search for regrettable comments” feature near the spell check. I should look into that.
