Inspiration: Handmade Portraits ~ Mimi Kirchmer

by Jamie Ridler on October 3, 2009

I love what this portrait says about finding and exploring our own artistic voices. May you be inspired to follow your own.

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Barbara October 3, 2009 at 7:41 am: That video is charming and wonderful to watch – just the thing for an artist’s early fall morning inspiration before entering the studio – thank you for sharing, Jamie!
Vanyvalu October 3, 2009 at 3:44 pm: Amazing! the sky is the limit, or maybe not, there are no limits for creativity.
Great video, thanks for sharing it!
Kim October 3, 2009 at 3:54 pm: That was wonderful – thanks Jamie! I love how all the pieces finally came together when she started making dolls and how EVERYTHING informs and inspires what she does.
Janet October 3, 2009 at 6:36 pm: Mimi certainly has a creative soul. It’s as if she thinks creatively all of the time, even when she is out for the night. I love the story about where she got the inspiration for her tattooed men. The waitress had a large tattoo on her back. She was able to interpret that idea into her work in an amazing way.
The other thing that struck me was her comment that she can’t be a minimalist. It seems to me that when I’m being creative, I need to be surrounded by my inspirations and their products. I struggle with this constantly because I want my home to be neat, but I need to see my work and my materials. When I store materials away, I loose track of them. “Now where did I put that paint box?” I lost my favorite ruler this way.
I am rambling a bit, sorry Jamie ;-)