Getting Scrappy
There is no better material for the start of any project than the scraps of another and an already finished one. Whatever the art – fashion, architecture, cooking, writing –…
Cirrus Wood In Defense of Aprons
I’m an American tailor, with a Russian name, and a somewhat Japanese aesthetic. I’m an absolute mess. Maybe that’s why I make so many aprons. I need something absorbent to…
Muzhik (Мужик)
In any classic Russian novel, the first character is Russia. The second is time. The third is the muzhik. But why name a business Muzhik? Just what is a muzhik?…