2012 Design Challenge
In January 2012 the New Metal Artists of Los Angeles launched our first Design Challenge. We had no idea when we starting that this process would be such a powerful experience.
During the year we held extra workshops in “Freeing Your Artistic Voice” with Lora Hart. These workshops allowed us to share with each other; our goals as artists, our fears, and our greatest motivators. The workshops fostered a feeling of understanding and support that stayed with us all year.
We also held a Design Challenge play date. This day allowed participants to share their individuals hopes for their challenge piece(s), get ideas and feedback on those hopes or on actual pieces in process, and most importantly, to get some work done.
Then all the pieces were put in the hands of the New Metal Artists’ Photographer Marsha Thomas. It’s hard to imagine how this challenge would have worked without the help of Marsha. Her amazing work allowed each piece to speak for itself, look beautiful in its own unique way, and made this beautiful book possible. Thank you Marsha!
The New Metal Artists - 2012 Design Challenge was such a success in all ways; it was fun, we created the beautiful work in the pages of this book, but most importantly, we came together as artists and people in a very real and lasting way. Thank you to everyone who made pieces, supported the participants, voted and commented on the pieces, this was an unforgettable journey and I’m so glad to have taken it with this group.
All photographs taken by Marsha Thomas.
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