About

Arts and Crafts are in my blood. Mom and Dad met at Hawkeye Tech Community College; She majored in Commercial Arts and loves to sew, he majored in Photography and loves woodworking.

They spent my formative years remodeling the house. For me, home smells like fresh paint, sawdust, and varnish; it sounds  like the roar of a table saw, the shhhk of a tape measure, and the pounding of a hammer. And I got to be their Little Helper. I'm so grateful for the skills they taught me and continue to teach me. 

I majored in Integrated Studio Arts at Iowa State University. My "Continuing Education" is through the wonders of YouTube where I learn new skills, techniques and mediums. My current list of skills includes but is not limited to:

 UV and epoxy resins; painting on all surfaces with acrylic and alcohol ink; clay sculpting; plaster carving; wood engraving; Cricut vinyl decals; calligraphy with dip and fountain pens; gel and acrylic nail art; origami; knitting; jewelry making; and digital sculpting and 3D printing (my latest endeavors).

My favorite part of the creative process is problem-solving: how do I make the idea in my head a physical thing in reality? I love that challenge. I love creating new things and I rarely make the same thing twice.  

I also enjoy Critical Role, Cowboy Bebop, Red Dwarf, Adam Savage, Weird Al, metaphysical workings, chocolate, cheese, bacon, stupid jokes, and kitty snuggles.

The Studio is the spare bedroom in the home I share with my husband, Graeme, and our furbabies in Eastern Iowa, USA. I try to keep the crafting chaos contained to just that room, but it inevitably leaks into the rest of the house.

Graeme has a different full-time job and dabbles with art stuff in his spare time. He and I started learning digital sculpting at the same time and while I'm still struggling a bit with it, he's really taken to it like a fish to water. If you see something here that was digitally sculpted, chances are it was his work that was then 3D printed before I got my grubby little hands on it. I really enjoy the times we get to team up on a project and share in the creativity together.

Its also nice to have someone who can see colors correctly because I'm part of the lucky 0.04% of women with a color vision deficiency! I can see red and green, but not as well as normal people can. If something's pale pink it looks white, if its a dark green it looks brown, etc. Color Theory courses in college really helped me adapt to this.

Sometimes my niece inks large batches of dice for me, too, and she does a fabulous job. Aside from those two wonderful humans occasionally helping me, I do literally everything else.

We travel to a few Eastern Iowa conventions to sell some pieces we think the con-goers will enjoy, and I'll often pick up some commissions at those conventions. I get DMs from friends or friends-of-friends (which absolutely warms my heart), and I also have a Contact Page where you can email me about custom work.