All Our Members Favorites!
We asked our members what their favorite materials to work with are, and why those are their favorites. We also asked our members what their favorite music/tv shows are to play while in the studio!
Favorite material: “Thread - The stitching adds pops of color and an interesting texture”
Favorite music/tv: “Sia radio on Pandora”
Favorite material: “Mixed media - I love working with everything! I love working in new materials when I can. It’s very exciting. But I am mainly drawn to mixed media because I can choose a material that has appropriate properties, meanings and color for what I’m doing”
Favorite music/tv: “Either audio books (currently Fahrenheit 451), 80′s pop radio or Jim Gaffigan/Jimmy Fallon comedy station and radio lab”
Favorite material: “Found objects - I enjoy manipulating plastic and fabric and creating an ambiguous form from recognizable materials“
Favorite music/tv: “Arrested Development and Animal Collective“
Favorite material: “Silicon - it has a great flesh-like feel to it and not a rigid feel like metals”
Favorite music/tv: “I really like a variety of music but I love Led Zeppelin”
Favorite material: “Copper - it fits well with my gothic aesthetic and is a pleasure to form. I like the colors it can produce... mostly black”
Favorite music/tv: “I’ve been enjoying a lot of dream pop lately. Beach House is my favorite. Atmospheric, melodic... it transports without distracting”
Favorite material: “Steel - with enough effort you can make it do almost anything”
Favorite music/tv: “WIUX”
Favorite material: “Organic materials - currently lotus pods and dried gourds. I’m attracted to these two forms because they’re already so funky/strange in form naturally. Allows for a great starting place for my work”
Favorite music/tv: “Odesza - it is my favorite Pandora station to listen to”
Favorite material: - “Enamel - I love all of the colors and techniques you can apply to it. I especially love the big bold patterns you can achieve with champleve”
Favorite music/tv: “Pocasts! I love the MaximumFun network - My Brother My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone, Wham Bam Pow, Throwing Shade they’re all great”
Favorite material: “Silver - I love everything that can make elegant, expensive jewelry”
Favorite music/tv: “Hip hop and R&B”
Favorite material: “Carbon fiber and silver”
Favorite music/tv: “Dubstep and reality tv”
Favorite material: “Copper and silver - I enjoy working on metals and using other materials to make it interesting”
Favorite material: “Silver - I love the aesthetic of it whether it is take to a polished finish or just sanded minimally. It makes a beautiful complement to organic objects and other ‘alternative’ materials”
Favorite music/tv: “I’m not the type of person who can watch a show and work at the same time. I don’t like headphones because I like feeling aware of people working around me”