Photo by Susannah Bothe
Makeup by Lyndsey Sennott Wakeham
(Thank you for the glamour, ladies!)
Makeup by Lyndsey Sennott Wakeham
(Thank you for the glamour, ladies!)
Welcome and thank you for your interest in my work. My name is Linda Mullen and I am the owner + creator of Grace & Diggs. My business is the best expression so far of one of my favourite things to do: create large and small things out of re-purposed items. It intrigues me to be thinking about this series of questions: Here is this thing that I found. What else could it be? What can I make from it?
In a world of mass consumption and the messaging that goes along with it (want more, buy more, be more) I find a quiet calm in paying attention to discarded items and using them to create art and experiences. My daily work is a reflection that I am enough and that have all that I need. I trust that the outcomes provide delight and whimsy for others.
I grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and was lucky enough to have parents who took me to a cottage on a lake and let me and my feral friends run wild in the surrounding countryside. We built forts & tree houses, made props from items that we found or swiped from home, and invented stories to animate them, . This is all I have ever wanted to do.
Along the way I have practiced architecture and teaching and find these professions feeding current pursuits in helpful ways.
In a world of mass consumption and the messaging that goes along with it (want more, buy more, be more) I find a quiet calm in paying attention to discarded items and using them to create art and experiences. My daily work is a reflection that I am enough and that have all that I need. I trust that the outcomes provide delight and whimsy for others.
I grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and was lucky enough to have parents who took me to a cottage on a lake and let me and my feral friends run wild in the surrounding countryside. We built forts & tree houses, made props from items that we found or swiped from home, and invented stories to animate them, . This is all I have ever wanted to do.
Along the way I have practiced architecture and teaching and find these professions feeding current pursuits in helpful ways.
ABOUT THE NAME
Originally, Grace & Diggs was going to be a shop that sold handmade items for the home. I loved the term, "grace" in all its forms and wanted to tap in to it in reference to a graceful places. I also love the seventies term for home, "digs" (as in, "welcome to my groovy digs, man). These days as I navigate the choppy waters of being my own boss and making many mistakes along the way, the name takes on other meanings. Life throws you digs! I strive to meet them with equal measures of laughter, delight, grit, and grace. I liked the visual balance of an extra "g" in, "diggs."