Category: Documentary
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This is the amazing Sally Fox. The woman who will not be stopped on her mission to grow organic colored cotton. This is Sally Fox’s organic cotton growing in a field that she is letting go fallow in order to let the soil rest. This is Sally Fox’s adorable daughter, who is the only nine-year-old…
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The first step for Rebecca’s Fibershed challenge is to process all of the locally sourced wool and cotton that the local fiber artists need to make the Fibershed clothes that Rebecca will be wearing every single day for the next year. So our first trip was up to Yolo Wool Mill in Woodland, California… which…
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I spent an amazing afternoon exploring Yolo County and Capay Valley with Rebecca Burgess for her Fibershed project. The clouds, the people, the landscape… they all were absolutely incredible that I couldn’t wait to share tales and photos of our adventures. But the day is long gone, and a new day is rapidly approaching, so…
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(pig heart, from pigs butchered in March.) Right after we graduated from college my best friend was told she needed open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve. One of the options she had was to replace her broken valve with a pig valve. But she was told the pig valve might not last as…
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(This post contains a photo of a butchered pig and may not be enjoyable for everyone.) I would be editing photos from the pig butchering I went to a couple of weeks ago, but instead I have to do my taxes… this is one time I would rather be editing. Part of this pig, who…
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Reidville, South Carolina.
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Spring has finally arrived and suddenly everything is coming to life again, including my schedule. I have a lot of exciting new projects on the horizon, and after a good long, wet winter, I am ready to get to work again. One of the potential projects that I am most excited about, is working with…
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My friends, Rebecca and Nick, like bacon so much that in December they got their own pigs to raise… and slaughter. And ever since the pigs arrived, they have been talking about all the different ways they were going to eat their pigs when the time came. Well, last Wednesday, the time came… and Nick…
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With our fingers crossed, I think I can say that Rebecca Burgess and I are finished with photo shoots for her book… seven months, six blog posts, four states, and at least twelve photo shoots later. Our last and final task was to photograph the beautiful knit pieces that Heidi Iverson designed and knit to…
somewhere between a handshake and two kisses 