Happy New Year! (It's not too late for that, right?)

I'm emerging from my burn-out / Holiday hibernation.

 

Hello world!

 

I am someone who breezes over their accomplishments without proper acknowledgement and celebration.

 

With this awareness, I'd like to take this opportunity to reflect on my accomplishments and favorite moments from 2022! 

I started off the year with a bang by completing this Crystal Palace installation in January for Sarah in her Durham modern home. 

This material is iridescent acrylic!

Mimi is shown above with her Diamond Dream piece made from folded cardboard with fabric veneer in custom colors

My sweet neighbor Annetta is shown here with her framed commissioned piece

My Lines piece shown above is my favorite artwork of the year! Small but mighty, it opened up my mind to a lot of playful design ideas!

In March, I had my first ever gallery show!! This was a literal dream come true and a major highlight of the year!

I both created pentaprism forms for 40+ Triangle Area artists to redesign, and displayed my own exhibit of 12 artworks - the majority of which sold!

Shortly after my gallery reception, I gave an impromptu artist talk to participants of Gail Belvett's Slow Art Tour. I attended the contemplation of my own artwork anonymously, then was revealed as the artist and invited to speak about my work! It was a truly magical evening. 

 

The artwork which was being contemplated is shown below

Keith (above right) bought this piece that evening of the Slow Art Tour!

Liz is shown above with her Diamond Dream home installation!

Emily and Jack swung by for a studio visit and picked up Jack's custom commission. This piece represents his favorite natural elements from his cross-country travels!

Sarah is shown above checking out the arrangement of her custom installation in her backyard accessory dwelling unit. The pieces are held in place temporarily using tape - they were permanently adhered to the walls shortly after this photo was taken. (More on this incredible project to come!)

Here I am in October dropping off this piece to be apart of the local Durham Arts Guild juried show! 

Brain Storm (shown above) was an awesome commission which explores acoustic sculpture. It lives in the home of a DJ in Chapel Hill!

Last fall I taught several Folded Poetry workshops at both Duke and NC State Universities. How surreal it was to suddenly be a teacher! The image above taken after teaching first-year design students at NC State's College of Design.

This year I was asked to sell merchandise at the North Carolina Museum of Art's museum store in Raleigh! Here I am (above) at a Meet the Makers event at the museum which took place over Thanksgiving weekend!

I rounded out 2022 by selling Folded Poetry DIY kits online! This was a great success! I plan to create more kits for sale in the future!

Thank you everyone for your love and support as I continue growing this small arts business! I'm excited to see what 2023 brings my way!

 

My goals for this new year?

 

1) Slow down 

2) Do one thing at a time until its complete

3) Take good care of myself

 

Wishing you the all best for your new year!