Hi crafter, welcome to my creative log! ☺️
Here I share my crafty projects — the wins, the struggles, and everything in between. Right now, I’m especially into woodblock printing, crochet, and digital illustration, but this space grows and shifts as my interests do.
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Figure Drawing Thursdays: The Return of the Dead
Context I’m part of a local figure drawing group, here in Florianopolis (Brazil). They are called Modelo Vivo Floripa, and you can learn more about it on their…
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Learning Embroidery
From all the textile arts, the world of embroidery has been out of my radar for the most part. Perhaps because I’ve been notoriously bad at hand-sewing, I…
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Xilo Diaries 05
Today was another printing day at the studio, this time printing the first out of two colors of the second layer of woodblocks. I jumped right in, grabbing…
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Xilo Diaries 04
This was quite the week! We’re finally ready to begin the printing process, but first there were some last-minute preparations to be done before jumping straight in! During…
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Xilo Diaries 03
I went to the studio yesterday after taking a two-week break due to a holiday and a personal trip to Rio. This is all the woodblock printing work…
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Xilo Diaries 02
Today I went into the studio to continue working on my pool-themed experimental project. I had no clear vision for what I wanted to accomplish, but I knew…
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