Ken graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington with a Bachelor's Degree in Fiber Arts back in 1968.  It was there he honed his hand spinning and hand-weaving skills.   His spinning and weaving were enhanced not only by obtaining two Master Degrees, one in Costume & Textile History and another in Costume & Textile Conservation, but through three decades of hand-on museum work with costumes and textiles.  

Over the years, Ken developed a unique style for both his hand spinning and hand weaving. His years of work as a Costume and Textile Conservator at one of New York City's top museums exposed him to costume and textile history in the most unique and best manner, which was hands on the items. Seeing and handling the many useful, yet beautiful, items from the past inspired the collection you will see on this website. Those hand spin and hand woven objects from the past continue to inspire Ken's work and awe him personally.

Items woven on the simplest looms have produced the most elaborate textiles over the centuries.  These have given Ken much to study and emulate.   The vast amount of handwoven rugs he has studied have inspired his sense of color and design. The vast amount of hand made, hand dyed, hand embellished textiles from around the world that Ken has collected for over forty years are a constant source of joy and inspiration.

Ken's handspun wool is handwoven by him into shoulder bags that are not only beautiful to look at but a joy to touch. The fringe, characteristic to all of Ken's woven goods, adds just the right amount of detail to the bags. The shoulder bags were inspired by the hundreds of shoulder bags Ken worked on in the museum that covered centuries and every country on the globe. The shoulder bag in all cultures was a daily necessity, a part of the wardrobe, for the field workers. It carried breakfast, lunch and dinner, tools needed for daily work and often two were used. The second carried the crop being harvested.