Letters from Bali

The Sentence We Had to Make Longer

We used to say all of our work is done in homes, never factories. It was the line people quoted back to me, and it was almost true. The truer sentence is longer, and the reason we do not use factor...

Nothing On It Is Printed

A letter from the making. Five Two Moons Anusara sets, every curve of linen cut and placed by hand, and the reason we do not use factories.

We Built the Room Before We Made Anything to Wear in It

Seven years of running a festival before there was a single garment, and why I would still tell a woman starting now to build the room first.

The Slowest Thing We Make Has No Straight Lines In It

A letter from the workshop, on the last thing we will make this year: why a curve cannot be rushed, who is actually sewing it, and what a yin yang has to say about ending a year.