Up next is etsy artist Intertwingle. She is a creator from New York state, and I was drawn to her shop because of her unique medium, cool banner, and excellent photography. Have a look at her shop and blog:
Your primary medium is paper. How did you come to this precise craft?
I often wonder that my self because I am also a painter and ceramicist. Paper craft is a passion of my mother's so I guess it just rubbed off. But the great thing about paper is that it is everywhere, it is a simple everyday object that has endless possibility. You can make paper be just about anything. It is, to me, the greatest invention, a perfect and plentiful raw material not to mention reusable, renewable and recyclable.
What are the inspirations behind your work?
I love pushing the boundaries that we may see for paper. I want to explore ways to create form from it - to make it dimensional. I love creating images using the simplest forms and techniques. By making lamps I am creating something that is beautiful in both the positive and negative space. When the light is off you see the positive space of the design but when it is on you see the negative spaces as the lights shines through. I achieve the same thing more subtly with my cards.
What is your creative environment? Describe the sounds, sights, times, and happenings!
I often wonder that my self because I am also a painter and ceramicist. Paper craft is a passion of my mother's so I guess it just rubbed off. But the great thing about paper is that it is everywhere, it is a simple everyday object that has endless possibility. You can make paper be just about anything. It is, to me, the greatest invention, a perfect and plentiful raw material not to mention reusable, renewable and recyclable.
What are the inspirations behind your work?
I love pushing the boundaries that we may see for paper. I want to explore ways to create form from it - to make it dimensional. I love creating images using the simplest forms and techniques. By making lamps I am creating something that is beautiful in both the positive and negative space. When the light is off you see the positive space of the design but when it is on you see the negative spaces as the lights shines through. I achieve the same thing more subtly with my cards.
What is your creative environment? Describe the sounds, sights, times, and happenings!
My studio is in my house and it is such a mess right now, it is in flux. I have moved my office and created a studio in a room that was formerly the "catch-all" room in our house. It is coming together and I plan to paint, or should I say, have my husband paint it this summer. Our house is surrounded by lots of trees so there are lots of birds chirping, I like to listen to music but it has to be during the right time of my creative process. If I am designing something new usually it is just the wheels in my head and the birds outside my window that I hear. When I am cranking out products namely my cards and lamps I'll have various music on from The Art of Noise to Jack Johnson to Bolero. I am a little loosey-goosey about studio time, I need to get a bit more regimented. I can get frustrated with myself when I don't spend as much time creating as I think I should. But I have to remind myself that probably 60% of my creative process happens when I am out in the world, that is where the inspiration comes it doesn't come from the wall of my creative work space.
Do you have a "day job"? How did you come to have your etsy shop?
I work one day a week doing visual merchandising for a local fair trade gift shop. I used to work there full time as a manager. I gave it up to pursue my calling as an artist and to hopefully establish myself so I can be able to work from home and be a mom to my daughter that I am waiting to adopt from China. It was the most deliberate plan I have ever made in my life but now our wait is stretching to be 2 years longer than we expected. I mainly do graphic design for things like book covers, logo design, web graphics, etsy banners. But I have always wanted to pursue "get your hands dirty" art. I have a lot of down time with the graphic work so that is where etsy came in. When I finally found it via a friend, I bought something not understanding or realizing what etsy was. I went back a couple times and then one day was like "hey, wait a minute this is exactly what I have been looking/waiting for! An easy encouraging artist community through which I can get my work "out there". It gave me an excuse to put years of ideas and sketches into physical form.
Your work has a style of simplicity and clarity- how did you come to this "look"?
I have training as a graphic artist and I am deeply influenced by Asian aesthetics (I lived in Vietnam for a while)and art forms, modern architecture and I love plants. I think all of these things have led me to be very attuned to clean lines and the shapes of spaces, both positive and negative. They are all about the "less is more" credo which is how I try to live my life. Since, right now, I am doing a lot of paper cutting there really is no choice but to have simple clean lines. The knife and my hands are the limits of the art form - it forces me to edit detail down to something I can cut. I like limitations it pushes me creatively.
Do you have a "day job"? How did you come to have your etsy shop?
I work one day a week doing visual merchandising for a local fair trade gift shop. I used to work there full time as a manager. I gave it up to pursue my calling as an artist and to hopefully establish myself so I can be able to work from home and be a mom to my daughter that I am waiting to adopt from China. It was the most deliberate plan I have ever made in my life but now our wait is stretching to be 2 years longer than we expected. I mainly do graphic design for things like book covers, logo design, web graphics, etsy banners. But I have always wanted to pursue "get your hands dirty" art. I have a lot of down time with the graphic work so that is where etsy came in. When I finally found it via a friend, I bought something not understanding or realizing what etsy was. I went back a couple times and then one day was like "hey, wait a minute this is exactly what I have been looking/waiting for! An easy encouraging artist community through which I can get my work "out there". It gave me an excuse to put years of ideas and sketches into physical form.
Your work has a style of simplicity and clarity- how did you come to this "look"?
I have training as a graphic artist and I am deeply influenced by Asian aesthetics (I lived in Vietnam for a while)and art forms, modern architecture and I love plants. I think all of these things have led me to be very attuned to clean lines and the shapes of spaces, both positive and negative. They are all about the "less is more" credo which is how I try to live my life. Since, right now, I am doing a lot of paper cutting there really is no choice but to have simple clean lines. The knife and my hands are the limits of the art form - it forces me to edit detail down to something I can cut. I like limitations it pushes me creatively.
2 comments:
Thanks for doing the feature. What fun! Check out my post about it.
those lamps are beautiful! And I like her banner too, colorful :)
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