Tag: fibershed
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Holy Jenga, the sun came up on a new year. (After 2016, I wasn’t so sure it would.) But the last thing we need is another blog post about how bad things were in 2016. I figure, since most of our history books are filled with one-sided perspectives, and those perspectives aren’t always very factual……
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Timm Ranch sheep shearing with Fibershed.
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I love getting inquiries from new companies, especially from industries that I haven’t worked in very often. Today I was asked about my experience photographing textiles. At first I kind of stumbled to think of examples, but after our phone call I went digging in the laundry (hard drives) and realized that I do have a lot more experience…
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If only all photo shoots could happen at sunset, with perfectly fluffy puffy clouds, donkeys, barns, brand new tiny lambs and a community of lovely people who work to take care of them. Thank you, Fibershed, for bringing me out of my editing shell to Bodega Pastures. Look for a full Farm Story on Fibershed coming soon.
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Do you know who made your jeans or where they came from? Thanks to Fibershed’s “Grow Your Jeans” campaign, I do know who made my jeans and where they came from… The inspiring Sally Fox grew the organic cotton in the Capay Valley, The fearless Rebecca Burgess grew and composted the indigo at different farms around the Bay…
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If you move enough furniture and hang up a black sheet in my living room, you get this… And if you take down that sheet, and add a cute baby, you get this… I am very slowly (10 years in to this career) realizing why people have studios. Just think… no commute, no schlepping stuff,…
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Ever wonder what 16 photo shoots in 12 different cities in 22 days looks like… November 2nd: (9 am) Oakland with this lovely family. November 2nd: (1 pm) Healdsburg at the DaVero Olive Harvest. November 4th: San Francisco with Education Outside. November 5th: Bodega newborn session. November 7th: Petaluma documenting nine months. November 8th: (10…
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Fibershed is a project that is very close to my heart. I have been documenting Fibershed since Rebecca Burgess first started her personal challenge in 2010. I clearly remember the conversation Rebecca and I had in 2009 while we were sitting in the airport waiting to board a plane to one of our Harvesting Color…
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Rebecca brought two of her Fibershed artists… …and the black felt jacket they made together… …to meet the alpacas who grew the wool for the jacket… …and the ranchers who raised the alpacas for the wool. I am not sure who enjoyed the meeting more… …the alpacas… …or the artists. But I think everyone, including…
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This is Zara Franks, creator of Venn Apparel, in her impromptu outdoor studio in Berkeley, California. Zara is one of the talented fiber artists contributing to Rebecca’s fibershed wardrobe. And these are two pieces Zara created for Rebecca, with wool that Rebecca acquired from Kenny, a farmer in Mill Valley, who raises his sheep just…
somewhere between a handshake and two kisses 