We’re on a major arts kick here and on Sunday I visited Handmade Mart in Silver Spring, which is organized by the same team that assembles Crafty Bastards every fall in Adams Morgan.  After photographing a pirate near the entrance, I checked out the booth of Baltimore artist Ned Drummond, also known as Maneating Flower.  Ned was selling a collection of custom-printed, leather-bound flasks, which you can purchase off Etsy.  One flask in particular got the attention of my moustache-obsessed friend.  (Handlebars anyone?)  But Ned got the attention of my camera with her unique look, flower pin and use of feathers (also a running theme on the Worn Magazine blog).

After visiting her website, I learned Ned has multiple artistic talents, including printmaking, graphic design, plus she made a narwhal pouch from a recycled leather coat.  If Buddhists are correct and we’re reborn thousands of times over, what karma path do we take to become a narwhal?  Have I already been one?  Anyway, enjoy this portrait of Ned while I write the Dalai Lama for instruction.

Photo Credits: Joshua Yospyn/Worn Magazine (please ask permission to use our images)

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