...starting our 2014 member interviews with a bang, we're so excited to introduce you to the owner of bow peep...
1. What's your creative thing?
I make accessories, mostly out of
fabric, but I have recently started making jewelry out of silver and brass. My
new project is running and curating pop-up shops.
2. Describe your dream studio?
Not the one I’m in at the moment…
My dream studio would be in a cool
building surrounded by other creative, a space where I can work but also hang
out with friends. I get bored in my loft studio so ideally it would be a space
with other people. It also needs to be near a good coffee shop. It would be
amazing to have an outdoor aria.
3. What fuels your creative energy?
Everyday objects, fabric,
colour and patterns.
4. The first creative thing you can remember making
Iv have been making things
since I was a little kid. I was always painting and drawing, but when I was in
primary school I made necklaces and stationery and sold it at my school
markets.
5. The first creative thing you were paid to create?
Humm…I guess stuff I used to make
when I was little. I probably made no profit but my items where pretty popular.
But Alice-bands where my first Bow Peep product.
6. That one thing you're so glad you made?
Button earrings, they have been so
successful and it’s helped me start my business.
7. If you could live inside any artwork in the world, which
would it be?
Probably Vincent van
Gough’s Starry Night. A lot of my favorite artworks wouldn’t be very nice to
live inside.
8. If you could collaborate with one famous creative, dead or alive,
who would it be?
I love pop art so I think Andy
Warhol. I have loved his work since I was in high school. Whenever I travel and
visit art galleries I always look out for his work. But imagine a Matisse Bow
Peep collaboration, that would be rad.
9. The local design magazine you always read?
I don’t really buy magazines, they
cost too much. The only magazine I read is Time magazine but that’s not a
design mag. I usually read House and Leisure, Elle décor and Visi if I see
copies at coffee shops.
10. The salutation at the end of your email?
‘Kind regards’ or ‘Cheers’
