Hansen Oldham lives in Louisville, Ky., with her husband, the musician Will Oldham, who records under various names, the most recent being Bonnie “Prince” Billy. It’s no accident that the couple make their art here. They were both raised in Louisville, though they only met within the past couple of years. The 47-year-old Oldham had decamped for Los Angeles years ago, but came back and is considered an unofficial godfather to a vital creative scene in the affordable city. And after meeting Oldham at a New Year’s Eve party at her parents’ house, Hansen joined him back in Kentucky. Married in November, they still have that newlywed flush.

Their commute is a two-block stroll between what they refer to as their “sleep house” and their “work house.” In the latter, a bungalow built in 1905, their studios are across the hall from each other. Oldham lives by the maxim that if he doesn’t see it, it doesn’t exist, so most of his creative needs are out in the open: musical instruments, notebooks, guitar pedals. Hansen Oldham’s space is organized like a classic crafter’s studio, with yarn in many shades hung on the wall, small drawers holding an array of embroidery needles and handwritten lists of people she is considering for future pieces. Among a slew of half-finished fragments is a piece featuring the famous Louisvillian Muhammad Ali; Donald Trump and L. Ron Hubbard side by side; and the foursome that made Key West fearsome in the 1970s: Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Hunter S. Thompson and Thomas McGuane.