Meet Logan Baldauf

We were lucky to catch up with Logan Baldauf recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Logan with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?

I developed my work ethic from wanting to see the best possible outcome with my experimentations. When learning to pattern or drape garments I spend hours and days trying to readjust or fit, even go back to the drawing board as to how I should carry on perfecting the entire piece.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I’m a designer & artist originally from Weirton, WV and for the last few years have resided in Columbus where I’ve gotten to develope my artistic identity through schooling and independant study.
I am currently fixated on corsetry, it’s become a very important factor of my designing process as it gives the design a sense of indepence from the body. Alongside finishing school I was very fortunate to recieve the opportunity this last summer to unveil an extended version of my thesis collection ‘Kangaroo’ at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio Gala, the collection was really focused on corsetry and its style lines (with a bunch of other focus areas as well, mainly organic dyes).

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

The three most impactful parts of my work would have to be firstly, maintaining a strong passion. I have to force myself to constantly create even as a means to overcoming artist block and It served me well as I began studying fashion design four years ago. Second, always study what I wanted to learn; for me I was always obessed with a certain appearence in my work whether it was face or body and I would go at it and research examples; all of which ended up acting as a guide for me to replicate and then reinterpret something I hadn’t previously thought possible. And lastly, I think, a quality I had to adapt and adopt was to always respect your work as you go along. Old work regardless of any “technique” always has a potent element of your creativity which we all forget about as artists when we start out (thank you to Celeste Malvar Stewart for teaching this). It took me a long time to accept what I make especially when I started to really push my artwork, even longer when taking the baby steps of patterning and sewing a garment. I can’t deny how important it has been to respectfully look back with a sense of joy because if I didn’t I dont think I’d be where I am at now.

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?

I would say a nap always helps, but realistically what I have always done is take a moment to reconcile what I have in front of me. Over the course of making my first collection I would pause every day when it came to redesigns or tweaking; really driving myself mad making countless other possible sketches. Im also very reliant on deliberating the next steps, I’m fortunate to be closely surrounded by talented, insightful friends and mentors who are always able to help me guide a concept along.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @_glam_boyant_
• Linkedin: Logan Baldauf

Image Credits

Photos taken by Chawis Saelim, Clarissa Jane and Sikapcapture LLC.

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