by kborga@gmail.com | Jul 26, 2026 | Studio Notes
One day I came home with an entire pallet of sheep fleeces. No, really. A whole pallet. When the farm called to ask if I could use some wool, I imagined a few fleeces. Instead, I found myself standing beside a mountain of wool waiting for a new home. There was a...
by kborga@gmail.com | Jul 19, 2026 | Studio Notes
The First WOOLBORNE Collection, and I am so proud of this work. It took me a year to arrive at something I’d put my name on—and along the way, plenty of people told me to just put it out there, that it was good enough. They don’t know me. I wasn’t...
by kborga@gmail.com | Jul 11, 2026 | Studio Notes
When people imagine an artist’s studio, they often picture shelves lined with paint—rows of colors waiting to become a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract work. My studio has shelves too. But instead of tubes of paint, they’re filled with fleece. Romney....
by kborga@gmail.com | Jul 5, 2026 | Studio Notes
People sometimes ask me why wool. Why not paint, why not clay, why not something that holds still. I understand the question. Wool doesn’t sit politely. It shifts under your hands while you’re working it. It has a memory — press it one way today and it...
by kborga@gmail.com | Jun 28, 2026 | Studio Notes
There is a part of almost every project I’m tempted to rush through. Not because I don’t love it. Because I’m so eager for what comes next. Yesterday I was preparing my loom to weave a baby blanket. The pattern was ready. The colors were chosen. The...