Making, Making Do, & the Lessons of Failure With Jen Hewett
Today, as part of our continued Black History Month coverage, we’re thrilled to share with you this essay written by print maker, surface designer, textile artist and teacher based in San Francisco, CA, Jen Hewett. —- Making, Making Do, and the Lessons of Failure By Jen Hewett Decades ago while I was in college, I […]
Today, as part of our continued Black History Month coverage, we’re thrilled to share with you this essay written by print maker, surface designer, textile artist and teacher based in San Francisco, CA, Jen Hewett.Â
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Making, Making Do, and the Lessons of Failure
By Jen Hewett
Decades ago while I was in college, I interviewed my Aunt Maudell for an African American history class I was taking. The assignment was, I believe, to interview the oldest living member of our families to get an oral history. Auntie Maude, the oldest of my Granny’s 10 siblings, was in her 80s by then. She had stories. She told me about her mother, my Great Grandmother Elma, who would sew clothes for her daughters? dolls using bits of scrap fabric leftover from her own sewing, or from fabric cut from dresses too worn to mend. She told me how my great grandmother, long before the Easy Bake Oven came around, would always bake a little cake batter in the jar lid for her daughters? tea parties. But my favorite story was about my great grandmother?s attitude towards cooking mishaps. She was a talented cook, but sometimes her cakes didn?t rise properly....
Today, as part of our continued Black History Month coverage, we’re thrilled to share with you this essay written by print maker, surface designer, textile artist and teacher based in San Francisco, CA, Jen Hewett.Â
—-
Making, Making Do, and the Lessons of Failure
By Jen Hewett
Decades ago while I was in college, I interviewed my Aunt Maudell for an African American history class I was taking. The assignment was, I believe, to interview the oldest living member of our families to get an oral history. Auntie Maude, the oldest of my Granny’s 10 siblings, was in her 80s by then. She had stories. She told me about her mother, my Great Grandmother Elma, who would sew clothes for her daughters? dolls using bits of scrap fabric leftover from her own sewing, or from fabric cut from dresses too worn to mend. She told me how my great grandmother, long before the Easy Bake Oven came around, would always bake a little cake batter in the jar lid for her daughters? tea parties. But my favorite story was about my great grandmother?s attitude towards cooking mishaps. She was a talented cook, but sometimes her cakes didn?t rise properly....
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