OFF STAGE

We recently visited printmaker and motion artist Cassady Moll in her studio at Baggerbeest in Amsterdam for a look behind the scenes of her creative work. Her journey started with graphic design jobs in California and has shifted to an artistic practice where a mix of music, long walks, and a dash of boredom takes her work into themes of human connection. We talk process, burnout, and the mysteries of human memory. Oh and we got to try making a cyanotype with her! Let's step

If I'm not able to access wonder, my creativity feels stunted. There are many small ways I've found to feel wonder in my day to day life, and it starts with getting off my computer — but the most powerful way to do that has been leaving my house, or better yet, leaving town. Every time I leave town and extract myself from the mental clutter of daily life, I'm reacquainted with a part of myself that comes alive through being more present and noticing simple things. As I arrive

I’m on the tram swooping through Amsterdam with the new Modest Mouse album playing in my sound cancelling ear buds, and suddenly I feel that overlap between my present and teenage selves, and I feel just as fascinated by life and creativity as I did back then. What brings you back to yourself? My teenage self: in the art program in high school (Midgårdsskolan in Umeå), dreaming of being a comic artist because web comics were THE coolest, I thought. Narrative. Linework. Color.