2020: A Year in Photographs

January: Things start off easily enough. I release my Rhino Pouch and post it in my Etsy shop.

January: Created YouTube Channel: Ariane Zurcher ~ On the Other Hand.

February 20, 2020 – Posted my first Youtube video.

March: Designed and Posted my Abstract Pouch in my Etsy Shop

Found out I’d been granted a two week artist’s residency at the Chateau D’Oquevaux. All set to go in April, 2020, only to realize that wasn’t going to happen. Rebook my air travel for July, 2020 and hope for the best.

March: New York City becomes the epicenter of the Pandemic.

March: Home sewn facemasks become a thing.

And so do empty Manhattan streets in the middle of a day during the week. Pick a day, any day, the streets were empty.

March: A sobering moment when a mobile morgue parks just blocks from our apartment. NYC is unable to keep up with the numbers of people dying from COVID. Mobile morgues like this one begin showing up all over the city to contain the overflow.

April: The eerie silence of a great city in full lock down.

June: Stores board up their storefronts in response to the demonstrations against rampant police brutality.

June: Design and release Otter Needle Roll

July: Outdoor dining transforms the streets of New York and brings a little magic to a stir crazy populous.

July: Design and release River Rocks Pouch

August: With little else to do, I continue to design, and release my Rock Gardens Bag

August: Celebration of my 60th Birthday on our roof with a couple of socially distanced friends.

September: Design and release eyeglasses case.

October: My improvisational stitching idea continues.

October: Design and release scissor’s case.

December: A little snow in New York City

Finish second improvisational stitching piece: “Perseverance”

Happy New Year!

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lynnjohnson3740 on December 31, 2020 at 2:02 pm EST

You have made 2020 bearable for me and others and I look forward to 2021! I identify so much with your style and am inspired by you. You work so hard for your “ducklings” and I just want you to know how much you are appreciated. I hope to meet you in person someday but in the meantime, Happy New Year, my friend!
Lynn from southern Indiana

arianezurcher on December 31, 2020 at 2:06 pm EST

Thank you so much Lynn. What a lovely message. I appreciate it more than you can know. Without this community, 2020 would have been unbearable. I am SO looking forward to 2021 and am hoping next year at this time we are all celebrating together! ❤️
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Gayle Gross on February 11, 2021 at 7:46 pm EST

Ariane, I know what a great artist you are, from the NY Mods, but I never realized the scope of your talents. I enjoyed your “Year in Photos”, as well as many of your posts! Congratulations on your many accomplishments…I look forward to when we can again meet in person in NYC and at retreats.

arianezurcher on February 11, 2021 at 7:48 pm EST

Thanks so much Gayle. That’s so nice of you to say. Won’t it be wonderful when we can all see each other in person?! I look forward to that. ❤️
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