The story of Ann Wood:
I live in Brooklyn New York near beautiful Prospect Park. I make things, paint, and draw for my life and livelihood. I work with mostly found, and salvaged materials, many of them vintage or antique garments. There is a kind of affection and tenderness in the re-use and re-purposing of things that were once personal and perhaps treasured possessions. Much of my inspiration comes from these materials as well as from many of the ideas I have been infatuated with my whole life : smallness, intricacies, miniaturization, collections, repetition; lost or abandoned things discovered and rescued; the idea of haunted and enchanted places, things and creatures; the setting of a tiny stage.
Check out her flickr photostream or blog to see more photos and stories about her world. My favorites are the dioramas and her terrarium! Also, Design Sponge wrote a wonderful article about her, complete with pictures from her home studio in Brooklyn.
