HANDWORK: Weaving Light in Glass with Richard Parrish
Growing up on a farm in Eastern Idaho, young Richard Parrish was mesmerized by harvested grain fields, their parallel rows marching across the landscape ...Full story »
HANDWORK: Ricardo Ruiz, the Poet Who Turns Silence into Story
Ricardo Ruiz didn't set out to reinvent poetry—he set out to save the stories disappearing from his community. Growing up in Othello, Washington, Ruiz ...Full story »
HANDWORK: Finding Your Story with Jonathan Evison
Jonathan Evison knows what it's like to fail. The Bainbridge Island novelist wrote seven unpublished books before his breakthrough at age 40. He literally ...Full story »
HANDWORK: Daniel Winterbottom on Sketching the World Anew
When University of Washington landscape architecture professor Daniel Winterbottom started wandering the streets of Seattle during the pandemic lockdown, sketchbook in hand, he wasn't ...Full story »
HANDWORK: Brian Gillespie Brings Calder’s Legacy to Life
By day, Brian Gillespie manages the development team for Rhino 3D, the industry-standard modeling software used in aerospace, automotive, and architectural design. But step ...Full story »
HANDWORK: ‘Root Reading’ with Alisa Banks
Dallas Artist Helps Writers Transform Personal Stories into Sculptural Books At the age of 4, Alisa Banks received her first book — a thick ...Full story »
HANDWORK: Weaving traditions, stewardship and place with Melinda West
Forty years ago, Melinda West sat on a Pacific Northwest beach watching her young sons play. Nearby, someone had discarded a pile of willow ...Full story »
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