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Today I'm sharing a text from my kiddo a few years ago when I was struggling in art class. It was a short exchange but he offered the best thing anyone can - ENCOURAGEMENT.One thing I've noticed is that when...

We are seeing increasing public dissatisfaction with retail clothing and - bizarrely - more and more demands for even cheaper clothes despite the fact Americans purchase and throw out clothing at a rate TWICE that of the two countries in second pace for both categories.

All these factors and more have led me to more or less ignore retail garments and build systems outside of retail...

Fast fashion is a race to the bottom, emphasizing unmitigated growth, terrible worker conditions, and razor-thin margins (which will always result in poorer quality over time).

Meanwhile my work is only going to get better.

Keep in mind: if you're an artist, if you're a Creative, well you've got a lot of mass-manufacturers who've tried to bottle up what you do - or something like it - and they churn things out at high waste rates, razor-thin margins, and as large a quantity as they can.

They have a whole-ass TEAM who put together marketing lingo!

My studio has taken over almost all our relatively-large basement area - including one small back room with a few shelving units that houses two large bins of my faux furs, the sewing machines I don't regularly use, my pattern filing cabinet...

Twice this last week, local businesses refused to honor gift cards they’d been happy to sell our family a while back. In both cases, the businesses didn’t apologize or offer credit or any kind of olive branch – they said...