Moondapple

noun | moon·dap·ple | \ˈmün- da-pəl\

1. Light from a full moon that comes through trees at night to settle on the ground.
2. Original, light-friendly, beaded art from Katheryn Hill.


Artist Katheryn Hill is a new transplant from Austin, TX and she’s loving The Fort! Inspired by all the bike riding around here, she recently began creating bicycle wheel art. Katheryn is always finding ways to recycle objects and transform them using beads of all sorts, including semi-precious stones, glass, acrylic, wood, wire, and - the magic ingredient – light. The resulting creations are as unique as they are beautiful.

And she doesn’t just work with beads either. Legos are an important part of many of her creations. In fact, a Lego lamp she built was featured in The Lego Movie in 2014 (check out her website to get a look at it).

It all started in Seattle. While living there in the early 2000s, Katheryn was looking for a way to make more money to help make ends meet. She wound up teaching herself how to make jewelry and began selling it in local stores. After years of accumulating inventory, she had the idea to harness the reflective power of the beads by incorporating light into her designs. The result was her first Moondapple lamp.

You can view the full spectrum of Katheryn’s work, from beaded lampshades to Lego Lamps to beaded bicycle wheels, at www.moondapple.com. Katheryn also works on commission, having created numerous custom order lamps, so if you are interested in custom order bicycle wheel art feel free to contact her.