Who Shares Wins

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	<title>Who Shares Wins</title>
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	<description>Who Shares Wins</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>LAND BOOTS</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/LAND-BOOTS</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:02:14 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[fashion, land, craft, Urban Land Scouts]]></category>

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		<description>I desire a pair of low-ankle to knee-high, closed-toe boots made in the most sustainable manner possible or reasonable. 

This project is an extended look at the rub between the possibility and reason of making a pair of boots for oneself. 

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At one point I thought I would start from the very beginning with the animal that would provide the skins that would go into the boot. I do not know many people that hunt and imagined posting my desire for a deerskin on Craiglist. I imagined tagging along on someone's hunting trip and realized I would probably not want to go into the woods with an armed stranger I met on craigslist. 


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Months of boot think passed. One rainy winter night my dog caught and killed a rabbit. As I was covertly loading it into the trunk of my car my brother called and said there was a traveler at his house named Boi who was working a deer pelt with a flinted stone tool. Boi sounded like a good resource to find within hours of dog's kill and we headed to that way. 

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It rained and rained while we gutted and skinned the rabbit. Boi took the carcass home to cook. I buried the head under one of the compost bins, wrapped the rabbit skin in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer. 

A strong element of this project is what I call "google arrogance." That is the blithe modern assumption that I can use information available on the web to teach myself skills that historically took years to learn and master. Specifically: tanning skins and shoe making (or cordwaining). I did not feel comfortable googling my way through tanning the rabbit hide (although there are many video tutorials online) and it remains bagged and odd looking in my freezer next to some frozen chicken and an ice pack. 

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Instead, I shifted my thinking to consider materials abundant to most modern people: clothing. A brown nylon-lined wool skirt from the thrift store became my new skin and I set out cutting vamps from it using Daniel Scott's paper pattern.  

The image below shows the final first draft of the sustainable fashion boots. The soles are rubber belt sold for hay balers at the tractor supply store. The vamps are nylon and wool from the thrift store skirt. The uppers are acrylic felt, found satin, and bias tape. 

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		<excerpt>I desire a pair of low-ankle to knee-high, closed-toe boots made in the most sustainable manner possible or reasonable.   This project is an extended look at the...</excerpt>

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		<title>Western Ave. and Reynolds St.* </title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Western-Ave-and-Reynolds-St</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:00:22 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[urban land scouts, Beardsley Farm]]></category>

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		<description>In 2010, I began a ten-month stint working at CAC Beardsley Community Farm as an AmeriCorps volunteer. While there I designed this project which we submitted to the city for a $500 Challenge Grant. We received the grant and installed these beds on the corner of Western Ave. and Reynolds St. This intersection marks one corner of Malcolm Martin Park, a six acre city park in which the farm has planted fruit trees and maintains community garden beds and a butterfly garden.

While I designed and helped oversee this project, I do not mean to claim this work as "my own." My fellow farm crew members, Jarius, Liz, and Rachel, as well as our manager Khann, shouldered this work. We were further supported by the enthusiastic labor and time of dozens of volunteers. 

The idea was to beautify a corner of the park and to create a visual reminder or signal of Beardsley's nearby work. The land sloped down from the sidewalks significantly. 

These are the initial drawings for the beds.
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And these are the drawings we submitted with the grant. The plan called for a majority of beneficial perennials with a few annuals. We also budgeted to plant two pecan trees in the park. 

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The beds are made of 4x4 pine posts and cedar boards. While the pine posts will deteriorate faster, our budget did not allow for cedar posts. 

Below are images of the finished beds in late summer.

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We planted Tennessee Coneflower, an endangered perennial in addition to lavender, thyme, lemonbalm, fennel, strawberries, daylilies, switchgrass, little blue stem, bachelor's button, bell peppers, and a handful of other plants that I've forgotten or cannot identify in these photos. 

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Should you be passing through Knoxville, take a visit to Beardsley Farm. It is a beautiful and productive site nestled into an urban neighborhood just outside downtown. Call ahead to let them know you're coming: 865.546.8446.</description>
		
		<excerpt>In 2010, I began a ten-month stint working at CAC Beardsley Community Farm as an AmeriCorps volunteer. While there I designed this project which we submitted to the...</excerpt>

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		<title>Urban Land Scout - Illustrations</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Urban-Land-Scout-Illustrations</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:57:37 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[drawing, ULS, land, Katie Ries]]></category>

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		<description>These drawings illustrate the ten levels of Urban Land Scouting. All drawings done with india ink and black walnut ink on cotton rag paper. 

