About Bird
Process-oriented, motivated by Empathy and lateral problem-solving: Dyslexia at its best
My main goal in life is to harness the radical insight of my twelve-year-old self.
Projects
Through my art Facilitation project "Journal Stew" I aim to empower fellow Earthlings to be fiercely curious, and to remind us that everything carries deep wisdom of its own sort - our self included.
Through Fern Hill Comix, I seek to amplify the obvious and illuminate my chosen axioms, through animal characters that defy social expectations. These are The Uncanny Familiars of Fern Hill.
Education
bfa Craft/Material Studies, VCUarts, Richmond, VA 2012
[contemporary programs: installation work, process + investigation obsession]
Certificate to Teach English as a Foreign Language, International TEFL Academy 2014
Work Experience
Hands-on manufacturing roles within small-businesses, primarily industrial sewing and marine canvas fabrication.
This has supported my combined goal sets of illustration and book creation, nature exploration, and a pursuit of science-based mysticism + magick.
Volunteer Roles performed include ESL tutor for Literacy Volunteers of Gloucester, Art Facilitator at the Richmond City Jail with the OpenMinds initiative, Phone banking for Environmental organizations, Treasurer for Contemporary Craft Society in University, other roles.