As a designer I’m interested in solving problems as artistically as I can, but always with the client’s goals and objectives driving the creative process. As a visual artist I’m interested in how design intersects with, and influences, my own personal artistic vision. Occasionally you get a project that marries both the designer and artist inside of you, and this was one of those.
This past summer, Vehr Communications of Cincinnati, Ohio contacted me about creating a sculpture for one of their clients, Henny Penny. A manufacturer of high quality cooking and food preparation equipment, Henny Penny recently adopted “Henny the hen” into their brand language. They wanted to create a unique and “desk worthy” sculpture that symbolically captured the essence of the hen.