A working journal by Sarah Z. Short from Driftway Studio in Rhode Island. I write about my artwork, the process, materials, and the slow, often meandering work of making things by hand.
Collecting Color
On a cold beach walk, thousands of stones in dark reds, greens, and luminous whites become the color palette for a new collection.
Playdate: Postal Ephemera
For March's Playdate project, I explored the rich textures and hidden stories of postal ephemera—stamps, envelopes, and album pages—discovering both the rewards and challenges of working with this layered material.