A working journal 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.
Playdate: Studio Organization
My son wanted to earn some extra money as my studio assistant. He's nine, and he quit halfway through. I kept going — through drawers I'd stopped opening, papers I'd forgotten I had, and a pile of things I thought I still needed. What came out of it wasn't just a cleaner studio.
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.
I Don't Collect These
I opened an envelope from the 1940s expecting something worth saving — a last letter, maybe, something with a story. It was junk mail.