September 18, 2010
Have I mentioned how much we love Wyatt Troll?
What’s not to love? Spike Jonze, Patti Smith & more…
And don’t forget to LOVE Wyatt’s film on Alabama Chanin for NOWNESS:
A Southern Sense of Place
September 16, 2010
Our friend and hero John T. Edge knows that there is “Hope in barbecue.”
Check out the great interview from Nightline: Barbecue Heaven
“We have this burden of the past upon us. We’ll deal with that history. But we’re looking for opportunities, we’re looking for places to deal with that history. And I think one great place to deal with that, to sit across from our fellow man, is a barbecue restaurant…I think there’s hope in barbecue.”
September 12, 2010
Alabama Chanin: A Southern Sense of Place
A NOWNESS + Commune production by Wyatt Toll – LOVE IT!
Thank you for coming for a visit.
Thank you to everyone who showed patience today as our new website launched.
Thank you for all the kind emails.
Thank you to everyone who has made the launch of this new site a reality.
Thank you to all the staff and artisans at Alabama Chanin.
Thank you to friends and family.
Thank you to Lisa Eisner and Roman Alonso.
Thank you to everyone at Commune, NoFavorite and GAS Studio.
Thank you.
August 25, 2010
Inspired by the SFA Potlicker Film Festival in Chattanooga last weekend, I celebrated the best of chicken with friends in Nashville today.
Bring your own water and tissues…
August 17, 2010
Tune into PBS on MONDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 9PM CST
(AFTER HISTORY DETECTIVES)
for the National Broadcast of
CITIZEN ARCHITECT: SAMUEL MOCKBEE AND THE RURAL STUDIO
More Information Here: http://video.pbs.org/program/1548466406/
If you can not tune in, check out the website / or facebook page for theatrical screening updates / or buy the DVD online:
http://www.citizenarchitectfilm.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CITIZEN-ARCHITECT-FILM/285692586601?ref=ts
Bravo to our friends Sam and Jay… and, of course, to Samuel Mockbee – who inspired a generation.
Watch and then plan your road trip to Hale County, Alabama…
August 16, 2010
In my quest to reduce the amount of plastic that we consume as a family, I have finally succeeded in making my own toothpaste. After collecting the simple recipes for a couple of months, I played with the ingredients to make a paste that is to my liking. Continue reading
August 12, 2010
Sneak peek to Fall/Winter 2010 when it is 105 degrees outside..
Just a few of my favorites. . . more coming soon!
August 11, 2010
One of the most amazing books on typography that I have come across in a long, long time…
In Fraktur Mon Amour, Judith Schalansky has made a love letter to the (sometimes outcast) Blackletter or Gothic script. Judith’s collection of fonts is stunning – CD included.
All 150 fonts included in Fraktur Mon Amour are accompanied by elaborate and beautiful patterns or graphics developed with individual letters from the font. I find the black and white illustrations – mixed with magenta – inspiring for developing stencils, as a reference for implementing scale in textile pattern development, and simply to understand at how something as simple as a letter can be used to create something so extraordinary.
August 10, 2010