linda basha brookshire
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | printmaker, designer, textile artist |
| Location | hidden in trees, on a dirt road, by a brook in northern New England |
| Introduction | in the studio, out in the gardens, amongst the trees and beside the river, printmaker, stitcher, dyer, designer, world traveller, knitter of mittens, spinner of wool and winder of string, journal keeper, letter writer, cloth lover ~ kept by cats and dogs many ~ in the peaceful lands of northern New England, where the trees begin to give their leaves to the chilly breeze . . . |
| Interests | paper, ink, pens, stitch, laughing, journal, cloth, fiber, natural dyes, making soup, my hands in dirt, blankets, old textiles, jazz, happily a hermit, reconstructed clothing, hanji, stains, gypsy, glass beads, Earl Grey, chocolate, pearl buttons, birds, rusty bits along the road, wandering walks, linen, wooden boxes, color, maple candy, rivers, river stones, white candles, cor-ten, home, my architect, shiny bits |
| Favorite movies | Once, Off the Grid, Young Frankenstein, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Amelie, Chocolat, Chicken Run, Wallace and Grommit, Not One Less, Out of Africa, Casablanca, many more . . . but NO scary films, thank you! |
| Favorite music | morning and evening Robin, Jazz, Miles Davis, Simply Red, Carly Simon, rain, more rain, Annie Lenox, laughter, Bobby MeFerrin, Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, Peter Gabriel, Eagles, Five for Fighting, bagpipes, Neville Brothers, Lorenna McKennitt, Stevie Nicks, Kronos Quartet, Al Jarreau, wind through the trees, Keith Jarrett, David Gray, champagne bubbling in the flute, Habib Koite, Dakota Moon, Don Henley, Buena Vista Social Club, japanese folk melodies, the hounds running up the stairs and thru the house hell's bells helterskelter all over the place |
| Favorite books | so many . . . in piles everywhere ~ |
You've been invited to a fancy ball but the only thing you have to wear is an orange wooly jumper. What shoes do you wear?
autumn leaves