RURAL ROOTS + SLOW STYLE ART
I’m a self-taught artist from Minnesota-you betcha!! I enjoy taking discarded materials & creating them into new means of usefulness. My choice of medium is tractor & bicycle inner tubes along with found objects of interest.
My art is a slow style jewelry & handbag atelier founded in 2008, my focus is ethically crafted in timeless silhouettes that contain boldness & driven by my passion to be uncommon. I don’t do cookie-cutter!
All my styles are 100% handmade to be minimal waste-meaning only small amounts of the inner tube are left over after cutting, sewing & assembling my work. I believe that having a purpose in creating my art softens the carbon footprint we leave behind. Together we can make a conscious choice to stand for our values.
Black is my happy color!
SOFT PASTEL ART
I am new to the world of selling original art.
In mid 2025 I created jewelry for an exhibition, but it felt incomplete. I had this desire to included framed artwork of factories where the components of my jewelry might come from.
The pastels are of abandoned factory buildings, feed mills, garages & shipping yards. Both my jewelry & art have an edge to them, even an uncommon vibe. I love to imagine the structures & bring them to life with depths of color & darkness.
Buildings are not the only style I create, back in 2024 I had this crazy urge to smoke cigarettes again, well I’m not doing that, so instead of lighting up I went to work with my pastels in drawing three chicks smoking. I had no idea I could draw people or much of anything with value…so let’s see where this goes!
ART is my happy place!