About Lily & Idle Handmade
Mediums include:
• Sewing • Book Arts
• Embroidery • Printmaking
• Drawing • Sculpture
• Painting
• Digital Photography
• Analog Photography & Darkroom Printing
• Graphic Design
• Writing - Analytical & Creative
• Knitting
• Mosaic
• Videography & Video Editing
• Animation
• Soldering
Idle Handmade designs are inspired by an eclectic array of subjects:
• The complexities of living with multiple mental health diagnoses and the importance of spreading mental health awareness to end the mental health stigma.
• The pop culture that inspires, challenges, revolts, & just generally shapes our identities.
• The most ordinary of everyday objects, from bows to stop signs to pill capsules.
• The pages & pixels of well-worn fantasy stories, the far-off adventures in creative, imagined worlds.
Idle Handmade art’s primary medium is fiber arts, with a focus on sewing & embroidery
…But Idle Handmade art is certainly not limited to just one medium! Many more mediums are also available.
(Combinations of mediums are also welcome and encouraged!)
Meet Your Maker:
Biography (told through discovery of art medium):
• 1990 - Present: Coped with Life Via Art Creation
• 1990s, ages 0-10: Discovered Drawing, Painting, Sculpey Sculpting, Beading, & Knitting
• 2003, age 13: Discovered Woodworking & the Joy of Power Tools
• 2005, age 14: First Manic Episode & Bipolar 1 Disorder Discovered & Diagnosed
• 2005-2008, High School Years: Battled Consistent, Intense Bipolar Depression
• 2006, age 15: Discovered Digital Photography & Soldering
• 2007, age 16: Discovered Film Photography & Darkroom Printing
• 2009, age 18: Discovered Welding
• 2010, age 20: Discovered Book Arts & Printmaking
• 2012, age 22: Discovered Video Editing & Animation
• 2013, age 23: Discovered the Adobe Creative Suite & Graphic Design
• 2013, age 23-24: Experienced a Severe Bipolar Episode, detailed in the memoir Episode: The Chronicle of an Unintentional Bipolar Adventure
• 2015, age 24: Rediscovered Love of Writing - both Nonfiction & Fiction
• 2016, age 26: Discovered Mosaic
• 2018, age 28: Discovered Embroidery
• 2022, age 32: Discovered Sewing