Taking an Art Detour and Finding Miguel Álvarez-Fernández

Recently I decided to take a break from making visual art. Right now I don’t feel especially passionate about visual art nor do I feel that I have anything significant to communicate. I strongly believe that art, above all else, should be passionate. It should move the viewer/listener emotionally and suggest alternate ways of viewing [...]

Composition by sight and emotion

I’ve never thought of myself as musically inclined, and I lay fault at my poor mathematic skills. So it comes as a great surprise to me this sudden interest I have in sound. While I don’t see myself as musically inclined I do think that I’m a good observer and I have a slightly odd [...]

Standing firmly at the intersection of art, design, and craft

For the past year I’ve focused firmly on creating jewelry. I wanted to use environmentally friendly materials and create unusual objects that you wouldn’t typically find in a department store. I spent a lot of energy defining my work as art and learning about the field of art jewelry. But deep inside, I felt a [...]