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As a child growing up in
Portland, Oregon, I was always involved in my own creative projects. Thankfully,
I got a lot of positive feedback from my parents for my artistic endeavors.
Throughout my life I have envisioned artistic potential for everyday objects.
My sister still laughingly remembers when I turned a toilet paper holder into
an elaborate wire and bead sculpture in our house.
When I
was in college, although I enjoyed art classes, it became
clear that what really excited me was combining art with marketing
and product development.
My love
of metal began after I asked a welder friend of mine to cut
out a mask shape from an old hot water heater using the cardboard
pattern I designed. It was passion at first sight. Too bad
we finally ran out of old water heaters.
I have
found that creative projects have a life of their own, as
if they know exactly what they want to bring into the world.
Metallorgy
can be described as having a big sense of humor, with a basic
earthiness that's raw and untamed. It's all about having lots
of fun and keeping it simple. (The dictionary defines orgy
as : any wild, riotous, licentious merrymaking..... it fits!)
Now I live in the backwoods
of North Carolina, in a cabin, heated with a woodstove. I spend lots of design
time out in nature (I have this incredible place I go with my dog Zodi, that I
have nicknamed "paradise"), and I am deeply committed to my own evolution and
that of my work...... by the way......got metal?
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