Free*Hand*Salon
Intellect and salve for those seeking pleasure and education for making things by hand.
Manual Making Is Being Human
Ask a chef, an artist, a body worker, a writer what their best tool is and many will answer their hands. Our flexible fingers, warm palms, and sensitive touch are primary to creating.
Creativity is a direct path to the human striving for making meaning and freedom.
In the model of the literary and arts salons, hosted gatherings for the purpose of an exchange of ideas, the Free*Hand*Salon will share inspiration, critique, and encouragement for the manual life.
You are invited to the salon experience by subscribing to the newsletter.
Un-MFA, in-person salon gatherings, virtual opporunitites forthcoming.
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” – Kurt Vonnegut
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Commission: Avian * Floral * Warm
Avian * Floral * Warm is an exploration of size and collaboration using familiar subject matter and techniques.