Dawn Buettner Huntington

Name: Dawn Buettner Huntington

Age: 35

Location: Vista, San Diego, Southern California

Profession: 75% Mommy, 15% Crafter, 10% Archictural Drafting

Craft(s) of Choice: Silkscreen, Sewing, Sketching, Painting, Woodwork

Blog: http://www.OUToftheBOXcalifornia.blogspot.com

In grade school, perfect penmanship always invoked people to proclaim, “You should be an Architect!” So, I suppose it’s only natural I would pursue a graduate degree in Architecture, especially since my dad, who is a contractor, designed and built the house I grew up in. With a Masters of Architecture from UCLA I began working at architectural firms in San Diego where the majority of my time was spent in front of a computer screen drawing High Schools, Hospitals and Hotels. (Turns out penmanship really wasn’t that important after all!) However, I filled free time with my nose in my sketchbook. Additionally, I took up sewing, painting, drawing, screenprinting and wood-working to satisfy my creative soul. It wasn’t until I became a stay-at-home mom that I began to conceive of the idea to to sell some of my things online. During those first few months, with baby tucked into my lap, I began drawing and painting the whimsical friends that have become the characters of my imaginary world, the “Buzzing Bog”. Inspired by my Hawaiian roots, bibs, pillows and paintings illustrate botanicals …with an element of surprise; namely, the winged and whimsical critters that take flight in my silk-screened and printed fabric graphics. Making things is a form of meditation for me. Without all my projects I don’t know how I’d maintain a healthy mind and happy heart. For now, only a small portion of my life is dedicated to Architecture. But, boy, am I having a ball!