In Book I of the Consolation of Philosophy, Lady Philosophy visits her suffering disciple as a bright-eyed woman with a remarkable outfit: “Her garments were of an imperishable fabric, wrought with the finest threads and of the most delicate workmanship;…
I began working wood in earnest when, during graduate school, a discount-store shelving unit nearly collapsed under my growing collection of books. My wife and I went to the lumber yard and came back with a small pile of boards…
Last weekend, I had 24 hours without husband and kids. I fully intended to read three books, drink endless cups of tea and sleep at least 14 hours. Before I started my book, I put on a load of laundry.…
The new feminism of the mid-20th century brought several opportunities and expectations for women. Among them was the idea that women no longer had to stay confined to the home. As a result, the domestic arts that women had so…
Next week, Transpositions will be hosting a symposium on the Domestic Arts. Topics will range from domestic arts and place, woodworking, textiles, domesticity and worship, and baking and communion. We hope to explore the unique experience that the artists of the everyday bring to their…
Eating, like clothing and shelter, is a necessity. But just as every culture discovers and develops ways of building shelters and designing clothing based on their resources and their particular needs and sensibilities, so too cooking is a creative necessity.…