a few of us from the fiber department decided to venture to pasadena to visit our friend emilyn to see her studio, an industrial rope supplier (yes, i have become a bit of a fiber nerd), the norton simon museum and whatever else crossed our path this past friday. we started out at frank r ferris co and he generously let us look around for what must have been an hour: me in my heels in the attic surrounded by boxes of rope of all varieties, some twine with a vintage tag, a view of of one of many rooms of rope, some incredible ironing boards that i was given (for free!!) leftover from a repair business that the owners father ran in the same space in the 1960's, next we headed to emilyn's studio were she is working on her mfa application to fibers for next fall..this is a quick shot of one wall of her studio, finally we did a drive through of echo park and silverlake, stopping for an amazing lunch at Forage (ate too fast to get pictures) then window shopping at the silverlake shops, ending up having tea and snacks at the Casbah Cafe (be aware the outdoor tables are at an extreme angle so you might want to bring your own something something to prop them up evenly enough to eat on) before heading to the Norton Simon Museum for their Pacific Standard Time show of LA printmaking.
good times, good food, another fun neighborhood i never knew existed. Thanks Emilyn and Krista!
