Contributors
Tess Rubenstein
Tess Rubinstein is an illustrator and maker, hailing from a foggy mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work focuses on themes of nature, solitude and home, in a variety of media, from printmaking to collage. She's currently dwelling in Portland, Oregon, enjoying sweater weather, and attending the Pacific Northwest College of Art. See more of her work at tessrubinstein.com.
Tammy Strobel
Tammy Strobel is a writer, photographer and teacher. She created her blog, Rowdy Kittens, in late 2007 to improve her writing and to share her story. Tammy spends her free time taking photos, walking and hanging out with friends and family. She lives in Northern California with her husband, Logan, and two cats. You can sign up for Tammy’s online courses or purchase her books at rowdykittens.com.
Schirin Oeding
Schirin is a farming writer (or vice-versa) going to graduate school for ecological agriculture in Germany. Her home turf expands from the Swiss Alps and Swabia to northern Vermont and southern Ontario. She currently lives on a tiny dairy farm in a small village and rides her bike to class through a well-groomed German forest.
Rikki Snyder
Rikki is a freelance photographer, stylist and writer currently residing in Queens, New York. She grew up in the heart of the beautiful Hudson Valley with a wonderful family focused on food. When she’s not in the kitchen baking or taking pictures, she can be found perusing antique stores or relaxing in the backyard with a good book of poetry. Visit her at rikkisnyder.com
Phoebe Wahl
Phoebe grew up unschooled in Washington state and credits her 'free range' childhood for much of her inspiration and work ethics. She graduated from RISD in 2013 and makes everything from tiny paintings to giant puppets. Her work revolves around themes of comfort, nostalgia and connection to nature and one another. She just published her first children’s book, Sonya's Chickens. See more at phoebewahl.com.
Nate Johnson
Nate was born and raised in northern Minnesota. He likes to craft the crafts, know the plants, eat the mushrooms, make the tools, trap the animals, tan the hides, weave the baskets, catch the fish, fiddle the fiddle, sing the songs, watch the birds, string the bow, sew the clothing, follow the tracks, make the canoes, and bend the snowshoes. Discover more ivegottwohands.com.
Michelle Kroll
Michelle is a wife, mother, and artist. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. Her artwork can be seen in pen, prose, print and fiber arts. She strives to: be well by making more wholesome food choices, be consistently creative, and inspire others to do the same. Visit her at rainmomma.com.
Melanie Morin Wehrwein
Melanie Morin Wehrwein explores purpose, simplicity and creativity with her husband and two young children on Maine’s Blue Hill Peninsula. She swales a hillside into permaculture gardens, feeds her sourdough, braids round rugs for her round home, and resists her hermit tendencies for the belief that deep community is the answer. Read more at circlein.wordpress.com.
McKenzie Elizabeth Ditter
McKenzie is a self-taught illustrator and photographer living just outside Baltimore, Maryland. She screenprints on vintage linens, loves painting starry skies, and self-published her first book in 2015 called The ABCs of Homesteading. Her work centers around nature and the magic of childhood. Find her at mckenzieelizabeth.co.
Kristine Vejar
Kristine is a natural dyer and the owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm, a natural dyeing studio and textiles shop offering yarn, fiber, fabric, and textile-based classes. She lives in Oakland, California, with her girlfriend, Adrienne, and her two dachshunds, Cleo and Callie. Her first book, The Modern Natural Dyer (STC Craft), was published in October 2015. Visit Kristine at averbforkeepingwarm.com and @avfkw.
Kirsten K. Shockey
Kirsten K. Shockey is the coauthor, with her husband, Christopher Shockey, of The Big Book of Cidermaking; Miso, Tempeh, Natto & Other Tasty Ferments; Fiery Ferments; and the best-selling Fermented Vegetables. Books that came from their desires to both help people eat in new ways, both for the health of themselves and the planet. They got their start in fermenting foods over twenty years ago on a 40-acre hillside smallholding which grew into their local organic food company, Kirsten realized that her passion lay in the wish to both teach people how to ferment and push this culinary art to new flavors. She leads experiential workshops worldwide and online helping people to make, enjoy and connect with their food through fermentation. You can find stories of a life fueled by fermented foods on Instagram @kirstenkshockey or on the web at https://ferment.works/.
Kimberly VanDenBerg