Thankfully, we've made it to another Tuesday. Puget Sound was hit rather hard by a wind and snow storm; my parents say they've never seen anything like before, and they've lived here all their lives. I enjoy the word mashups that people have come up with: "Snowvember" and "Windpocalypse" are the best. Who thinks up these things, really!? Anyways, I hope you're all safe and warm.
Our featured artist for today is Becky Morette of Sunday Drive Designs. She makes lovely screenprinted t-shirts, cards and catnip toys amongst other things. Here's her story:
(Thanks to Jim Clark for the photo of Becky. You can find more of his photography here.)
[[posterous-content:lmCradvCjqzDkneFvejy]]"I'm a former web designer who loves pop culture, knitting, cooking, baking, crafting, photography, stand up comedy, good design, and really bad design. My dad was a high school art teacher and we always had some sort of art supplies in the house. My one grandmother was one heck of a quilter and the other grandmother was Italian version of Elizabeth Zimmermann. So I was surrounded by artsy, crafty people. It wasn’t until I was getting ready to send off college applications that my parents suggested I look into graphic design. After that I was hooked. I moved to San Francisco in the early/mid 90s to go to the Academy of Art College. When I graduated I became a part of the dot com boom and bust. Once I realized I could no longer afford to live in San Francisco, I moved up to Seattle. I was doing a lot of beaded jewelry work at that time just to take the edge off of being unemployed for months. Back then, on the first Thursday of the month, you could set up shop for free down at Occidental Park and sell your wares. That’s where I first started selling my stuff.
After that my parents gave me a couple of jewely/silversmithing classes for Christmas. I was hooked. It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride at first. I guess I was in the right place at the right time, because I found my stuff in Seattle Magazine and I was featured on an HGTV show called Crafters Coast to Coast. Unfortunately I got burned out quickly. Between having a full time job and having a full time part time business, I was exhausted. I ended up closing up shop. After a couple of years, I got the itch again. This time I find, while I still love making jewelry, I’m more drawn to screenprinting and printing in general. My design style developed over the years of web design as a retro/vintage style. (A friend once said that she felt like I was born in the wrong decade.) As much as I try to broaden my design style, it always seems to have some sort of retro/vintage edge to it. And I’m totally cool with that."
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