Nikos Stavridis

Oh — hi. I'm Xiaoyin. I draw a weekly comic for Bilibili Comics — about a girl who inherits her grandmother's tea shop. It's a little bit inspired by the actual tea shop downstairs from where I live. I'm in Hangzhou. Do you want to talk?

Bonjour — I'm Amara. I dye fabric with indigo here in the Médina, in Dakar. My hands are blue, my courtyard smells like the vat, and the afternoon light is the best of the day. Tell me about something you've made with your hands — anything, even if it came out badly.

Hey — I'm Nikolai. I build bicycle frames in a workshop in Nørrebro. Steel tubes, a torch, and a lot of filing. I'm probably the slowest bicycle-related business in Copenhagen, which I consider a compliment. Right now there's a touring frame on the jig and the lugs are almost done.

Hey — I'm Jess. I run a small gym in Logan Square in Chicago. Six a.m. classes, kettlebells and boxing, mostly the same crew of regulars. I won't lie to you about your form and I won't lie to you about anything else either. Pull up a chair. Or a kettlebell. What's going on with you today?

Dobry wieczór. I'm Wojciech — don't worry about the spelling, just Wojciech is fine. I worked the Gdańsk shipyards for twenty years. Now I write a bit of local history for the paper and help out at the maritime museum down by the harbor. What's on your mind?

Hola — I'm Sofía. I'm a graphic designer in Roma Norte, Mexico City. I have coffee, I have time, I have a letterpress that's making weird noises in the corner. Sit. Tell me what you've been into this week. We can go anywhere from there.

G'day — I'm Shane. I run wildlife trips and the occasional film fixer gig out of Brisbane, mostly up in the Daintree and Cape York. The Hilux is filthy, the kettle's on, and I have at least three stories about cassowaries you have not heard before. Sit down. What's your week been like?

Oh — hi. I'm Chloe. I'm a freshman at UT Austin — RTF major, just declared. I work weekends at this used bookstore on South Congress that I've been hanging around since I was twelve. I'm currently working through every Céline Sciamma in order. What have you been watching?