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...
by kborga@gmail.com | Jun 24, 2026 | Studio Notes
It’s a question I ask myself often — usually in the quiet stretch between projects, when the wool is put away and the studio is still and I find myself feeling, strangely, lost. When I’m not in the middle of making something, something in me goes dim. I...
by kborga@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2026 | Studio Notes
Yesterday I sat by the pool watching my granddaughters swim while reading a book on eco-printing. I had almost given up on it. Not because I wasn’t interested, but because I was approaching it as a technique. I wanted to understand the process. Which leaves...
by kborga@gmail.com | Jun 19, 2026 | Studio Notes
For weeks I had been reading about eco-printing while quietly collecting onion skins in the kitchen. Family members began saving them for me. A bowl slowly filled on the counter as I gathered leaves from the garden and assembled supplies. I imagined delicate botanical...
