How would you describe your style? Botanically driven, naturalistic.
Do you remember the first thing you made? Mud pots from the drainage ditch.
Before I started making I… I was doing garden design.
If I weren’t a maker I’d be... A full time garden designer.
Favorite quote or words to live by: Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat. - Robert Anton Wilson
If I could run away I’d go… To Mexico.
If you could collaborate with one person dead or alive who would it be? Andy Goldsworthy
What would be on your maker’s soundtrack? Siouxsie Sioux and Orville Peck
If you could learn a new skill what would it be? Sewing
What’s your favorite movie? Willow and Big Trouble in Little China
What is your perfect day? A beautiful August afternoon when everything is warm and the gardens are taken care of and we can enjoy the whole show!
Last book you read? The Way of Tarot by Alejandro Jodorowsky
What would your last meal be? Endless tacos and every salsa ever concocted.
Favorite scent? Lilacs and wet spring earth.
Favorite flower or tree? Day Lilly
Favorite artist? William mitchell and jeremy miranda
What is the most challenging project you have worked on? Why? Our own business and home renovations - everything is on the line!
What do you see outside your bedroom window? Our garden and our creek.
What do you hear right now? A raging creek
Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever met? Martha Stewart
What was the last gift you gave someone? A woven nest
If money was not a factor how would you live your life? I would own a winter home in Mexico to escape the upstate winters.
Best piece of advice you have ever received? You should never be able to tell the different between work and play.
Favorite podcast? Deeper Shades of House
Favorite time of day? Morning and dusk
Favorite holiday? Christmas and all the decoration possibilities.
What is your most treasured possession? A 1700's Swedish Clock Face and a Hawaiin lady muse oil painting.
What is your favorite family tradition? Blueberry picking
Most interesting thing in your liquor cabinet? Mastiha - a great spirit from Greece, it tastes like the essence of a tree.
What are you currently watching? Ozark
What are you most thankful for? Family, husband and the freedom to create.
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