My business card lists a lot of titles (including the title Esquire, which I’ll explain to you if you ask me in person – short story, no, I am not a lawyer, but). I can add two, as of this week.

I’m lucky enough to be friends with Bonnie Tarses, an artist, weaving master, dancer, and several other titles of her own. She wanted to make a promotional video featuring her Almost Ikat drafting technique. I was called in to document it and to edit the result. This is it:

You can see it with some more context at her blog.

What I learned: this is super, super fun. I saw my share of film editing in college (to the point that I’m pretty sure I could splice actual film together with tape, if necessary), but I’d never done anything quite like it myself. Now I want to do more. How to Spend a Day Without Work and Have an Awesome Time. How to Serenade Your Cat Via Improv. How to Ignore a Pile of Stuff in the Living Room for Months on End – For Fun and Profit! The possibilities are endless!