A Creative Seed Planted
I worked most of my career as a magazine art director and graphic designer, but secretly always wanted to make my living as a maker of fine art and fine crafts. My Etsy shops are a result of that desire. The inspiration for my beautiful silk scarves was based on the fact that many people love my artwork but have nowhere in their home to put it. I decided to create a line of scarves under my victoriab:design label to solve that problem. Now you have the opportunity to wear a piece of my art!
My silk scarves project has also evolved into surface design, which allows me to put my artwork on products! I will begin featuring products with my colorful illustrations and designs here soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime you can visit victoriabdesign.com to see more of my designs and shop links.
Here is a little about my background as a creative: As a book and mixed media artist, I have taken classes at Center for Book Arts in NY, the Lower East Side Print Shop, Women’s Studio Workshop, R&F Handmade Paints, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Dieu Donné Papermill, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio, Pratt Institute, Columbus College of Art and Design, and Ohio University: Lancaster. I have explored a wide variety of artistic mediums such as bookbinding, papermaking, printmaking, letterpress, ceramics, collage, encaustic, painting, drawing, mixed media, photography, textile arts and surface design.
I am a cultural omnivore, regularly attending a wide variety of live musical, theatrical and dance performances. I have belonged to both a community chorus and a folk music group. I was a founding member of a dance collective, and I was recently a member of a food coop and a CSA. I am an avid hiker, journal writer and blogger. I have given back to the earth by volunteering as a trail worker in national parks across America. I have volunteered as an onboard educator and crew member on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. I learned medieval stone masonry in Provence, and I currently give back to my community by working in the nonprofit sector. Oh, and of course, I devour books. Lots and lots of them.
My work has been shown at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition (BWAC) shows in Red Hook, and with the Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists as part of the Artslope arts festival. I have also shown at Uzi NY Gallery, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Dieu Donné’s Y2K Group Show, and at the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. My work is in private collections and in The Sketchbook Project’s archives.
Although I work in a variety of mediums, I have a special love for the book arts because they provide me with an endlessly flexible form which allows me to incorporate multiple art techniques and personal interests, including graphic design, and writing. You can purchase artwork and — eventually — vintage collectibles at my sister shop on Etsy: victoriabcollectible. Bear with me as I am currently building the site.
Link to victoriabcollectible: https://www.etsy.com/shop/victoriabcollectible?ref=hdr_shop_menu
