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Category Archives: architecture

Origin Story

Days and weeks and months and years have passed since I assumed the moniker of Shanalines. It happened so long ago, I sometimes forget that others don’t know the story. In fact, I recently shared the story with my dad for the first time, and I’m pretty sure the original story took place over 20Continue reading “Origin Story”

Posted byshanalinesNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020Posted inarchitecture, design, memories, thoughts1 Comment on Origin Story

Process

I’m one of those people who holds on to scraps of paper and carries around full sketchbooks filled with photos, notes, and drawings. I have boxes full of completed books, many with bits of paper or post-it notes jammed in the sides, or dogeared tabs, or those tiny sticky highlighter flags marking something that atContinue reading “Process”

Posted byshanalinesOctober 1, 2020October 1, 2020Posted inarchitecture, design, memories2 Comments on Process

The Zone

Is anyone else having trouble focusing these days? I’m embarrassed to admit how many lists I’ve made in the past 6 months (longer, really) and the stacks of books, notes, and papers I keep moving from one area of my home to another. While this “organization strategy” isn’t new for me, it seems magnified inContinue reading “The Zone”

Posted byshanalinesSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020Posted inarchitecture, design, memoriesLeave a comment on The Zone

Mixing Media

In addition to my knitting and design swatches, sketches, and written notes, I have an architectural drafting table with paper, pencils, and some extra fiber. I am slowly developing mixed media techniques to express myself.

Posted byshanalinesAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020Posted inarchitecture, design, mixed mediaLeave a comment on Mixing Media

Eponymous

A ‘knit drawing’, if you will. I created this ‘architectural drawing’ out of yarn / knitting rather than graphite or in. I knit the ‘paper’ and built on top of it. The ‘paper’ size is similar to a sheet of Arches, my favorite for actual drawings. It’s a basic section of a house, filled withContinue reading “Eponymous”

Posted byshanalinesAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020Posted inarchitecture, design, knitting, mixed mediaLeave a comment on Eponymous
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