Connections - Woven Together

A Gentle Shift: Reflecting on 2025

This year has unfolded at a different rhythm - slower in some ways, more intentional in others. After several years of moving at a constant pace, 2025 has become a much-needed reset. A chance to pause, reassess, and return to the studio with a clearer sense of purpose.

What has surprised me most is how natural it feels to devote myself fully to my practice again - to give real space to process, experimentation, and the quiet moments that so often lead to breakthroughs. I’ve leaned deeply into the woven work this year, allowing it to evolve in both directions: expanding into large-scale, immersive pieces that command a room, and simultaneously condensing into smaller, intimate studies that explore detail, rhythm, and connection on a different scale. Both matter. Both feed the other.

Part of this shift has been learning (again) to let go of what isn’t working. Not with frustration, but with trust. The kind of trust that says: You don’t have to force this. It will become what it needs to become. This mindset has changed everything. It has given me permission to focus on the process, not the pressure; to stay rooted in curiosity; and to believe that the right doors will open at the right time.

More than anything, though, this year has reminded me how interconnected we all are. How essential community is. How much stronger we become (in life and in the studio) when we allow ourselves to be supported, challenged, and inspired by the people around us. That interconnectedness is reflected in every woven piece I create: each strip reinforcing the next, each segment finding stability through relationship. Alone, the fragments are fragile. Together, they become something whole, something resilient, something with presence.

As 2025 continues, my hope is to carry this feeling forward - staying ground, trusting this deep awareness of the threads that weave us together. It’s shaping my work in ways I’m only beginning to understand, and I’m grateful for the shift.

Thank you for sticking around. I only made four blog posts in a year... but it's four more than the year before! ;-)