some photos from jewelry class last night.

i love these sandals from folk, and not just because they're named the "lena" shoe! i wish i had a little more money to spend and i would buy them in a second. maybe i could wear them with this "corwin" sweater, while seeing this movie... ha ha. (i hardly ever see my name, first or last, so it's been funny to come across so many all at once)

here are a couple photos from my recent textile stamping class.

and jennifer posted photos today of the wax carvings ready to be cast from our current jewelry class. mine is the little snake.

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there are still a few spots open in the april classes!

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doll making class with sian keegan

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embroidery class with cal patch

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screen printing class with lena corwin

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email: info (at) lenacorwin.com to sign up!

designer sale this sunday!

we'll have mociun + corwin goods there at discounted prices.

i'm dreaming about about all the things i'm going to want to buy from the other designers...

communally woven blankets from travis meinolf's show at the vancouver art gallery.

via banquet.

i love this tea towel from heath ceramics, by design duo enormous champion.

i want one!

great patterns from keibunsha, via dear ada.

does anyone know the artist?

i'm thinking about what i might want to get from the beautiful mociun spr 10 collection... possibly this top and these leggings.

also! i loved reading about the details of cal's recent trip to nyc. she comes from upstate every month and teaches a class in my studio, among many other things.

i was very happy to contribute to the new fog linen book, around fog linen. yumiko sent me a package of beautiful products that i photographed in my home-- as did designers maria vettese, jen causey, lotta jansdotter, and several more. i love the fog linen aesthetic so much (the new spring catalog is now available). i especially loved the hand drawn gift certificate that yumiko included when she sent me the books.connecting with like-minded creative people around the world like this has been the best part of having a design blog.

i've been meaning to post for a while about textile designer lucienne day, who passing away at the end of january at age 93. i remember the first time i saw her work, i felt the wind knocked out of me in a good way. she was so prolific, and i've turned to this book of her work so many times when i need a burst of energy for designing. thank you for being so inspiring, lucienne.

here is more about her life.

a beautiful snow day in our park.

i took photos of the new manimal collection last week. the shoot was in a lovely apartment in clinton hill, brooklyn.

i'll post more photos of the manimal products soon... but i thought i'd give a peek of the 'behind the scenes'.

i got a pair of moccasins myself, and they're incredibly comfy!