Have been making tassels. Wrapped the initial tassel with a strip of leather to secure it. On impulse I beaded the next one. It's mesmerizing to work beads round and round, threading a single bead then anchoring it to one in the row below. Tassels are meant to be touched. Beads add a delicate pebble-like texture to the watery quality of fringe.

A car's alarm is braying in the street where I have a studio. It's protesting being hitched to a municipal tow truck. There's a middle school and a high school on this block. Daytime parking is mostly limited to cars with education department permits. This rule is announced on signposts positioned next to trees that are now in full foliage. Parking regulations in leafy camouflage ensnare many a vehicle. I hardly intended to write about this; it's difficult to focus while a car alarm sounds.

Making a Tassel , 2017 — *Making a Tassel* *, 2017*

Tassels are entrancing to make and soothing to hold. Good thing...

Tassels

Slow Style

Slow Style is an ongoing project by Sarah Kate Beaumont who since 2008 has designed and crafted every piece of her wardrobe. She has not purchased clothing since the project began.

Combining art and craftsmanship Beaumont’s project embraces individual style and sustainability. It seeks to empower others to question assumptions of consumerism with its inherent cycle of acquisition and disposal, and as an alternative, to explore self-reliance in our shared ecosystem.

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Slow Style