• Welcome to GIG

I am in love with material objects that have an element, at least, of handmade expression. Things idiosyncratic, not-the-same. I deeply respect efficiencies of production--but my heart is with the artisan's hand, the hand that unconsciously returns to tweak an edge or re-align a bead or stitch or curve.

This site a personal indulgence, if not a guilty pleasure. It is an eclectic collection of things that I love, and also tries to accurately identify things that I have seen elsewhere on the web shorn of context. Any inaccuracies of attribution are my own. I welcome correction. This site is my public notebook, and I am always trying to improve the accuracy of my information and its organization.