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“To pay attention to craft is to learn from materials and process; to find joy in the utilitarian and the commonplace; and to realize that powerful ideas are made manifest through the works of the hands.” ~ Jean W. McLaughlin, Former Director, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, USA Every artist uses pencils. Pencils are…

There is beauty in a straight, dark line…Starting and stopping precisely…Waiting…Connecting…Shaping. Ideas aren’t any one, singular thing. To be more creative, more of the time, we must think about the individual parts that make up any one idea. Then we must imagine what happens to the larger sum if we change any one aspect of…