Nacreous Alchemy
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | Southern Gothic mansions, Victorian parlors, a graveyard in the gloaming hour, the attic that everyone is afraid to go into, the doll that never gets played with -- these are the shrouds in which much of my work is buried. I draw from many different sources fairy tales, literature, mythology, horror movies, and my own writing. I’m a self taught artist with a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing. This may seem odd for a visual artist, but I’m interested in the mixing of different art forms. I’ve taken my writing one step further by creating visual poems and stories through my shadow boxes and shrines. I create functional art, as well, for the home and to wear. I don’t believe in putting limits on my work. If a theme is better suited to a necklace, a shadow box or a poem I want the freedom to explore it. |
| Interests | Creating, Writing, books, music, organic gardening, knitting |
| Favorite movies | Star Wars Trilogy, The Dreamers, The Hunger, The Royal Tenenbaums or really anything by Wes Anderson, Spider Baby, Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. I like movies that are beautiful and lush that take me away or make me laugh, gritty reality has no place in my life. |
| Favorite music | The Doors, Placebo, Switchblade Symphony, The Dresden Dolls, Pixies, Tom Waits, Demented are Go, The Cramps, Bauhaus, Hole, Bikini Kill, Henry Rollins, X, Depeche Mode, The Misfits, The Jam, Joy Division, Nick Cave, David Bowie, P J Harvey, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Elliott Smith, Black Tape For a Blue Girl, ...and the list could just go on and on |
| Favorite books | Way to many to list. Some of my favorite writers are Anais Nin, Angela Carter, Francesca Lia Block, Neil Gaiman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Jack Kerouac, Hermann Hesse, Diane di Prima and you can never go wrong with children's literature like Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, Peter Pan or Grimm Fairy Tales. |