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Procrastination has always come easily to me. Delaying the uncomfortable until the final possible moment, yet somehow always getting the project done and with high marks more often than not. The primary issue with this method is when it comes to tasks with no clear deadline. For people pleasers, eldest daughters, and/or neuro-spicy folks like myself, procrastination often turns into avoiding the items on our to-do-lists which hold the highest personal stakes. Trauma goes unprocessed, grief is pushed into the dark corners, and all other forms of self-care are relegated to “in-case of emergency” last resorts, meant only to prolong this dissociative existence.
Let’s be honest, even that first paragraph was my procrastinating the reason for writing this post. To rip off the bandaid… Whet Studio, is no more. I opened back in April of 2019; becoming a small business owner was an answer to being forced out of my chosen career due to my worsening disability. Creating the woodshop of my dreams kept me sane through the pandemic and my battle with a life-threatening brain tumor a few years later. While in recovery from multiple neurosurgeries, I made the difficult decision to pivot from being a woodworker/artist with a huge private studio, to becoming the owner and studio manager of a small community woodshop. Once again, it wasn’t the future I had hoped for, but at least this way I wouldn’t have to give up the space I had spent the last three years transforming. Fast forward to May of this year, Whet Studio was home to a small community of makers and was finally paying for itself; I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. This is when I received written notice of my Landlord’s decision to put the building up for sale; reversing countless, unsolicited assurances I had received from him in the two years since he inherited the property. ..
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03/18/2025
We have some exciting partnerships in the works! More on that soon; in three meantime… look at our beautiful space
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12/11/2024
💙❤️💛 just in: crispy new cards for the whole crew.
11/16/2024
Jeff won’t miss your money this holiday season, but for many small businesses like ours, a sale could mean everything. Invest in your local community. Shop small. Attend all the holiday makers markets you can!
Whet Studio will be for The Art of Craft Holiday Market on Saturday, December 7th from 12-8. Hope you can make it 🎁 please make sure to come say hi if you do!
p.s. is right across from (real ones will know I had the pleasure of working on his most recent glow up).
09/09/2024
My name is Lila, a sculptor with 10 years of experience in the field, including turning on the lathe and carving wood, ice, stone, sand, and foam. I received my BFA in sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute, and spent years working at sculpture parks, museums, and classrooms around the U.S. Studying under legendary KC woodturner Jon Wilson (who I’ve adopted as my grandpa in wood turning and in life) inspired me to continue honing my craft and to share wood turning with any and all eager students. I’m especially passionate about teaching other young women and those historically unwelcome in the industry. I encourage my students to channel their inner child by experimenting and being creative, all while gaining new skills and friendships along the way.
In my own sculpture practice () I use a chainsaw to carve biomorphic shapes made of wood or ice that I put together into large, abstract pieces. Animal forms have inspired my most recent work. In specific installations, I release my work to an audience as toys they can touch and interact with as a form of play. Spinning tops are a speciality of mine, and I love having the audience spin them in colorful ink to leave their unique mark.
This summer I had the pleasure of instructing workshops for the and summer camps, and I can’t wait to start teaching out of in the fall.
Sign up for future classes at lilaferber.com/workshops or go to the link in my bio and feel free to DM me with any questions.
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Whet Studio is currently seeking two members to join our small community. See previous posts for more info.
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