“Oh, look, there's a blue heron,” exclaims Libba Tracy as one flies across

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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born.” — Antonio

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Olivia Mae Sinclair answers the video phone in a black and white gingham blouse.

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Brad Bianchi started repurposing found objects when he was growing up in Pittsburgh.

Victoria Van der Laan learned quilt-making from her great-grandmother, who did everything

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In college, Ben Wright tracked songbirds from New Hampshire to Jamaica. His eclectic

Last year, Emma Freeman moved back in with her parents. The fiber artist had just