Thank you for putting this into words so well. (And please keep me updated if you ever sell those t-shirts. 😉)
I frame my various interests as curiosity/exploration—yes, definitely—but also employing making practices that fit a specific project I have in mind. In other words, I want to make X and learn that would involve learning to do Y…and of course doing Y requires purchasing these other things…and watching a video on how to do that thing reveals to me other ways of doing Y. Before long, I have a whole, additional “hobby.”
I absolutely love projects that allow me to integrate practices. Zine making is a good example—I can integrate writing/poetry, collage, photography, bookbinding, watercolor… What I use depends on what is in my mind for the final zine and what I want to communicate with it.
It’s all tools. We wouldn’t expect someone who wanted to make cabinets to only use a hammer. And not also know something about paint and varnish. And maybe not also dabble in photography so as to create a portfolio of her work and maybe even trying metal fabrication in order to make her own custom hardware to stand out from other cabinet makers…
Thank you for putting this into words so well. (And please keep me updated if you ever sell those t-shirts. 😉)
I frame my various interests as curiosity/exploration—yes, definitely—but also employing making practices that fit a specific project I have in mind. In other words, I want to make X and learn that would involve learning to do Y…and of course doing Y requires purchasing these other things…and watching a video on how to do that thing reveals to me other ways of doing Y. Before long, I have a whole, additional “hobby.”
I absolutely love projects that allow me to integrate practices. Zine making is a good example—I can integrate writing/poetry, collage, photography, bookbinding, watercolor… What I use depends on what is in my mind for the final zine and what I want to communicate with it.
It’s all tools. We wouldn’t expect someone who wanted to make cabinets to only use a hammer. And not also know something about paint and varnish. And maybe not also dabble in photography so as to create a portfolio of her work and maybe even trying metal fabrication in order to make her own custom hardware to stand out from other cabinet makers…
… and make other things beyond cabinets, like chainsaw log sculptures.
Thanks for reading, Yvette. I am considering adding the shirt to the shop. Stay tuned.