Last winter I was fortunate to meet this amazingly talented small business owner Jessie, who had recently opened the coolest new boutique in downtown Raleigh -- Ramble Supply Company. Jessie had a great customer engagement model where she would host one local artist from the Raleigh-Durham area every month in her store, and kick off the monthly featured artist series during First Friday with an event. And then at some point during each artist's focus month, the artist would also host a workshop or demonstration in the store to present their creativity and share it with the community. Jessie was really making a difference in the creative growth in Raleigh, and I was super grateful for her new friendship.
I felt really honored when Jessie wanted to partner together on an upcoming event for the quilt artist Kelly Kye. She gave me creative freedom to curate the Kye + Hardy installation in the gallery in her boutique. I focused on creating 2 horizon lines from which all the art was placed, and I took a symmetrical approach to hanging all of Kelly's art. The Kye + Hardy quilts are remarkable, handmade and high quality. It was truly a pleasure working with Jessie and Kelly on the installation!
In the final 2 photos below I included pictures from Kelly's artist workshop -- she taught us how to make potholder designs using a folded fabric quilting technique!
