How long have you been contributing to KD? Since 2009.
Where do you live? (State, Country) Connecticut, USA.
When did you realize you had a passion for art/design? For as long as I can remember my parents have encouraged my artistic side, I was always drawing, painting, or sculpting something.
Did you inherit your passion/artistic genetics from someone in your family? My mother has always been very artistic, she worked at a pottery studio when we were children which meant that we always had clay to play with.
What is one of your favorite design/art you have created?
Why this piece? My taste changes constantly, however this is the first design that I ever sold to a client, so it represents me finally "making it" as a designer.
Do you have a hobby outside creating/art? Currently I am really excited for warm weather so that I can fly kites, tend my gardens, and go hiking.
If you were a color, what color would you be? Probably green. I need to be surrounded by forests to feel at ease.
Favorite food? Zucchini stuffed with quinoa, farro, and chicken sausage.
Favorite movie or book? It's a tie between, The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson and Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami.
A guilty pleasure? Chocolate covered frozen bananas.
If we showed up at your house unexpectedly on a Friday evening, what is something we would find you doing? Cleaning! I like to do a thorough weekly house cleaning Friday evenings so that I can spend all weekend designing without being distracted.
An interesting or funny fact about you that you’d be willing to share…? When I was teething, the only thing that would calm me was chewing on a large rubber bat from the Halloween store.
