All of the people at the Outpost Café in Bay View are super nice, but this year one of them was able to help me with a little more than my usual breakfast order.
Artist-in-residence, Katie Gamb, makes these beautiful chalk creations on the specials board, so I decided to ask the recent MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design) graduate to create a New Year’s illustration for Tessera Design.
I showed Katie a sample I liked with strong contrast and told her I wanted artwork that involved snow and that it should be her original idea. The final piece is this whimsical, wintery wonderland set in a birch forest – something I never would have thought of myself – which is what is so nice about working with other artists and letting them be creative.
Thank you, Katie, and thank you to everyone who has made 2010 a success and will make 2011 even more exciting in our colorful little corner of the design world. Happy New Year!
Tyra Baumler
Owner, Tessera Design
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