29: amisha sharma

amisha sharma
photographer

amisha sharma is a knitter, sewer, soapmaker, + photographer. she has degrees in women’s studies, religious studies, + latin american studies, and is currently on her way to becoming a public interest lawyer. amisha lives in a small apartment in brooklyn, NY with a great deal of fabric + quilts. when she is very lucky, she also lives in north florida in a little house with her husband + two cats. she was raised in south louisiana, and has finally started to get adjusted to winter.

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on the nightstand:

• cd alarm clock—currently waking up to mockingbird by allison moorer

• design your life by ellen + julia lupton

• my kindle—currently reading the craftsman by richard sennett

• a teetering stack of various craft + cooking magazines… gourmet, bon appétit, stitch, american patchwork + quilting, japanese craft magazines

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am loving:

• pulling my sweaters + scarves out of hibernation after a warm fall, + bundling in layers each morning

• hot winter cocktails, particularly hot toddies + spiked cider

• a mid-afternoon cookie break at bouchon bakery, my final exam comfort food

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what inspires you about winter?

• the way my face + body feel a few minutes into a winter walk… cheeks, nose, ears chilled + rosy, body warm under layers of scarf + sweater + coat. and after the walk, entering a heated room + taking off layers, closing my eyes + realizing that even my eyes were cold… every bit of the body feels alive

• the emerging palette of rich grays, browns, blacks, + whites… after the brightness + vividness of fall, seeing a new + subtler natural beauty

• snow (though we’ve had only flurries in new york so far)… so looking forward to the quiet after the snow, and watching flakes swirl through the air

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what’s one item in your winter wardrobe you can’t go without?

boots! i love all my scarves + sweaters but it is really the boots that i have to have on. this season i am wearing short brown fryes every single day. what i love about boots is the way that they make me feel prepared for absolutely anything the city could throw at me… rain, sleet, snow. i pair them with handknit striped socks + my feet are cozy + warm all day long.

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what’s your idea of the perfect winter meal?

italian food, eaten out with my love… preferably in a tiny + warm restaurant, lamp or candle-lit, with a meal featuring tomato sauces + garlic + glasses of red wine.

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what are three constants in your day?

• breakfast—2 cups of very strong coffee, + a bowl of my husband’s homemade muesli (current batch includes almonds, cranberries, currants, quinoa, + several other types of grains) combined with my homemade yogurt + one spoonful of upstate NY maple syrup. i am very devoted to my breakfast!

• some type of handwork, if only for 5 minutes while i talk to my husband on the phone… knitting, hand-sewing, patchwork. it is a very rare day when i don’t have that piece of creative time + i feel its lack acutely.

• watching the not-so-distant lights on the brooklyn-queens expressway from my living room window.

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