Handmade by Ms. Popcorn

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Not every search ends with what you're looking for.

On this day I was searching for the perfect stick to play uMakhweyana, an indegenous musical bow. I never found the one I wanted, but I did find this moment 🤗

Wearing handmade creations, looking a bit frustrated, okay maybe a lot😄 holding stories, sounds and possibilities.

Hello again. 🫶🏿🪷
Thank you for being here

-Love, Ms. Popcorn

Hey Family 🌺

Pure magic really happens when we put aside our perfectionism, as artists. 🌻 Replacing overthinking with a "just do it" attitude can be exactly what is needed to create and complete that project 🫶🏾

This can be challenging as we are our biggest critiques, but listening instead of projecting can get you there.

What put me out of the misery of "creative block" with the customisation of this cap was listening and replaying the clients last words of the brief; "Do your thing, just don't spend too much of your time on it" 😀🤭 first time ever hearing a client say those words to me.

There I was, ready to do the most, but the client indirectly told me that less is more 🧢 as a maximalist, I needed to hear that. But that sounded like a restriction, until I sat with it , trying to decode that into practicality, what does this means in stitches 😂?

When it came, it hit me while in bed and I jumped out immediately reaching for the project, once I started I didn't stop until it was completed.

And the clients feedback? "You just get it" 🔥🔥💥🔥😭🤩 and they wore it the same time when collecting it 🥰🤗🤲🏾

I Love it and I am grateful to them for challenging me to create such, thank you so much to you too for being part of our story and reading 🫶🏾

One thing about handmade is that it cannot be rushed 🌀💖 it takes it's time to take shape. And estimating its processing time from a commercial perspective can be detrimental to the quality of the finished "product" (referred to as "the art" from here on), the crafter (artist) and the satisfaction of the one it is being created for.

When the timeline is restricted, the art feels taken for granted, it feels like it's not given enough space to breathe. It wants to be incubated in the artists mind and hands. To be nurtured into existence 🌱

We, however live in an era of hyper commercialization and consumerism. How fast can you make it? How much is it going to cost me? How can I maximize profits?

Sustainability asks ; How does it make me feel? Who made it? And how was it made?

It is also concerned about how long it is going to last and if its life is circular 💜

Sustainability values transparency within relationships in the value chain. It protects the value of the art and the interest of the one it is intended for 🌸

Here, we live on the slow side of life, we pay utmost attention to detail ✨ We value community, and craftsmanship 🌙...

Are we being delulu? Can these two worlds coexist or are they polar opposites?