Lessons for the future
Today I took myself on a little artist date. I've been feeling rather uninspired lately, or just drained from my recent creative-blitz-anything-goes sessions. I ran into the wall today and decided after searching for work half the day I was entitled to a treat. All of this led me to Borders.
I found a recently released book in the crafts / sewing section by Alabama Chainin. She was the original founder of a clothing label I have admired for years, Project Alabama. She separated herself from the company after it became so big it clashed with the original ideals for it. I'm just going with my impressions, you can read the story straight from her here. The book (at $35) was a little too rich for my unemployed blood right now, so I sat and scanned. Hers was by far the most interesting to me out of several new ones I picked off the shelves.
Once home with a little surfing I found out she has a great blog, along with her own commercial website for sales of her products, kits, books, materials, etc.
While I'm not going to purchase a $2000 whale jaw chandelier anytime soon, I can fantasize about my own whatever-the-heck-my-creativity produces-that-day sans evil corporate business structure type company. I was especially inspired by this post, about modern clothing manufacturing processes in India.
I found a recently released book in the crafts / sewing section by Alabama Chainin. She was the original founder of a clothing label I have admired for years, Project Alabama. She separated herself from the company after it became so big it clashed with the original ideals for it. I'm just going with my impressions, you can read the story straight from her here. The book (at $35) was a little too rich for my unemployed blood right now, so I sat and scanned. Hers was by far the most interesting to me out of several new ones I picked off the shelves.
Once home with a little surfing I found out she has a great blog, along with her own commercial website for sales of her products, kits, books, materials, etc.
While I'm not going to purchase a $2000 whale jaw chandelier anytime soon, I can fantasize about my own whatever-the-heck-my-creativity produces-that-day sans evil corporate business structure type company. I was especially inspired by this post, about modern clothing manufacturing processes in India.
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