kristen: my daughter and i have been collecting feathers over the years. we keep a little jar on the window sill just as you come in from outside. i just love seeing them every day and they are memories of our walks throughout the years from different places.
all three of us have collections of favorite things in our homes & studios...we wanted to share some of them here with you and why we love them so. rebecca & kristen share some of their favorites from their homes; rinne shares some objets from her studio. enjoy!
rebecca: i got this porcelain bowl at a gallery on 'pottery row' in kyoto. it's made like a pinch pot; pressed very thin in places. it's made to mimic export porcelain, but all the designs are hand painted. i just love everything about it so much and i can't say why. just love it.
kristen: rebecca made this wood fired vase many years ago. it reminds me of my days at the studio which i oftentimes miss!
kristen: i picked up this piece of drift wood at my friend jimmy poss' junk shop in carlton, ga. it has been the centerpiece of our dining room ever since. we use it as a place to stick found objects, hand made puppets or flags, or whatever. we all love how it changes through the seasons!
kristen: my dear friend kathryn made this for me several years ago. it's of a maypop flower which also is my daughter's name.
kristen: as a parent you have to pick and choose what you hold onto. this little grocery list is one of my favorite things ever. it hangs a wall in our house next to a cluster of paintings. a couple years ago i had made a grocery list and laid it on the table. i went to pick it up and my daughter had copied the list. there is something about the sweetness of the whole act that makes this one of my favorite objects!
rinne: my uncle made this for me for my 8th birthday and it hangs in my studio now. he used a woodburning tool and glued shells around the edges for decoration; some of the shells have been lost over the years. my uncle passed away years ago, but he always made me handmade presents and always remembered my birthday and i keep this near me to remember him.
rinne: we will be sharing some of our favorite books next week, but i couldn't help but share this book that has been with me a long time. i found it long ago, not long after i left college where i studied photography. the book is from 1899 and is one of the earliest manuals for photography. it sits on the mantel in my studio where i see it everyday.
rinne: one day, i found both this bird's wing and this piece of wood at different times. they sit side by side in my studio, mirroring each other.
rinne: i have a lot of handmade things in my studio, i mean *alot*. and many of them are very old, folky pieces made by anonymous makers. this carved wooden chain was one of the earliest pieces i remember finding. i often wonder who made it and when.
rinne: like kristen, i have a little note from my child that i keep close by, right near my desk. i found this note one day when my oldest son had been in my studio. he left me this note as a little surprise, but it was the first time i realized he knew how to write these words.
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