CreativeMornings/New York attendee and volunteer Wesley Verhoeve is traveling around the United States, interviewing creative communities. In this edition, he stops by our Denver chapter to interview organizer RJ Owen.

From taxidermy art, illustrations, or tattoos, Becca Barnet’s work revolves around the ideas of creation, preservation and re-appropriating. After graduating as an illustrator from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2009, Becca took one of the paths least traveled by continuing her studies at the Missouri Taxidermy Institute. After that she returned to her home state of South Carolina she set up shop in Charleston, and started her company Sisal & Tow. The unique combination of skills and experiences leads to work that is vividly alive and original, and can be found in places as diverse as James Beard award-winning restaurants, the College of Charleston, the South Carolina Aquarium, co-working space 1600 Meeting, and in the homes of clients all over the country. I spoke with Bec...