I love when user research combines professional goals with personal inspiration. As part of my project work for an artist client, I spent time at a gallery opening to explore how collectors, buyers, and fellow artists interact with new work. These insights directly shape the digital strategy we’re building together, making the process both creative and enjoyable. Learn more about the event.
Font Samples for artist to consider for her website.
Tory Smith 1
Ceramic Sculptor
The most common question is, “What is it?”
My answer: “It depends on what you see.”
Who has not had the experience of seeing, let's say, a mouse scurry along the sidewalk, only to turn into a dry, curled oak leaf briefly enlivened by an autumn gust?
Shape shifting.
Aren't we all shapeshifters when we walk, dance, laugh, frown?
The human body is very good at shape shifting. I love trying to capture this aspect of the figure, the face. The possibilities are endless, the ultimate variation on a theme.
I start with a shape (like a tetrahedron) or an idea (bust, mask) then develop the details using various sculpting techniques incorporating and building upon inspiration from my stash of images, of bodies, faces, as well as unplanned marks. This way of building keeps the process interesting.
I am very comfortable with not knowing how a piece will turn out.
Tory Smith 2
Ceramic Sculptor
The most common question is, “What is it?”
My answer: “It depends on what you see.”
Who has not had the experience of seeing, let's say, a mouse scurry along the sidewalk, only to turn into a dry, curled oak leaf briefly enlivened by an autumn gust?
Shape shifting.
Aren't we all shapeshifters when we walk, dance, laugh, frown?
The human body is very good at shape shifting. I love trying to capture this aspect of the figure, the face. The possibilities are endless, the ultimate variation on a theme.
I start with a shape (like a tetrahedron) or an idea (bust, mask) then develop the details using various sculpting techniques incorporating and building upon inspiration from my stash of images, of bodies, faces, as well as unplanned marks. This way of building keeps the process interesting.
I am very comfortable with not knowing how a piece will turn out.
Tory Smith 3
Ceramic Sculptor
The most common question is, “What is it?”
My answer: “It depends on what you see.”
Who has not had the experience of seeing, let's say, a mouse scurry along the sidewalk, only to turn into a dry, curled oak leaf briefly enlivened by an autumn gust?
Shape shifting.
Aren't we all shapeshifters when we walk, dance, laugh, frown?
The human body is very good at shape shifting. I love trying to capture this aspect of the figure, the face. The possibilities are endless, the ultimate variation on a theme.
I start with a shape (like a tetrahedron) or an idea (bust, mask) then develop the details using various sculpting techniques incorporating and building upon inspiration from my stash of images, of bodies, faces, as well as unplanned marks. This way of building keeps the process interesting.
I am very comfortable with not knowing how a piece will turn out.