Handmade by Dezi Rose

10/11/2026

10/11/2026

I’ll get a picture with better lighting but it was sent to me and I had to share… this drum of mine is part of the Grover galleries spooky art show happening throughout the month.

10/09/2026

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09/29/2026

This garment is called a naatsit, a form of women’s underwear worn by Inuit in East Greenland. The example is in the National Museum of Denmark’s collection and was collected in Ammassalik in 1892 during an expedition led by C. Ryder. It is made from seal skin, with narrow strips and glass beads decorating its fringe.

The shape can look surprising through a modern lens, but the garment belonged to a clothing system shaped by Arctic conditions and materials. Seal skin was durable and useful in a place where clothing had to manage cold, moisture and exertion.

The museum’s Greenlandic clothing specialist Peter Toft has explained that seal was less insulating than caribou fur; avoiding trapped sweat mattered because damp clothing could become dangerous in freezing weather.

A naatsit could be worn beneath seal-skin trousers outdoors. In the warmth of homes, however, it might be worn on its own, even when guests were present. Missionaries objected to this custom and encouraged Inuit women to wear longer linen underwear, but the practice did not quickly disappear.

The garment is a reminder that ideas about modesty and dress vary across cultures—and that practical clothing also carried choices about materials, craft and appearance.

Added fact: Greenland National Museum & Archives says traditional methods of treating and curing skins in Greenland extend back about 4,500 years.

09/28/2026

I just dropped off a piece of art at an art gallery for display for the first time ever. Did I fill out my paperwork backwards..? Yeah I did. Did I want to puke…? yeah a little…. But I didn’t and that’s the important part!

09/26/2026

Sold a drum out of the back of a ford pickup today…. Real tradish!

09/21/2026

09/06/2026

Ok so in Spanish el and o are masculine markers but a ladies room is still el bano not la bana… wtf please tell me I’m not the only one bothered by this 😆