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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Xilo Diaries 08
Another week goes by and, honestly, I still have no idea what the fuck I’m doing. I was so ready to start printing today — but, of course,…
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Creative Projects of April & June
These have been a pretty crafty couple of months! Here’s a round-up of all the projects I’ve worked on recently: 1. Portable Loose-Thread Catcher I saw this project…
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Xilo Diaries 07
This week marked the final round of testing for the Pool piece — all that was left was printing the last layer. Since I’d already learned (the hard…
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Xilo Diaries 06
Another chaotic week at the studio. Today was Brazilian Valentine’s Day, and all I wanted to do was quickly go in, run the next layer of color, and…
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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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