15" x 22" {$500 each, unframed}

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		<excerpt>These drawings illustrate the ten levels of Urban Land Scouting. All drawings done with india ink and black walnut ink on cotton rag paper.   15" x 22" {$500 each,...</excerpt>

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		<title>Urban Land Scouts*</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Urban-Land-Scouts</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:42:17 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[land, scouting, stewardship, Katie Ries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">292668</guid>

		<description>The Urban Land Scouts are a group dedicated to promoting and teaching good stewardship of our immediate land.

Everyone is welcome to join the Urban Land Scouts. 
If you would like to get started Land Scouting, raise a hand and read the pledge below out loud. Then prepare to earn your first badge. All Scouts begin with the value of OBSERVATION. After earning this badge you may earn the rest in whatever order you choose.

You can read up on the contemporary doings of Urban Land Scouts at the ULS blog. 


The Urban Land Scout Pledge

I will to the best of my ability
be a good steward of the land where I live
by cultivating native and edible plants,
promoting species diversity,
sharing the fruits of my labor and knowledge,
and propagating Urban Land Scouting in barren lands.



OBSERVATION

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The Urban Land Scouts looks at the land daily; he is observant of and attentive to it. 

Observation is an important foundation of the Urban Land Scouts. Many of us walk around daily, but often with the solitary intention of arriving at our destination. Instead, the novice scout sets aside time to walk with the sole goal of observation. If you cannot walk, you can still observe.  Go out with pen and paper or a field book. Pick a spot to walk around and concentrate on seeing it thoroughly.  When you walk, slow down and view your surroundings as one who has just arrived in this place. Note especially the things you find growing around you. Look closely at corners, crevices, and abandoned places. What grows there? What kind of trash do you find? Who do you encounter –human or otherwise? Walk or travel beyond the periphery of your normal life.

Commit to this practice and fill three letter-sized pages or your field book with drawings and notes.  Email or mail your observations to passage@urbanlandscouts.com to earn your badge. Congratulations, you are on your way to becoming an Urban Land Scout!


ORIENTATION

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The Urban Land Scout tries to identify and map the plants in her neighborhood. 

As a novice scout you are asked to walk and observe the natural world. Here you are asked to situate your findings in a larger and public context by mapping your data on the Urban Land Scouts online map. This map is a collective project and resource. Your contribution to it confirms your commitment to the ULS. You will have to email passage@urbanlandscouts.com to be added as a collaborator. Most of the plants marked on the map are edible perennials and you are encouraged to continue that pattern. If you are unable to find any edible perennials on your own, try changing your route, consulting guidebooks, or traveling with a more experienced UL Scout. When mapping your findings, provide as many relevant details as possible about the plant. For example, indicate whether it is on private property and when it fruits? Below is the online google map where you can add your findings. You can share the map using this shortened URL: http://bit.ly/ULSmapping.

Email katie@urbanlandscouts.com to be added as a map collaborator and then email again when you have updated the map. (If you live outside of Knoxville, consider starting a map for your community.)

View URBAN LAND SCOUTS – edible Knoxville in a larger map


GERMINATION

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The Urban Land Scout cultivates whatever soil he can access and tend. 

Now you are to become an cultivator of neglected and abandoned land.

Seedbombs were successfully used by Japanese farmer Masanobu Fukuoka in the mid 20th century. His success depended in part on his awareness of other natural cycles like spring rain and larvae growth. Make some seedbombs (you can read up on seedbombs here.) Throw them in an area you believe will remain unmowed. If you can return to water the seed bomb, you can greatly increase the chance of it’s successful germination. Watch them over the coming weeks.


Photograph either the act of throwing or the sprouted plant and email the photos to passage@urbanlandscouts.com to receive your badge. 


DIGESTION

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The Urban Land Scout is fed by the land in which she lives. 


Eating wild things is an important phase of Urban Land Scouting. It is not enough just to sample a leaf of something, here you should make a substantial effort to harvest enough of a wild edible to create or supplement a dish.

Be sure to thoroughly wash any foods found growing in urban areas and never collect from sites you suspect may have been used for heavy industry (like abandoned warehouses). For the purposes of this exercise, we will define “wild” as any plant or fruit found in the city, but outside of a domestic garden. The method of preparation is up to you. Be sure to learn more about any plant that you have not seen before to make sure what you are eating is not a toxic look-alike. Bon appétite.

