This spring, one short month before leaving for a massive 3 month trip we had planned, I took on a sculpture commission.

I may have had a momentary lapse in judgment (mostly kidding)….

I rarely take on commissions of this scale, and never with such a short deadline. However, this was too interesting to pass up…an opportunity to create three unique installation pieces as part of the art curation for a new apartment building in Denver.

Taking on work like this is always nerve-wracking, especially if it’s an untested design and a new client (this project ticked both of those boxes). All that being said, I decided to go for it, and it was such a lovely experience.

I had the opportunity to push my work into a larger scale than I’ve ever worked, and the designs were a fresh take on the process I already know and love. Working with three companies in three different time zones with a strict deadline before leaving for our trip was quite the rollercoaster, but we all managed to work together to get the pieces approved and hand delivered 2 days before we left.

Leaving the shop for an extended period gave me some important time to digest the project and to be inspired about some new sculpture pieces on the horizon. I’m excited to see what the fall and winter brings to my little shop.