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#MeettheArtistMonday Meet Hera Gallery artist member and director, Tzu-Ju Chen. " I am the happiest when I pick up an object, see the beauty embedded within, and envision the potential it has to become something more. I am haunted by the potential of these collected objects and they compel me to make work." Tell us your artist story, some biographical info, when did you decide to be an artist? Why do you make art? Where did you study? Etc. Growing up in Taiwan, R.O.C., I remembered fabric scraps and beach combing. My parents were tailors. My father specialized in the formfitting traditional Chinese garment called “qipao” while my mother made contemporary everyday outfits. Working with our hands runs in the family. Raised in a southern coastal village, my childhood memories are comprised of going to school, playing with fabric scraps under my parents’ sewing table, and beach combing. It was much later in life I realize the significance of these childhood ex...
#MeettheartistMonday Meet Erin Myles, one of the artists in the Material Roots exhibition, Erin's work in the show are examples from her Wanderluxe wall hanging collection. Artist Erin Myles graduated with a BFA in visual design focusing on small metals from UMASS Dartmouth in 2003. She then entered the costume jewelry industry designing collections for private label brands for over 10 years. She left industry in 2015 to create her own collection and open a small pop-up shop, Asterluxe, on the West End of Providence. At the current moment her time is split between her wall hanging collection, Wanderluxe, interior design and remodeling for clients, hosting her Airbnb in Providence and her shared studio and workshop space, Brave Daughters. She strives to make room for all of her passions in life and resists the fear of trying something new. She lives in Providence with partner Tobin and fresh, little chihuahua, Rosa. Erin currently enjoys w...