Gourd and Mixed Media Artist Julie Hemer

A music major turned English teacher, Julie Hemer’s former side hustle was drawing pencil portraits, but she never felt “home” in the art world until she started working in 3D. Her gourd art and totems are veritable festivals of techniques and materials, such as hand-carved wood, turquoise inlay, cholla skeleton, fiber paste, hand-painted Hopi drawings, copper wire, designs drawn with a burn pen—the list is endless. Come see a master at work!