Martha's Vineyard.

Its hard to describe just how much I love the Vineyard.  I have somehow managed to make it there almost every year since 2000, its like a gravitational pull or something.  This year I rented my pal John Robshaw's friend's house in Menemsha and it was a real treat. We cooked elaborate meals made from all the local produce, meat and fish on the island, we caught up on old new yorkers, watercolored, hiked, and re-charged.  We ate a lot of amazing food, but my favorite meal was cooked by my old pal chris, who runs beetlebung farm, he really knows how to cook a chicken like nobody's business. below are a round up of my fav pics.  I am already ready to go back.  maybe I should start production of my textiles in MV, is that totally impractical? 

 more pics after the jump....

late night apple pie baking on the Vineyard

I'll be spending a week in Menemsha for my most favorite time on the Vineyard.  The summer crew has left for the season and its just the islanders chilling and enjoying the Fall.  I'll be posting a bit more about how--yes, I am going to say it--magical this place is but for now I wanted to share my fav apple pie recipe that I made our first night here. Its made from apples picked from Tabor house farm. 

Pie crust Recipe: here

Apple Pie Recipe: here

more after the jump

ISA show

I have spent the Summer working as an artist in resident at ISA, an amazing restaurant in Williamsburg run by Taavo Somer who also owns Freeman's Alley, Freemans Sporting club, Peels and some other cool operations across this beautiful city of New York.  I was given the 3rd floor to work in and it was one of the coolest experiences.  creating art can be somewhat lonely and I have always sort of enjoyed the solitude of it but this experience made me more excited about being in a community of people in the creative industry. I loved hearing sounds from the kitchen and popping down to the bar mid day for an iced coffee and a kale salad and a chat with fellow artists and/or designers that always seemed to be in the restaurant.  I hope to bring this sort of community vibe to my new studio (which I just signed a lease for in bushwick).  The pictures below are from my final show that culminated my residency.  Thank you ISA for an amazing Summer.