Email passage@urbanlandscouts.com with your recipe or images of your meal and earn your badge.


CULTIVATION

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/5_cultivating.jpg" width="534" height="567" width_o="534" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/5_cultivating_o.jpg" data-mid="1387128"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
The Urban Land Scout makes an effort to grow vegetables.

Now that you have experienced the lack of diversity and difficulty in feeding yourself from the urban wild, it’s time to increase your odds. Growing vegetables in a home garden plot or in containers is a more reasonable and ample source of food than the modern urban landscape. Less hardy and more exotic vegetables will grow much better in the amended soil of a garden or pot. Many nurseries and farmers’ markets will sell vegetable starts in spring and early summer.

Go get yourself some vegetable starts, put them in the ground, and give it a shot. Different plants have slightly different needs, but most all will benefit from at minimum of six hours of sun daily and frequent watering (especially if it does not rain). When you plant your plants, bear in mind their final sizes and do not crowd them too much. Pay attention to them as they grow and tend to them. When the plants have fruited, save their seeds to get started on your Level 7 badge.

In order to earn your badge, not only must you see the plant through to harvest, but you must share that harvest with at least one other person. Email photos of your recipient with the harvest to passage@urbanlandscouts.com.


DISSEMINATION

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/6_blogging_800.jpg" width="640" height="661" width_o="709" height_o="732" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/6_blogging_o.jpg" data-mid="1387129"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
The Urban Land scout shares information freely and teaches others what she knows.

Blog is a contemporary word that comes from shortening the words “web log.” It typically refers to an online publication that is updated frequently. One of the advantages of blogging is the ability to (hyper)link to other sites. Hyperlinking greatly increases the speed and breadth with which information can be disseminated. We ask you to blog about Urban Land Scouting both to help us spread the word and as a reminder that this is a modern endeavor using contemporary media in addition to the soil based activities we promote.

You do not have to start a blog to earn this badge, but you do have to write about your experience with the Urban Land Scouts and share the ULS website. This can be done on blogs, in websites, in email, by chat, in social networking sites like Facebook, or in the tangible and physical world. Send the URL of your blogging or a photograph of your alternative method to passage@urbanlandscouts.com to earn your badge.

Here are some examples of folks who have blogged about the Urban Land Scouts:

collect.cull.cultivate
The Sunsphere is Not a Wigshop
Food, Literature, Philosophy
the Tomato Head


COLLECTION

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/7_saving.jpg" width="567" height="593" width_o="567" height_o="593" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/7_saving_o.jpg" data-mid="1387130"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
The Urban Land Scout saves and plants seeds. 

Seed saving is an important gesture of both hope through the winter and self reliance. It is how generations of growers have preserved heirloom varieties or hybridized new strains with combinations of desirable traits. In the last decade, several large agribusinesses have patented the genetic combinations within their seeds. It is illegal to save these seeds...but you can avoid that issue by not purchasing seeds from those companies (namely Monsanto).

Many seeds from annuals will save easily so long as they are kept dry and away from light. Tomato, pepper, sunflower, and cucumber seeds will all save easily this way. Other seeds have more particular needs, like periods of cold (called stratification) or scratching (called scarification), in order to germinate. Look up your seeds at the library or online to know best how to store and then start them. Collect and save seeds for spring planting. Start them indoors with gentle moisture and ample light.


HABITATION

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/8_maintaining.jpg" width="531" height="567" width_o="531" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/8_maintaining_o.jpg" data-mid="1387132"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
The Urban Land scout is lucid, patient, and rooted in the land where he lives.

    Perennials are plants that return for at least two seasons. Many return year after year. Planting one requires more profound awareness of soil and light conditions and an extended commitment to a specific place. As with the hope sustained by collecting and saving seeds, perennials pass through death-like winter dormancy and re-emerge in spring. In watching and caring for these plants we connect to primal cycles that might supersede our own. The sustained growth of a perennial plant is a small piece in a larger ecosystem. For example, blueberry bushes provide bees their pollen in spring and are in turn pollinated by them. In the summer, those same bee-pollinated blossoms will mature into berries, food for the gardner as well as birds, whose wide range will disseminate the blueberry’s seeds broadly. Talk with another Scout or your local reference librarian about where you might plant your particular perennial.

    Plant a perennial and maintain it for over a year. Send documentation of the plant through the four seasons to passage@urbanlandscouts.com to earn this badge.


