Conceptual Design:

I chose the term “Conceptual Design” because I believe it best describes what my designs portray. Conceptual design began in my attempt to answer the age old question – using five words or less – “Who are You?”. I quickly realized this could be resolved visually. Now, it was only an issue of how to best affirm my own identity or persona.

The saying “One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words”, which was labeled a Chinese Proverb in the early 20^th Century by Fred R. Barnard, kept coming to mind. So, I jotted some possibilities down on paper, and set about using any camera I could get my hands on to create a series of photographic studies. In said studies, many symbolic elements seen in a variety of Renaissance to Modern day paintings were used; along with fabric, graphics or gestures to communicate movement.

From this process, “The Concept That Is You”, “Visual Identity”, “Virtual Identity”, etc. were born.

Because there is always room for viewer misinterpretation, it was imperative the work remain as “raw” as possible to illustrate “truth”. Each is photographed with natural and directional lighting – showing the subject in its truest and purest form. Therefore, “what you see is what you get”.

My conceptual designs are created for the sole use of the person or persons to whom they ascribe and describe. Each work is ultimately designed to advance one’s visual identity, as well as contributing to the furtherance of Arts and Culture in the 21st Century.

©2012-2026 Margôt R. Hamilton Violoncelliste & Conceptual Designer. All Rights Reserved.