The following is a transcribed interview conducted over a video chat between me and interviewee, hereby further referred to as CC. Me: How have you been covering your face in public places due to the coronavirus? CC: I just made a mask out of a bandana and two hair ties because I couldn’t get any… Continue Reading »
Main Piece: The following is transcribed from a conversation between me (LT) and my informant (AT). AT: When I think friendship bracelets, I think of taking strands of embroidery floss, and you knot or braid them in these different patterns, and then when they’re like fully woven, you give them to your friends. The whole… Continue Reading »
Main Piece: The following is transcribed from a conversation between me (LT) and my informant (MS). MS: So, a yearbook is traditionally issued at the end of the school year when you’re in elementary school through high school… and they have pictures of everyone in the school taken throughout the year… and you’ll usually write… Continue Reading »
Subject: San Clemente, CA- Rock Painting Collection: Background Info: San Clemente, CA is the southernmost city of Orange County and consists of such beaches as Trestles, North Beach, T-Street, and Old Man’s Beach. The town motto is the Spanish Village by the Sea. Most of the city’s life revolves around the beach as… Continue Reading »
Context: I was perusing the shops in downtown Lahaina, HI, when I wandered in to a Scrimshaw shop. Curious, I asked the shopkeeper, who had worked at the shop for more than 20 years, about the art. Interview: Me: So what is scrimshaw, and where did it begin? Informant: Scrimshaw is carved and dyed… Continue Reading »