Captain’s Letter | 001

Let’s start here.

That’s me in the striped shorts, surrounded by my sailing sisters (minus Irene who was in CT at the time and Christina who arrived moments after this jump). I’m Ashley. An artist, sailor, maker of bags, and the person behind Lippincott’s. I started the Sailor’s Desk because sometimes a photo or an art piece isn’t quite enough. Sometimes there’s more to say. More video to show. More details that aren’t art for the walls but are too good not to share.

This space is where I’ll gather those in-between moments, the process, the places, the inspiration behind it all. It’s where the bags meet the shoulders, where the ideas stretch a little further, and where I get to write things down before they float away.

It won’t always be polished. But it will be real and rooted in the same spirit that guides everything I make: stay awhile. Look closer. Be curious.

This is just the beginning.

To bags, to boats, to burgee-shaped ideas that become more than the sum of their stitches. Cheers!

photo credit: another sailing sister and amazing photographer, Jennifer Walker