Megan Crawford (b. 1995) is a Montana-based artist and the owner, editor, and designer of Montana Woman Magazine and a Co-Owner of Wild Wanderer, a vintage shop in Columbia Falls. With a degree in Film & Photography from Montana State University, she often works with 19th-century photographic printmaking processes and has taught workshops about handmade prints. While she feels at home in a darkroom, the inspiration for her work comes from the wild outside. From watercolors to writing to embroidery, the natural world is a driving force through every medium.
Her work has exhibited nationally and is featured in various publications including Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice and Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques.
Chromoskedasic Sabattier: a step-by-step guide. Alternativephotography.com
Now that you've gotten through the standard bio, here are seven things that Megan would like you to know (you bet we're on a first name basis):
The quote on her apron is a favorite from Frida Kahlo: Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.
She has a tendency to work with Girl Scout preparedness and fly by the seat of your pants execution.
She managed to get her arm stuck in an iron fence at a waterpark when she was a kid (mind you, it was in order to reach a particularly shiny penny).
Her record collection spans from a 1970 copy of Bridge Over Troubled Water to French accordion jazz.
She has been known to wear Birkenstocks in the snow (but with wool socks so it’s not so bad).
Megan is a hobby collector, meaning that she has to dip her hands into as many creative pots as possible. Calligraphy, wood burning, metal stamping, cross stitching, oil painting, knitting, macramé, polymer clay— it may seem like overkill (it probably is), but she has a good time. Just don’t ask her about carpentry, that one didn’t go so well.
There was a time in her life when she wanted to be a professional scuba diver. This was also when she thought she would go to UCLA and study Marine Biology (time is a funny thing, isn't it?).
