I'm a grown-up punk kid who spent a lifetime embracing the DIY lifestyle: music, fashion, and art. A BFA in painting led to a career in graphic design: first freelance leading to international corporate. The 2020 Pandemic provided a much-needed reset and re-evaluation. The discovery of chainstitch embroidery, followed by months of self-taught trial and error at the machine, lead me to creating a career more true to myself.

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Chainstitching offers the perfect blend of art, craft, design, sewing, vintage, punk rock, and chopper life.

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ARTISTIC PROFESSIONAL: 

• BFA in painting from Syracuse University 

• Graphic designer of 20+ years

• Chainstitcher

 

AREAS OF INFLUENCE: 

• Day-to-day life of the 1930s and 40s, resulting in a large collection of personal effects

• Outsider art

• Boro mending

• Backyard taxidermy 

• Edward Gorey

 

THE CONFLUENCE OF INTERESTS: 

• The idea of making-do and creating beauty and usefulness with limited resources

• Memory influenced by reverie