A year ago today I was shipping out from a tiny island on what felt like the edge of the world. It changed my life and a day doesn’t go by that I don’t think about it, long for it, feel its pull.
A little over a month ago, I found myself two hours from Trondheim, Norway, on the fishing island of Hitra. My friends Camilla and Monica had brought me to Monica's family's new home, perched at the edge of a hilltop overlooking the fjord, where we were preparing for t...
We need the tonic of wilderness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never h...
Norwegians often claim themselves to be not typically very social on the whole. But they’re willing to help, even if that means exchanging no words in the process. In three years of coming back and forth here, from my personal experience, I still don’t buy into that...
I am standing on the north end of Husøya, Træna’s main island, 33 nautical miles off mainland. I have ended up here on a quest for bark - well, today, in this spot, at least. Staring toward the top of the world, nature is confronting me. It is shouting. The wind is...
I'm one busy week into my Residency in Træna, Norway, 40 miles off the coast of mainland Norway, working on developing new ideas and avenues for Life on Mars, my sustainable goods brand. This archipelago of islands is made up of 500 islands, some inhabited, most not,...
After a long, dark winter, hunkered down in the studio, hours and hours of cutting, sewing, experimenting, scrapping, hammering, and listening to countless BBC news shows, I’ve finally emerged with the humble beginnings of what I hope will become a central location for...
This year, our household is going to be all about delving into new materials and exploring creative collaborations. My partner Ric has a background in directing, writing and editing film, which is a big part of how we met more than 16 years ago. While I've focused mo...
This weekend is a celebration of all that we'll dream of for 2017, and all that will be put to rest for 2016. So, as we party out one chaotic, unexpected and historic year, I've managed to get around to finally editing photos from another celebration: the Hobølulu Hoe...
