17 February 2011
Posted by Sozi
Last time I met Andrea Kang we sat in the sun. But this time we wandered through the woods and our footsteps stayed in the snow. It made me think about seasons changing and growing up....
I asked Andrea what she'd have thought at age eight if she had known that one day she would be making cute plush owls for her Harley and Boss collaboration and people would admire her paper cut illustrations in galleries? Or that she would be designing toys for brands like Care Bears and Mr. Potato Head?
"I would have thought that I was really cool and bragged about it to all my other eight year old friends" she laughed.
How different are your ideas now, from the ideas you had then?
Though my skill level has changed, a lot of the ideas I produce are very similar to thoughts from my childhood. I have a large collection of drawings and diaries dating as far back to when I was 3 years old that I reference occasionally. Bears, cute animals, little girls and odd creatures still feature prominently in my work today.
Every year the seasons cycle by. How does that affect you and your ideas?
If I'm creating an exhibition of personal work the seasons do play a role in my thought processes. Living in New England, I'm fortunate to see distinct seasonal changes throughout the year. Subtle things like the afternoon light, color changes in the vegetation and the way people react to weather variations all provide a jumping off point for different concepts and narratives.
When do you have the most ideas?
I think I have more ideas in the summer, something about the vitamin D recharges me. When it comes to finishing more things, definitely would be the winter months. The cold is quite intense here which forces me to hibernate and focus on creating.
I asked Andrea what she'd have thought at age eight if she had known that one day she would be making cute plush owls for her Harley and Boss collaboration and people would admire her paper cut illustrations in galleries? Or that she would be designing toys for brands like Care Bears and Mr. Potato Head?
"I would have thought that I was really cool and bragged about it to all my other eight year old friends" she laughed.
How different are your ideas now, from the ideas you had then?
Though my skill level has changed, a lot of the ideas I produce are very similar to thoughts from my childhood. I have a large collection of drawings and diaries dating as far back to when I was 3 years old that I reference occasionally. Bears, cute animals, little girls and odd creatures still feature prominently in my work today.
Every year the seasons cycle by. How does that affect you and your ideas?
If I'm creating an exhibition of personal work the seasons do play a role in my thought processes. Living in New England, I'm fortunate to see distinct seasonal changes throughout the year. Subtle things like the afternoon light, color changes in the vegetation and the way people react to weather variations all provide a jumping off point for different concepts and narratives.
When do you have the most ideas?
I think I have more ideas in the summer, something about the vitamin D recharges me. When it comes to finishing more things, definitely would be the winter months. The cold is quite intense here which forces me to hibernate and focus on creating.
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I love ideas.
The only trouble is,
I can't seem to ever finish them.
I decided it was time to ask
my friends for advice.
I thought it was a good idea.
They told me to stop procrastinating.
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