DECOMPOSITION

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/9_rotting.jpg" width="567" height="564" width_o="567" height_o="564" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/9_rotting_o.jpg" data-mid="1387133"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
The Urban Land Scout composts with the help of worms.

    Compost is the contained and accelerated decomposition of organic matter like dry leaves, ash, sawdust, eggshells, vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, hair, and shredded paper. A hearty compost pile will break down the organic matter into a dark, nutrient-rich hummus that will give almost any plant a tremendous boost. Although compost is an important foundation of soil health and plant growth, it comes at the end of the Urban Land Scouts cycle in order to stress its value.

    A compost pile with worms will decompose faster and be nutrient rich—worm poop is like plant steroids. You may add these worms and compost to a pre-existing bin or pile or use them to inoculate a new pile. Keep compost and worms for several months, and photograph either the established hummus and/or a handful of worms and send the documentation to passage@urbanlandscouts.com to earn your badge.


PROPAGATION

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/10_harvesting.jpg" width="532" height="567" width_o="532" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/292668/10_harvesting_o.jpg" data-mid="1387135"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
The Urban Land Scout shares her harvest.

    The Urban Land Scout’s progress culminates with the care of a fruit tree. The longevity of the plant as well as the abundance of its harvest are primary metaphors of the patience and generosity necessary for stewardship. You must plant a fruit tree, and then wait and live with the tree until it bears fruit. Congratulations-- you are embarking on an important portion of the Urban Land Scout’s journey. In addition to harvesting the fruit from the tree, you must share your harvest.

    Photograph both the harvest and the people with whom you shared it and send your images to passage@urbanlandscouts.com to earn your badge.</description>
		
		<excerpt>The Urban Land Scouts are a group dedicated to promoting and teaching good stewardship of our immediate land.  Everyone is welcome to join the Urban Land Scouts. ...</excerpt>

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		<title>VENDredi*</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/VENDredi</link>

		<comments>http://whoshareswins.com/following/whoshareswins.com/VENDredi</comments>

		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:41:43 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">234718</guid>

		<description>VENDredi was a collaborative design charrette curated by myself and the talented Hilary Williams. In it participants were asked to create a kit to be sold in a vending machine for $5 or less. Selected artists and designers reproduced their objects in editions of ten to stock the machine. 

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend_product_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend_product_o.jpg" data-mid="1045422"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vending_visitors_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vending_visitors_o.jpg" data-mid="1045423"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Participating artists and designers include:


Hilary Williams {curator} 
Katie Ries {curator}

Rachel Clark
Jarred Elrod + Jacob Stanley
Emily Greene
Matthew Haber
Matt Montgomery
Erin Mullenex
Staci Rowlinson
Veronica Siehl
Ben Smith + Brandon Plummer


Gallery visitors waiting to purchase kits from the vending machine.
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend2_800.jpg" width="640" height="429" width_o="800" height_o="536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend2_o.jpg" data-mid="1045418"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Making a selection.
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend1_800.jpg" width="640" height="429" width_o="800" height_o="536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend1_o.jpg" data-mid="1045417"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Holly gets ready to feed the machine some dollar bills.
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend3_800.jpg" width="640" height="1033" width_o="800" height_o="1291" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend3_o.jpg" data-mid="1045419"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend4_800.jpg" width="640" height="465" width_o="800" height_o="581" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend4_o.jpg" data-mid="1045420"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Empty gallery with stanchions.
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend_interior_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend_interior_o.jpg" data-mid="1045421"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;


Slideshow &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend2_800.jpg" width="640" height="429" width_o="800" height_o="536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend2_o.jpg" data-mid="1045418"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend1_800.jpg" width="640" height="429" width_o="800" height_o="536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend1_o.jpg" data-mid="1045417"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend3_800.jpg" width="640" height="1033" width_o="800" height_o="1291" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend3_o.jpg" data-mid="1045419"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend4_800.jpg" width="640" height="465" width_o="800" height_o="581" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend4_o.jpg" data-mid="1045420"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend_interior_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vend_interior_o.jpg" data-mid="1045421"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vending_visitors_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/234718/vending_visitors_o.jpg" data-mid="1045423"  border="0" align="left"/&#62; </description>
		
		<excerpt>VENDredi was a collaborative design charrette curated by myself and the talented Hilary Williams. In it participants were asked to create a kit to be sold in a...</excerpt>

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		<title>Costumes to Save Your Life</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Costumes-to-Save-Your-Life</link>

		<comments>http://whoshareswins.com/following/whoshareswins.com/Costumes-to-Save-Your-Life</comments>

		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:54:11 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">205165</guid>

		<description>These costumes each address a specific aspect of culture I wish to change or to which I would like to draw attention. I began thinking about the states in which modern people find themselves: being busy, despairing, sleeping, eating, etc. 
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/0_initial_sketches_800.jpg" width="640" height="395" width_o="800" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/0_initial_sketches_o.jpg" data-mid="877223"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

I narrowed down to four concepts to realize: Collecting/Saving, Despair, Eating/Feeding, and Mourning. I worked up each piece with progressively more complex drawings, imagining context and form as well as specific motions for the wearer. 


