about me

Something that I’ve made in the last two years that I am proud of is my Amigurumi projects, a graphite drawing, a pastel drawing, and a clay mask. Amigurumi is a type of crocheting where you make 3D objects. Lately, I have purchased so many patterns from Melisa Valdes who has a small online business called Que Se Teje. I am proud of the Amigurumi projects that I have crocheted following Melisa’s patterns. I am also proud of a piece that ended up in the Museum of Green Bay for a period of time. I drew a drawing for the cover of the programs for my graduation. It was amazing seeing how my drawing was all over the stadium. At last, I had the opportunity to make a clay mask of some kind that would be hung on the wall. I love Star Wars, especially Anakin Skywalker so I decided to make half the mask as Anakin Skywalker and the other half as Darth Vader.

All the crochet dolls being shown are patterns by Melisa Valdes, by following her patterns I made these dolls.

I am called to do creative work every day. I recognize the calling by the urge I get to sit down and crochet or draw every day. If I do not have time that day to do any kind of art, I feel empty and sad. I just find so much joy in doing hands-on things every day. Art has been a really big part of my life since I can remember The earliest memory I have of art is coloring books. I would color them the best I could and even draw some separate figures on the sides. As a started to grow up my art skills became more strong and I learned a lot through art classes in school.

This book was made as part of Introduction to Design at St. Norbert College in the spring of 2023. The fonts used include Imprint MT Shadow and Algerian. It was digitally printed and saddle stapled at the college’s print center.