2020: A Year in Photographs by Ariane Zurcher | Dec 31, 2020 | Art, creative process, Life, New York City | 4 comments 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. May: A little pandemic humor May: And some beauty amidst the horror 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: Visiting an empty Highline September: Design and release eyeglasses case. October: My improvisational stitching idea continues. October: Design and release scissor’s case. October: A bike ride heading downtown. November Humor November: Fall in New York City December: A little snow in New York City Finish second improvisational stitching piece: “Perseverance” December: A quiet Christmas. Happy New Year!
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