The Autumn Collection

Illuminate

Up here in far northern Minnesota, it’s impossible not to become entranced by the seasons.

Entrenched in.
Involved with.
Transformed by.

Here we get four distinct ones, and they’re dramatic, distracting, enraging, enlightening. Sometimes the seasons bleed into each other—mosquitoes in April, frost in August—little shocks of changes to come, or reminders of what just transpired. This place doesn’t do small when it comes to temperature swings, the speed at which seasons shift, or the effects of these changes on the people making a life for themselves in this climate.

I wove the Autumn Collection at the end of a brief but sunny summer, one spent hiding from voracious mosquitoes and spending entire days inside weaving, hardly looking up. I made these pieces while the days grew shorter: the hardest part of seasonal change for me. I wove what I saw outside my door and what popped into my head while I lay awake at night trying to sleep.

Shop the full collection at the North Woven Goods Shop

Reflect

Migration