scissorgrinder

Hi, Howdy, Hey. I'm not really sure how to start this off, or the full parameters of dreamwidth, but here are some bullet points about me.

I'm LA Pierce: a metalsmith, illustrator, writer, etc etc. I love working in a vast array of media and learning knew processes and avenues of expression all the time.

You may call me LA, scissor, scissorgrinder, Pierce--as it pleases you.

I am currently an indie video game dev working mostly in concept, character, story and UI art and writing. I am looking to begin grad school for metalsmithing in the next year, so I hope to have more metal art to show you all as I get back into the rough of it.

I am a deeply earnest person, though I often find myself tongue-tied. For this reason, I've always been drawn to visual art media. But recently, I've begun writing, especially poetry, to realize my thoughts and feelings through a new lens.

Thanks for following along, I'm eager to see where this takes me, or I it.


Relevant Links/accounts:

Instagram, until I archive everything and leave perhaps: LA_Pierce

INPRNT: faultierkoenig --> scissorgrinder (mostly older art, but Rabbit Heart is an available print now, give it a look)

Behance: LAPierce

Website: scissorgrinderart.com

Bluesky: scissorgrinder

I tire, honestly, of the way in which we've pedestaled nonchalance. I don't care if I seem too eager, too desperate. If they do not hold—and show—the same earnest excitement to see, to speak, to hold me, why should I care to entertain them? We are taught not to "show our cards,' but I do not find this a game. It is pure human connection, and I do not believe it sin to care or yearn for another. Do away with your feign of apathy. Share wholly in one another. I cannot reconcile with the notion of a relationship formed at arms length—lend me your arms, as I would have them, and you may have mine.