Artist
paper n stitch is a monthly curated website that features items from lots of great artists and designers. I was invited to be in the first ever collection. Go take a look around, there are 85 participants! Don’t forget to check out my shop there, it’s full of new work!
I was also featured on the paper n stitch blog, which is a great place to look around as well.
Check out Design This Design That PDF magazine.
It's chock full of wonderful artwork, take time.
I have an interview.
Here's the 'transcript':
1.Tell us a little about you and what you do besides Etsy.
I make lots of art, take lots of pictures, listen to lots of music, work in an office part time, swim when I can, cook, look at everyone else’s artwork online.
2.When did art/illustration become part of your life?
I’ve been making art since I was really little. My parents encouraged it, and it was one of my favorite classes in school. I got more serious about it in high school and declared it as my major when I got to college.
3.What is the inspiration behind your work?
I’m inspired by life I guess. Trying to understand it, figure it out. I suspect that all my work is autobiographical, even when it seems really abstract.
4.Which technique do you use the most in your work?
Collage, hands down.
5 Which technique would you like to learn or that you already know but jus haven´t had the opportunity to apply to your work?
I took a little bit of printmaking in college. I wish I could learn everything about screen printing.
6.Why do you think the piece you chose is so representative of your work?
I make lots of these ‘simple’ collages. I really do enjoy nearly all methods of art making, but these collages are my favorite. I think they’re my strongest works, and definitely my personal favorites.
7. Please tell us something we would be surprised to know about you.
That office I work in--it’s at a plumbing company. I know more about water systems than your average artist. :)
Check out RUDE magazine. I've got a several images in it & a nice interview (translated here for those who can't read russian). The other work is also inspiring---check out the back issues too.
1. Hi, Brandi, can you give us an introduction of yourself?
I'm 22 and i like sunny days, one-on-one conversations, and glue.
2. How do you describe your work?
My work is primarily mixed media collage. I make little stories out of unrelated things.
3. What do you like best in creative process?
Free association, stream of consciousness, and sweet intuition. I don't begin with ideas but when a piece is finished the idea reveals itself--it's like opening a present.
4. Who would you like to be if not an artist?
I'd be an astrophysicist or quantum physicist. I'd study supergalactic and subatomic things!
5. Do you have concepts for your works?
A lot of my work is about science. Discovery and observation. Humans have always wondered at nature and it's the source of my inspiration.
6. Who would you name as your authority in art?
Authority in art is a contradiction.
7. What do you have no time for?
Artist's statements.
8. Who would you like to collaborate with and why?
The dead ones:
Bill Hicks, Ray Johnson, & Egyptian tomb painters.
The movers and shakers:
The Books, Leah Giberson, & any master Japanese printmaker.
9. Who or what is your enemy?
Walmart and logic.
10. What's next for Brandi Strickland?
I'm taking some time off from school to clear my head, but eventually I want to earn an MFA. I'll live in a big lovely city and make art all the time.
When I'm older I'll move back out to the country so I can have a dog and see all the stars. I'll still make art all the time.