in periculo: in danger! Artists and the Power of the Purse
Featured image: FeltUA Ukrainian Shawl with Child Trump has been in power here in the US for a little more than a month, bringing disruption,…
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The Colors of Being Thankful
Featured image: carved gourds from Peru, Lucuma Designs Many of us are living in stressful times: financial worries, political madness, climate change destruction, health… -
Artizan ReMade – Focus on Fast Fashion
Featured image: Guerra de la Paz. Follow the Leader, 2009. Found patterned garments, wood, footwear and hardware, approx. 75 feet long by 7 feet tall. Courtesy of… -
Making Art Out of Trash (or just something useful…)
Update Feb 2024: I wrote this post in 2020 and we finally have action happening! Artizan ReMade is a study group looking at our waste… -
Come to the Table – The Handmade Touch
Rituals The photo at the top is of my sister, Helen Faber (Biel), sitting at her birthday table in Brazil. I believe this was her… -
Elements: Beach, Resort, Water
Have you explored our Market? We have the regular categories that you would expect to see in a handmade market that have a specific function… -
A Love Affair with Clay: Challenges and Victories
“We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.” -Isaiah 64:8 (from the Bible) I’ve always liked this… -
Birds and Wings Category: Spring has Sprung!
Spring is here and when I walk outside, the song birds are in full throttle! It's such a joy to hear them and watch them.… -
Wood as a Material: Sustainability and Solutions
Harvey Biel in new overalls. When I was in High School, I was the only girl to take the woodshop class. We had several family… -
Bringing together traditional and western medicine to improve health in native communities in Peruvian Amazon
By Campbell Plowden, Executive Director, Amazon Ecology COVID has hit Peru very hard. Despite tough government mandates, over three million people have gotten the disease,…
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