"That's when I really hit my stride and came to think of myself as an artist," says Spell. She dabbled in different forms of art in college but didn't take it seriously until, in 2014, she discovered the modern quilt movement. "It hung at the Chippewa Valley Arts Festival in Michigan (her home state) in the late '80s." "It's probably the first piece I made that was exhibited publicly," she says. Spell still has a still life hanging proudly on her dining room wall that she made in second grade by melting crayons on paper over a hot plate. "After we met, we both started honing our skills and became more proficient and adventurous in the kitchen."Īn interest in art was born in her childhood, as well. "They weren't fancy affairs - pasta with spicy arrabiata sauce was regularly on the menu," she says.
Fast-forward a few years, Spell found herself in college hosting dinner parties for her friends and roommates. Looking back, she recalls her love of baking cookies in her Easy-Bake Oven. Kelly Spell has been cooking for as long as she can remember. Photo contributed by Kelly Spell / Local fabric artist Kelly Spell Here, meet three Chattanooga artists who turn their creative pursuits to palate-pleasing pleasures when they trade their studios for their kitchens. We like to think of food as the ultimate storyteller and every meal a work of art. How many dishes have you photographed because they are so beautiful that you want to go back and see them time and again? (Hello, Instagram.)
It's often been said that we first eat with our eyes.
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