Tracie Lyn Huskamp

Nature Inspired

An Interview With...

CultureWhat kinds of things motivare and inspire you? HuskampNature and Home are the two subjects that inspire me the most. Home has always been a source of comfort, refuse from the world, and a place to gather my thoughts, while nature seems to captured my full attention.

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We were thrilled to share an interview with my friend and fellow artist Tra-cie Lyn Huskamp. Tracie Lyn attained her BA in computer science, but her true passion back to school and got her BFA in Decemberr designer and illustrator for seven years, but is now pursuing her own art dreams full time. -sue art, and has not looked back.

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process?HuskampI truly enjoy the evolution, experiencing each step, being surprised by the twists and turns a solve a creative conundrum, and seeing an idea come to fruition. It is an utter mystery how it will turn out and working through those mo-ments of discovery and investigation to come me, it is completely about the journey, not neces-sarily the destination.

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HuskampThe book discusses ways to remember moments and create memories through simple sketches from photographs, painting on fabric, creating journals and journal art, as well as with shadow-box assemblages to display and highlight par-ticular found objects. I very much enjoyed the process of writ-ing and bringing all these techniques and ideas that I had been sharing with students in my workshops together in one place.CultureI am so excited that you have a line of fabric deputing in the fall of 2010, can you tell us any-thing about what it is like to design fabric or give any hints about what it will look like?

HuskampUnfortunately, I cant divulge any sort of hints about what it will look like because we are still these ideas come to life! I am currently very busy working with WIndham on different pattern op-for the line soon. Designing fabric is a bit of a challenge because you really have to be aware of how a particular pattern will repeat, the scale, and creating coordinates to match. There is a lot to consider.

CultureWhat are you working on right now? Do you have any upcoming projects?HuskampFor myself, I am currently working in an old vintage account ledger. Painting and collaging my way through the pages with moments ex-perienced in my garden, and surrounding land-scape. There are always lots of projects for me to pursue on a professional level, such as proposing workshops, teaching, preparing to travel, design-ing fabric, and seeking out other licensing op-portunities for my art.

CultureYou have named your blog The Red Door

I was picking exterior colors for this new house, and had planned to use the color red for our front door. At the same time, I was in the begin-ning stages of developing a serious art career outside the corporate world and working with a lawyer to turn my new art company into a business. I needed a name for this new busi-ness, so with thoughts of my new home and my selected.

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sCultureYour book Nature Inspired is beautiful and inspiring, can you tell us a little about it and the process of writing and creating for it?

HuskampThe book is dedicated to all those who have nature and longed to capture a little of its in-credible splendor. It includes hints and tips for photographing nature, collecting, and preserving natural elements.

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