My heart is happy when my hands are busy
As a scientific-based artist, designer and craftsman, I exist in a world of storytelling and building environments. My DNA was forged by makers and craftsman. My memories are a marked with love and a supportive upbringing in the arts. I am one of the lucky ones and I know it — taught that I could make anything with enough time and with enough ambition.
There’s a richness not just in the final product, but the connection to the process. That tête-à-tête dialogue between art and design; the push and pull of each love will forever be back and forth in me. Fiber artist, pigment maker, painter, ceramic artist, formulator, designer, photographer. Master of none, but how I love persisting in the land of my imagination.
Director | Designer | Craftsman
Lover of form. My heart is happy when my hands are busy. Hunting the beautiful and tickling the corner of your mouth
Materials Girl
Deep in my ethos I've always been conscious of our footprint – even as a little girl. Before I buy anything I need to know where it came from and consider it's endlife. What is it made of and what kind of energy (and passion) went into making it?
My great-grandmother (Tatty) could look at a coat or dress in a store window, return home and make it for my grandmother. This lovely, fearless woman who immigrated at 18, bringing her Scottish thrift into clothes from "good quality materials" for my grandmother and inviting neighbors into her home during the deepest of the Depression growing vegetables with her mighty green thumb. She could do and make anything and she has always been my true north. She taught my mom to knit and sew who taught me. I was so incredibly fortune to spend time with her as a child and later in my college years. I was raised in a household of art: carpentry, fiber arts, music and painting. It has always been part of my design work.
The time and effort it takes to create a product (whatever it is) should mean something and it serve a purpose. Our products should be cherished, not discarded without consideration — they should last and be made with quality materials. Above all, you should know where it came from. I encourage clients to look to the future for these reasons. Not only does this stretch their investment in me but creates a connection to their own brand.
Narratives stem from natural and art history and it strengthens concepts, creates meaning, and perhaps remind you of a person or place you knew and loved. My mom used to say that when she makes something for someone she puts all her whole heart into that person while she's making. I think I've always been that way, but to hear it aloud (in her quiet way) has cemented it. Associating a person, a memory or impression makes life worth living, and this is what makes us entirely human.
PROFESH CREDS
Specializing in retail with such notable brands as Anthropologie, Elie Tahari, Jane Iredale, Kendo Brands (LVMH-Sephora) and Tumi. lover of the voice of copy and visuals through campaign and brand development and strategy. Photo Art Direction for runway, still-life, on-figure catalog and lookbook photography. Experiential design with WIndows, display and merchandising, tradeshoW and environmental design. luxury printing techniques and materials with deep on-press experience.