The monsters in my head

I’ve been drawing the monsters in my head for years—in bars and restaurants, coffee shops and patios, from Chicago to Australia and plenty of places in between. They started as little pen-and-ink drawings on cocktail napkins at a Chicago dive bar, then found their way onto wood blocks, skateboards, and eventually, into metal.

 

The first metal monsters were made out of love, as gifts for my parents—my rocks, my inspiration, and my most relentless supporters. In collaboration with Steve Christena of Arc Academy, we brought two of them to life: a coffee monster to keep my dad company during his morning coffee on the patio, and a cocktail monster for my mom, inspired by years of sassy Glögg “prep” days together.

 

What began as a doodle has become something that brings me a lot of joy.

Hopefully, these little monsters bring a smile to your day, too.