New School Macramé

Hello and thank you for being here! This entire book has been written in the room where I used to sleep as a little girl, in the very house where my grandma taught me to tie macramé knots as an eight-year-old. Somebody pinch me, because WOW - what an honour it is to be sharing my fibre secrets with you. If you'd told eight-year-old me that my obsession with crafting macramé friendship bracelets would lead me to an art career, I would've been in total disbelief.The knots were in my life for many years, then began to wane in my early 20s, when I discovered the fine art of having fun, working full-time, and paying those dreaded bills. I also began to travel incessantly, both to fulfill an endless curiosity about the world we live in, and to find what I was seeking: a life truly worth getting excited about living. But you know what? In all that adulting and exploring, something was still missing. It was creativity, the calm of knotting, the discipline of mastering technique, and the artistry of coming back to myself. And so, in order to write this book, I knew I had to return to the place where my knotting journey began. I decided to change my life once again to tap into that curiosity, because that's the passion I knew I needed to bring this book to life.After a couple of decades, having lived on four continents and traveled to more than 40 countries (and counting), I am back in my homeland, tapping into that elusive creative source.I have always been heavily drawn to mid-century modern style, vertical clove hitch knot macramé, and punny humour; and in developing my fibre art business, I knew that it would be in the place where the three intersected. My new school fibre tapestries became canvasses that I could draw and write all over; where all things cheeky are explored and fabricated. My quirky work is sought after by people from all around the globe and by those who are searching for curious, salacious, salty expressions made beautiful. Seeing my original custom

Terri Watson is a nomadic Canadian fibre artist and Chief Shenanigans Officer at Tie One On Creative, a modern macrame company. She is inspired by mid-century modern design and cheeky humour, and never shies away from a good pun. Terri has lived in Switzerland, Nicaragua and Australia, and currently resides in Nova Scotia, Canada.