we made these bomber jackets patching two antique jacquard samples together. They were sourced from a woman whose grandmother was a fabric representative in France during the twenties. The samples ...

One feature of The Old Manse that inspires me are the four panels of bull's eye transom on the front door. Wealthier homeowners valued these as rejects since the outer edges of the blown glass were...

      Mothering the Mind is a collection of studies edited by Ruth Perry and Martine Watson Brownley that I am reading to further my research of Mary Moody Emerson (TNAMURYA) and her influence on...

I've been carrying around this carpet fragment for four years since I bought it in an antique store in Westport, MA. I had it identified by my neighbor Paul Demauro, an antique dealer specializing ...

Rabbit Goody of Thistle Hill Weavers allowed me to explore some of her remnants and trials and I came across this beautiful wide stripe wool in faded olive. It was woven for HBO's The Gilded Age wh...

Tnamurya was the anagram Ralph Waldo Emerson used to reference his Aunt Mary (Mary Moody) in his journals. During a residency last Spring in Concord, MA, I met with the conservators and program dir...