fawn&forest

Psalms Heiple is one of those people that keeps a sketch book that you'd secretly want to steal. The kind of person that does not talk to talk but, in the right time, reveals her ideas + projects she has been working on. I have been to her quaint studio + next time I will be sure to take a picture when she leaves the room so I can show you what I mean. Amazing.

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted very badly to be two things, an antarctic explorer and a float plane pilot. Which brings me to confess that i also had a thing for Jacques Cousteau.

Tell me about your inventive childhood in the remote woods of Alaska! What about it inspires you today?
I remember my mom having these two angora rabbits that she kept. She would brush them with a sort of paddle brush, collect the fur, spin it into yarn on a spindle and knit us mittens, hats, sweaters, all kinds of things. I did not think much of it when I was a kid, but now when I look back I think "wow!". My mom did a lot of things like this that I took for granted when I was younger, but the older i get the more I am inspired by her and the coziness of the homemade.

What does 2009 hold for you?
Let's see... 2009. Let's just say that this will be a year of new projects. I love doing things that I have never done before.

 
Thank you Psalms!