Meet Taylor Hungerford

We were lucky to catch up with Taylor Hungerford recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Taylor, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

Really from doing things that I love. SilverSparkPrintWorks came out of a necessity to post content I made for other musical acts. I started doing my own posters and was then approached by folks to do theirs as well. Many years later, I’m now doing music videos, album covers and photos. It’s a life I’m grateful to have.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

SilverSparkPrintWorks produces photography, videography, graphic design and video editing for artists. I have gotten to the point where I am consistently approached for work in all these different fields. What is most exciting is seeing every piece have a life of its own.

Aside from my hired work, I also do documentaries on artists in the scene. I will have a long awaited one on the band Watertower coming out next year I’m very excited about.

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?

Visual art is part technical and part aesthetic. Both are developed with time and practice. However, the technical aspect of it is developed by necessity whereas the aesthetic part of it is developed naturally. I think as a visual artists it’s more important to have an aesthetic sense than a technical one because it makes you unique. However, both ought to be sought out equally. Like a cobbler or metal worker, we also have our dedication to the quality of the craft – so always be the best you can be.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?

The one book that probably impacted me the most not only as a craftsperson but a human being was Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance. The book pursues the concept of quality and what exactly it means. The author comes to the conclusion that quality is not a tangible thing but concept that creates and wills itself into existence. This is a concept similar to Why I Write by Joan Didion – we pursue the arts and what we do to discover who we are. In many ways, through my separate artistic pursuits, I have also willed myself into existence. It’s a beautiful lesson of self discovery through dedication to one’s art and craft.

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