Maker Spotlight – Get To Know The Face Behind The Brand.
Meet Brooke from Twig & Antler. Brooke is from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and has been making her entire life from mediums ranging from video/film to sculpture to beading to clay. She is inspired by fashion, music, art and art history, products at the grocery store and colors in nature. When this fun and optimistic Sagittarius isn’t creating, she is a DJ and gardener. She enjoys reading a lot and she loves films and movies of all kinds. While Brooke is making she listens to podcasts and likes Parks and Rec or the Simpsons in the background. She does often enjoy the silence and meditation that creating provides.
Twig & Antler specializes in one of a kind jewelry made with beads and/or polymer clay. She also creates the most amazing skulls that are adorned with beads. You can see her creations on her IG page. Brooke welcomes custom orders. Her website is located in her IG bio.
Here are some words from Brooke:
-What made you want to start creating?-
“It’s hard to say except that it’s part of me. Have the inherent urge to make physical, the things and ideas I have that represent who I am.”
-What is your MOST FAVORITE item you have created?-
“The ITS BANANAS beaded clay pendant and my Neon Rain Cloud earrings.”
-Would you like to share any family info? Pets?-
“I have a life partner and 3 cats!”
-What makes your shop unique?-
“My specialty is that I create bespoke one of a kind pieces that incorporate personal iconography that draws on my ancestry and modern visual experience of the world.”
-What is the story behind your business name?-
“Twig and Antler has been with me for a long time – since 2009! At the time it came to me I was creating spaces and pieces from natural materials. These two things were the materials my first sculptural pieces were made from.”
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