Photography by Luke Wilkins unless otherwise noted. 


Collecting/Saving

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/1_collecting_sketch_800.jpg" width="640" height="780" width_o="800" height_o="975" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/1_collecting_sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="877224"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

My first mock-ups were faithful to the pointed cap in the sketch above, but were too reminiscent of klan hoods. 

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/2_collecting_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="485" width_o="800" height_o="606" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/2_collecting_int_o.jpg" data-mid="877228"  border="0" align="left"/&#62; 

As I worked I knew who would be modeling the piece. Their specific characters influenced some of my creative decisions. Here, Jessie Van der Laan models the collecting/saving costume.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/3_collecting_forest_800.jpg" width="640" height="426" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/3_collecting_forest_o.jpg" data-mid="877233"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

You can see in the image below the outline of some of the sleeves' interior pockets. The garment is designed to store some of the tools and materials needed to collect and save seeds. 
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/4_collecting_water_800.jpg" width="640" height="960" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/4_collecting_water_o.jpg" data-mid="877234"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/5_collecting_reach_800.jpg" width="640" height="960" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/5_collecting_reach_o.jpg" data-mid="877235"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;



Despair

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/6_despair_sketch_800.jpg" width="640" height="801" width_o="800" height_o="1001" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/6_despair_sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="877236"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
Primary sketch

This piece is intended to act specifically on the user without revealing to others the experience. Additionally, I wanted to address both the importance of sitting with one's sadness and, at the opposite extreme, the way our anxieties become familiar and, perhaps, comforting to us. 

The quilted blanket hides a heavy row of frozen gel packs. 
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/7_despair_800.jpg" width="640" height="415" width_o="800" height_o="519" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/7_despair_o.jpg" data-mid="877237"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/8_despair_painting_800.jpg" width="640" height="491" width_o="800" height_o="614" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/8_despair_painting_o.jpg" data-mid="877238"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Here choreographer Joy Davis sits with the Despair Blanket. &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/9_despair_rocks_800.jpg" width="640" height="960" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/9_despair_rocks_o.jpg" data-mid="877239"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;


Eating/Feeding

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/10_eating_sketch_800.jpg" width="640" height="933" width_o="1360" height_o="1983" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/10_eating_sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="877240"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Eating Slowly" became "Eating/Feeding". The two costumes are intended to serve and eat together.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/11_eating_print_intaglio_800.jpg" width="640" height="1082" width_o="800" height_o="1352" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/11_eating_print_intaglio_o.jpg" data-mid="877241"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Eating/Feeding are modeled here by Veronica Siehl and Jarred Elrod

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/12_eating_peach_800.jpg" width="640" height="960" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/12_eating_peach_o.jpg" data-mid="877242"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/13_eating_groceries_800.JPG" width="640" height="960" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/13_eating_groceries_o.JPG" data-mid="877243"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Mourning
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/14_mourning_sketch_800.jpg" width="640" height="820" width_o="800" height_o="1025" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/14_mourning_sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="877244"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

These sleeves were born in response to a friend's suicide. I felt unable to properly mourn her and had a vision of a mourning dance, roughly illustrated here. 
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/15_mourning_800.jpg" width="640" height="414" width_o="800" height_o="517" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/15_mourning_o.jpg" data-mid="877245"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

I imagined the sleeves might be something one would wear for the duration of mourning, a cumbersome and outward symbol to those around you.
&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/16_mourning_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="458" width_o="1693" height_o="1212" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/16_mourning_int_o.jpg" data-mid="877246"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/17_mourning_fling_800.jpg" width="640" height="960" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/17_mourning_fling_o.jpg" data-mid="877247"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/18_pool_sleeves_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/18_pool_sleeves_o.jpg" data-mid="877248"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/19_sleeves_800.jpg" width="640" height="426" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/205165/19_sleeves_o.jpg" data-mid="877249"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;


