mix match wrap bracelet

I'm Kyla Elizabeth Stimpson, Mixed Media Artist, and Jewelry Maker, born and based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In August of 2020, after a 2 month hospital visit I thought I’d never get back to normal. It felt like everything I knew stopped almost instantly; teaching, my social life, and the most important part my creativity. I spent months sitting around wondering, “ What can I do next? Can I still paint ? Can I still draw ? What is going on? ”. Everything turned around August 2021 when I woke up one morning, with the fire and passion to create something new. It was something about the idea of being able to create wearable art, and what made it interesting was that people started to enjoy what I was creating.

Website: WWW.KYLAELIZA.COM
IG: @BYKYLAELIZA
EMAIL: [email protected]

My work is inspired by dynamic, consistent, eerie and positive thoughts. I am drawn to contrasting colors, shapes, lines, textures and ideas. Currently, I am focusing on creating functional art through jewelry, sketchbooks and keychains. In order to create texture and depth, I incorporate torn book paper, recycled documents, old original artwork, sketches, acrylic paint, metallic flakes, and handmade paper in the majority of my pieces. I believe that my ancestors guide me through my creative process; each stroke of paint or stitch is a binding connection between my ancestors and myself.

​My former works are two series: “ By Needle and Thread ” and “ Surreal Dreams ”. “ By Needle and Thread ”, is a series of Mixed Media artworks created by arranging color, form and texture. This series is used to create open discussions of emotions triggered by the use of color. “ Surreal Dreams ”, is a collection of personal dreams. Since I was a child I have had continuous surreal dreams. Many of my dreams are eerie and confusing; this series is to allow viewers an opportunity to experience my dream world. Currently, I have taken a break to focus on my functional art, but I still take the time out to think of ideas and experiment with both of these ideas. I have been an artist for as long as I can remember, but I didn't know. I didn't understand what it meant to be an Artist. I did not understand that I have the power to heal my negative emotions by expressing them through creating.