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Stars and Feeling Small
"I want Mom. When is she going to be back?" my younger brother asks, his voice cracking with emotion."I don't know buddy - but everything is going to be ok."I feel so bad that I can't give him what...
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Good Morning Moon
All photographs are self portraits taken by myself using a tripod.Styling and set design: Esther BollerThe Great Gatsby will always be one of my favorite books. Fitzgerald's books are so clearly...
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The Green Gables
All photographs are self portraits taken by myself using a tripod. Styling: Esther BollerI remember the first time that I felt homesick for Indiana after moving to school in Savannah. It was about...
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A Girl and Her Cat
My oldest and dearest friend of 19-years left earth today. There's something special and sweet about a pet's soul. They have so much love to give and they share it in the simplest ways. They're light...
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Summer Sewing: Vintage 1950s Beach Shorts
All photographs are self portraits taken by myself using a tripod.Styling: Esther BollerLast summer was a very productive time of sewing, photography, and playing around creating. In fact it was was...
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A Day at the Beach
All photographs are self portraits taken by myself using a tripodStyling: Esther BollerIt's currently a storming morning in NYC. I can feel the rainy breeze, and soft echo of thunder coming in...
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A Post About Nothing
I sat in front of my laptop for the past hour in contemplation of what in the world to write about. I have written and rewritten three separate drafts, all with different topics, and somehow I'm still...
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Updates
So many of you wrote such kind and sincere words on my previous "ice-breaker" post and that honestly meant a lot. It made me feel less insecure about my slow posting time, which I admit is something...
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Words where have you been....
I've been so quiet this whole year.There are several reasons for it, but mostly a lot of hard things happened that made it difficult to write about anything else. But I want a voice again so I'm...
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Family Stories
My grandma passed away in January. It was the first winter in 64 years that Robert didn't have his Helen with him. Afterwards, he cut out a portrait of them together and placed it in a toy model...
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Family Stories Pt. 2
Thank you all for your kind comments about this project so far! I'm sharing today what all the layers look like together. This is my favorite part of this project, because it really shows it all as a...
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Bee Story Process
I used to be terrified by process. When explained by professors so much of it was left open, and while there are no rules necessarily, there are a lot of unspoken rules. In the beginning of each...
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Childhood Story Process
This project was all about research in terms of textile development. I took the concept of my family memories and then I had to figure out a way to turn that into a fabric. There was a lot of...
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Parent's Story & Process
My parents have such different interests from one another that for their intro collages I wanted to show their different backgrounds with their childhood pictures and favorite toys. Their stories were...
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How to Whimsify Your Boring, Old Hallway👼💫
Step 1: Forget everything you know about craftsThe art and act of crafting is not at all what most people think. You could be a fool with your hands. Your cutting skills could be seriously lacking....
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That Cold, Heartless, Knitter Critic
Sometimes, knitting is a barfight between your fingers, your needles, your mind, body, and spirit. And sometimes it’s your spirit that loses. Last night was one of those nights.It was another beautiful...
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Harmony in Head
It’s midway through the day and I’m thinking three rows ahead, down at my knitting. It’s been 6 hours and whoa. I have completed, wait for it…wait for it… Three. Whole. Inches. 😐 This is a decent...
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Smallness - Senior Process
My senior collection is about the interaction of light and wind and how, when connected together, they create a transcending feeling of smallness.I almost used broken shards of glass as one of the main...
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Avoid the Chiropractor with these Fancy Knitting Maneuvers
Are you sacrificing your physical health to crank out knits? Are you tired, sore, or just plain struggling? Do not fear! These five, fancy maneuvers will spare your shoulders a trip to the...
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Sparkly Things
Over the summer, I looked at a lot of broken glass. It was comforting and beautiful to see light reflect and bounce off of something considered incomplete. The summer, was also a huge healing process...
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The Terrace on 14th St.
Hello, fellow web-wizards and friends. Currently writing to you underground, from my 45min morning commute to work. I moved to a quiet, little brick place in Astoria, NY, that my fiancé, Z, and I call...
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Wind and Asteroid Ashes
A few of my illustrations and flats from this past year. The full look book coming next! xoxo Esther
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Ethereal Light: The Look Book
These garments and the thousands of hours I spent hand-knitting them were inspired by the process of healing and designed to give light to an area that is dark. This darkness took me 4 years of "umms...
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Wedding Day: Part 1
I'm so excited to finally share photos from Z and I's wedding from earlier this summer! On one of our early dates we decorated a Christmas tree together with clouds made from cotton and flying boats...
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Last Post & New Adventure – Esther Andrews Bridal
Hello old friends,It feels strange writing this post after starting this blog over 11 years ago when I was only 14-years-old. I remember starting this blog and thinking no one would ever read it. Now...
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