Katrina Blasingame ('Trie to her friends) is a mixed-media sculptor surviving in the wilds of Northern Illinois. She spends her non-studio time teaching composition at the local community college, tutoring writing, and working on her PhD in Art Education. She derives inspiration from a myriad of places including popular culture, gothic fiction, theatre, and really bad jokes. Her work is concerned with identity creation, whimsy, and the Other. One day, 'Trie would be a culture-version of Anthony Bourdain.