sarah in nyc

 Last weekend I bought myself a weekend pass to go to the lovely juried craft show at the  Crafts at the Cathedral  at St John the Divine, a pleasant walk uptown. You can browse all of the makers that are on the link.   I am just goong to suggest some fiber folks who deserve a closer look.Did I buy anything? No, I did not. No because I didn't ;ove so much of what I was looking at...but because I make so many of my own clothes. I did want to point out a few makers whose work I especially liked. https://www.reintsemadesigns.com/s/shop  If I were the owner of an art gallery, or the business manager of an arts organization, of the head of development in an arts organization I would buy all of my clothes here. https://www.kbeckerdesigns.com/collections/all?page=2#collection_root These clothes look so incredibly good in real life. They are the sorts of clothes that could be worn endlessly in a million different combinations by anyone. Think Eileen Fisher but fitt...

  Long before I began sewing, one of the great joys of my life has been going to craft shows. Actually, let me make that more specific I adore going to good, carefully juried craft shows where the goods sit on that border between craft and art. Going to a "craft show" where the good exhibited are unoriginal, made from a commercially available pattern or are simply slightly embellished commercially made goods is just depressing This weekend was the Crafts at the Cathedral show. The Cathedral being St. John the Divine, a glorious building built as if it were being constructed in the late Middle Ages but construction began sometime in the 19th century and continues even today. So the building itself is a great setting for the work exhibited. below are some details of the doorway going into the church. The Crafts at the Cathedral show is one of those wonderful juried shows. I bought myself a weekend pass and went to the show yesterday after Shabbat morning services. It felt luxur...

 Saturday night my husband and I did something we haven't done in a long, long time. We went to a juried craft show. A juried craft show will often show work that sits on that fence between art and craft. A good show is filled with work that just gives you joy because it is beautiful, often a rethinking of everything that comes before it and gives you a bit of the shock of the new. The show we went to was called Crafts at the Cathedral and is organized by the shop An American Craftsman. In this post I am going to focus on fiber artists, Actually, I am going to narrow that a bit more. There was a fair amount of work  that you would have seen if you have attended any  good craft shows since the  1990s. I'm limiting my discussion to work that felt new. The scarves by  Catherine Joseph  are part of her larger menswear collection. They are the sort of classic but interesting garments that an architect in a movie might wear. The fabrics are all a delight to the...