About  Us  

 

We're located deep in rural Greene County, Indiana, surrounded by trees  and gardens and fields and birds and butterflies. When we’re not dyeing or weaving, we’re outside listening to the birds or weeding the garden, wishing the weeds  and our children wouldn’t grow quite so fast.   Here's a photo of me:

 

Now that you know what I look like, stop by the booth and say, 'Hi!'

 

In the summer of 2007, we built a new studio!   600 square feet of fiber heaven.    Over the past couple of years, we put in some gardens and steps for easier access. 

Sept 2007    June 2009

If you'd like to bring a group to the studio for a class or shopping day out - let me know.  We're happy to schedule groups who want to come for a special class or a few hours of shopping, visiting, spinning, etc. 

 

Our Philosophy

''What business have we with art unless we can all share it?''

William Morris

 
We are dedicated to producing, by hand, work crafted with an eye to design integrity and high quality craftsmanship, following the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement.  We use the best materials we can find.  We take our time over each piece and collection.  We  specialize in one-of-a-kind pieces for people  who will appreciate that they have made an investment both in an object and in a philosophy.

We support the following philosophy of William Morris: ''I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few or freedom for a few''. However, we realize, as did Morris, that our work is most often purchased by and for  the wealthy and considered ‘luxury’. We realize that when someone decides to spend money on one of our products, it is a decision not to spend that money to provide food, medicine, housing or education for the millions of people who are less fortunate in the world.

We believe that these two goals of supporting the arts and of supporting those who are less fortunate do not have to be mutually exclusive. It is necessary to cultivate fine arts and craftsmanship of all kinds. It is also necessary to share our bounty with others.

Therefore, each year we contribute an additional percentage of our profits to a charity whose focus is providing food, medicine, housing or education to people around the world who are less fortunate than we.  In this way we hope to make the world a better place by raising both the standard of living and the standard of fine craftsmanship.

2002 -2009:  donations  went to the  Perpetual Education Fund, the Monroe County Community Kitchen, Backstreet Missions, Habitat for Humanity, Greene County Food Bank, Pinnacle School, IUFoundation and to Operation Migration.