Slideshow
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		<excerpt>These costumes each address a specific aspect of culture I wish to change or to which I would like to draw attention. I began thinking about the states in which...</excerpt>

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		<title>Banneroo*</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Banneroo</link>

		<comments>http://whoshareswins.com/following/whoshareswins.com/Banneroo</comments>

		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:46:19 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">195146</guid>

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		<excerpt>  </excerpt>

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		<title>Iterate!</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Iterate</link>

		<comments>http://whoshareswins.com/following/whoshareswins.com/Iterate</comments>

		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:52:14 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[diy, open, iteration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">196634</guid>

		<description>These links include text and images to be used in recreating the events described within this site. They are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. 

I encourage you to reproduce some of these events, specifically the tours. I would enjoy seeing any iterations of the projects or answering any questions about organzing them: 


Many of these images here can be found on (and downloaded from) my flickr page.

Thank you for your interest.
Kt Ries

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 &#60;img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/88x31.png" /&#62;This Work by Katie Ries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License</description>
		
		<excerpt>These links include text and images to be used in recreating the events described within this site. They are licensed under the Creative Commons...</excerpt>

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		<title>Small Book Exchange*</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Small-Book-Exchange</link>

		<comments>http://whoshareswins.com/following/whoshareswins.com/Small-Book-Exchange</comments>

		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:01:48 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Who Shares Wins</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[artist, book, exhange]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">194910</guid>

		<description>The second of two "Small Book Exchanges" centered around the theme OBSOLETE/EXTINCT. Participants were invited to edition a small book in response to the theme. Nine artists each made 30 books. They are housed in a letterpressed wrapper. Finished books are 3.35" x 5.5". Edition of 30. {$30}
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Participating artists include:

Ele Annand
Erin Pischke
Rachel Schattman
Mary Denman
Katie Ries
Sara Myers
Gen Lowe &#38; Emily Auerbach
Stephen Martin
Kelly Britton

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194910/obex_books_detail_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194910/obex_books_detail_o.jpg" data-mid="833150"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194910/obex_multistack_800.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194910/obex_multistack_o.jpg" data-mid="833169"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194910/obex_fold_sm_3.gif" width="640" height="626" width_o="670" height_o="655" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194910/obex_fold_sm_3_o.gif" data-mid="833231"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;</description>
		
		<excerpt>The second of two \"Small Book Exchanges\" centered around the theme OBSOLETE/EXTINCT. Participants were invited to edition a small book in response to the theme....</excerpt>

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		<title>Intaglio</title>
				
		<link>http://whoshareswins.com/Intaglio</link>

		<comments>http://whoshareswins.com/following/whoshareswins.com/Intaglio</comments>

		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:34:12 +0000</pubDate>

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"Issa, Snow, and the Rich", 2009


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/persimmon_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="562" width_o="800" height_o="702" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/persimmon_int_o.jpg" data-mid="833053"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Persimmon", 2009


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/superhappyfuntimes_800.jpg" width="640" height="434" width_o="800" height_o="543" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/superhappyfuntimes_o.jpg" data-mid="833060"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"SuperHappyFunTimes", 2008


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/halfman_halffish_800.jpg" width="640" height="577" width_o="800" height_o="721" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/halfman_halffish_o.jpg" data-mid="833051"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Half Man, Half Fish", 2008


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/swimming_pool_800.jpg" width="640" height="476" width_o="800" height_o="595" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/swimming_pool_o.jpg" data-mid="833061"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Swimming Pool", 2008


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/collecting_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="499" width_o="800" height_o="624" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/collecting_int_o.jpg" data-mid="833049"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"The Collector: Process Sketch", 2008


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/eating_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="1030" width_o="800" height_o="1287" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/eating_int_o.jpg" data-mid="833050"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Eating/Feeding: Process Sketch", 2008


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/sleeves_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="685" width_o="800" height_o="856" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/sleeves_int_o.jpg" data-mid="833058"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Mourning Sleeves: Process Sketch", 2008


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/portrait_int_800.jpg" width="640" height="1057" width_o="800" height_o="1321" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/12524/194875/portrait_int_o.jpg" data-mid="833055"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
"Self Portrait", 2008</description>
		
		<excerpt>  \"Issa, Snow, and the Rich\", 2009    \"Persimmon\", 2009    \"SuperHappyFunTimes\", 2008    \"Half Man, Half Fish\", 2008    \"Swimming Pool\", 2008    \"The...</excerpt>

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