Jadorn

As a child I escaped in creativity. Always had to have my hands in something. Always needed to create my own little world. I taught myself how to draw, paint, build molds out of clay, make different outfits for dolls, make new jewelry out of broken pieces of jewelry, anything you can think of. Always obsessing over concepts and ideas to go with things I created. Everything was a stage. I would make myself tired just off the thoughts I came up with. Mind you at this point I was only reaching 9 years old. Telling myself maybe I\'m just thinking too far ahead. But anything was a canvas and any object could be reformed. Throughout elementary school I took up dance art for 8 years, was very active in summer sports and moving on to high school I had my own scrap books with one of a kind drawings that I did. In high school I appreciated my art teacher, but his heart wasn\'t in it. I hated his class it was so booooring lol!! Thank God I developed my own liking for so many forms of art as a child. Pressures of life had me lose focus with my love of art. I couldn\'t draw for a while. I needed inside work so my interest in the field of beauty was birthed. Figured if I looked better I\'d feel better. So that grew an interest in cosmetology. I was obsessed with the E! Network and fashion show videos they would show, makeover shows for people struggling with turning their wardrobe around so I started drawing clothes and things of that nature. I came alive again. When I drew an outfit I needed the hair to go with it so I drew the hair and the makeup!! My interest in using a face as a canvas started when I used to cut class in high school doing eyebrows in the girls bathroom lol! I never had an interest in actually DOING makeup until I did mine for my prom. I officially started doing makeup in 1998 after graduating from modeling school. I worked as a cosmetic associate at Strawbridge\'s department store at 18yrs old. As a \"floater\" in the department I made myself familiar with many lines of makeup. I loved that so much better than sticking to one line. I\'m a person that craves variety. So I just did everything! I was drawing again, doing makeup, still playing with hair. Before I had my daughter I had a vision of what she\'d look like when she was born and drew it in my scrap book. When she arrived it was very emotional for me to look at the drawing because it looked...just...like her. Sadly someone stole my book. Yup! That one I mentioned earlier! All my years worth of work. My time, my patience from dealing with family issues, my place of peace and way to escape. Someone had the nerve to steal my book. The most heartbreaking thing you can do to an artist is steal their work. It came from the heart and came out from my fingertips. I couldn\'t understand why someone would do that. Needless to say I was crushed for a short while. But I was re-inspired again looking at my baby. I told myself, \"I saw my baby before she got here, I drew her and then 4 months later gave birth and my drawing came to life! The picture isn\'t here but she is!\" To me that was HUGE! Made me feel like I can bring dreams to life! I was frustrated that I couldn\'t show people my scrap book as my proof but I let it go! I stopped drawing for a while and went back with the idea of me becoming a model. Watching more E network lol, Ru Paul was a huge inspiration. When I saw his face all I wanted to know was how can I make someone look like that! I figured maybe if I just become someone\'s canvas and stop looking for one I\'ll feel less pressure and find comfort that way. Maybe they can do my makeup like his and teach me how to do it! After having started a family it was a struggle to persue my makeup career. But as much as I tried to stay \"regular\" and have a regular job, I just didn\'t fit in and makeup and concepts always found a way back to me without even trying. My head was a floodgate! So! I learned how to make my family & career work. In 2008 I became a makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics and am presently freelancing for them. Also working on projects as an independent artist. Throughout the years I\'ve stayed fairly quiet and learned about myself and my craft and am still learning. I worked with Rodney John during Philly Fashion Week a couple yrs ago. Worked with different radio personalities. Creating my own path here and there. I am a self taught artist. I literally just imagine things in my head and put it to my mind to do and do it. If I haven\'t been taught something i\'ll figure it out and perfect it. Now I want people to see every side of my desire when it comes to art. My dream to travel doing makeup and so many other creative things is more tangible than it ever was. Art is my love. So now I\'m pushing myself beyond my limits. Creating ideas, concepts, costumes, being the creative genius behind runway productions, everything!! This is where my freedom is. This is what I want my life to be! I\'ve been keeping it in mental storage for too long. Raw is gonna be my coming out party!!