by kborga@gmail.com | Sep 1, 2026 | Studio Notes
There is a point in making when the work stops being about putting things together and becomes about being willing to take them apart. I have been working through the construction of the WOOLBORNE Petite, and this week has been full of those moments. The zipper...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 23, 2026 | Studio Notes
Last week I wound nine yards of warp for a set of towels — more than I needed, on purpose. Two towels are finished. Several more are still waiting on the loom, and now it’s time to change it up. I can change the weft color, or add several. I can change how often...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2026 | Studio Notes
It started with the stash. I wanted to weave towels as a gift, and before buying anything new, I went looking through the cotton I already had. Cones came out of cabinets and bins and eventually ended up lined across my kitchen island—naturals, creams, whites, blues,...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 9, 2026 | Studio Notes
There is always a point in making something new when I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. I reached that point this week with a zipper. I’ve been working on a smaller WOOLBORNE bag, and I knew almost from the beginning that I wanted it to close differently from...
by kborga@gmail.com | Aug 2, 2026 | Studio Notes
For the past several weeks, most of my work has happened upstairs in the office. I’ve been writing, building websites, organizing photographs, planning collections, learning new systems, and creating the structure around the work. All of it matters. A creative...
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...
