Maker Stories

I’ve been studying metalworking since high school. When I was 29, I made the leap to full time. I had a few big customers to keep me going. That led to other opportunities with interior designers and shows in New York. (more…)

After we made our first light, we posted it on social media and got really good feedback. It actually surprised us. We thought we should create more and see how people react. The demand was there, but we didn’t have a lot of money at the time. We were trying to figure out how to make ends meet. (more…)

I knew right after graduating college. I was pre-med at the time, taking a lot of art classes alongside my science curriculum and art just felt natural to me. You should have seen my notes pages – so many detailed drawings! One of my former professors was a patron of the arts, he was a patron for several years, buying several pieces every year. (more…)

I’ve been interested in art since childhood. I studied fine art at Kent State University and concentrated on painting. After college, I realized I wanted to be more involved in promoting local art and artists – between 2003 and 2007. I started HEDGE Gallery while I had another full-time office job. When I lost that job, I took this on as full-time business. (more…)

When I was working in sales at Nordstrom’s women’s department, I tried a lot of their products and most of them stripped my skin. I have dry skin and eczema, so after that happened, I started looking for different herbs and oils to help. I experimented with different ingredients, using myself, my mom, and my sisters as guinea pigs. A lot of research on plants that deal with inflammation went into my products. (more…)

I have a degree in Art Education and taught high school art in Charlotte, NC back in 2014. I really believed in my kids when I was teaching and I always wanted them to reach for their full potential, but I didn’t necessarily feel like I was following my own advice. (more…)