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the obligatory pause in a new art studio
the obligatory pause in a new art studio
|Emma Thieme
This is the fifth time that I’ve moved into a new leather studio. And just like all the others, I couldn’t wait to claim it, to move in, to get... Read more...
my Scout Backpack design is getting produced!
my Scout Backpack design is getting produced!
|Emma Thieme
I took the long way into Manhattan last week to drop off some leather in the Garment District. I’m in the process of recreating my Scout Backpack design with a... Read more...
your belated 2026 pump up playlist
your belated 2026 pump up playlist
|Emma Thieme
This is the energy we need for 2026.  (Also on Spotify.)  Read more...
I'm changing.
I'm changing.
|Emma Thieme
What I’ve come to love about audio journaling is that it’s multi-dimensional. It’s not just words on a page. It’s the ambient noise — the squeak of the bed I’m... Read more...
VIDEO: missing my old life
VIDEO: missing my old life
|Emma Thieme
I just stepped out of my old life. I’ll have moments where I find myself mourning it. Today when I came in my door, I had this split second where I thought... Read more...
VIDEO: installing shelves while I have food poisoning
VIDEO: installing shelves while I have food poisoning
|Emma Thieme
Continuing to persevere.  Read more...
VIDEO: day 3 at my Brooklyn leather studio
VIDEO: day 3 at my Brooklyn leather studio
|Emma Thieme
ate an empanada and moved a dresser Read more...
VIDEO: Move-in day at my leather studio
VIDEO: Move-in day at my leather studio
|Emma Thieme
unneccessarily, internally freaking out about a parking spot Read more...
VIDEO: Day 1 at my Brooklyn leather studio
VIDEO: Day 1 at my Brooklyn leather studio
|Emma Thieme
chose it for the patio / feeling my feelings Read more...
Hello from Brooklyn, NY (!!!)
Hello from Brooklyn, NY (!!!)
|Emma Thieme
Hello from Brooklyn, NY (!!!!) The past 12 months have been the most creatively empowered of my entire life. Like the snake that I am, I have been shedding layer... Read more...
Playlist: Soft Launch
Playlist: Soft Launch
|Emma Thieme
A playlist about hellos, goodbyes and thank you's.  Listen on Tidal.  Listen on Spotify.    Read more...
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
|Emma Thieme
When I first began to accept that it was probably time for me to transition out of my small California town, I prepared myself to leave by the skin of... Read more...