Floriography Studio NYC is the Brooklyn-based artistic practice of Kimm Topping, working across collage, painting, photography, illustration, and literary publications. Kimm enjoys creating commissioned pieces for individuals, families, and queer businesses/organizations that celebrate their unique memories and impact. Sign up for my monthly creative mail to carve out time each month for joy and creativity.

“When I was a kid, I had no fear of trying new mediums. I made greeting cards from scraps in my basement, sewed pillows out of old fabric, and hosted an art exhibit in my bedroom. By my twenties, judgment crept in and claimed my artistic practice for years on end.

At 30—after quitting my job, falling in love, and moving to the place I always wanted to live—my creative self returned. The judgment still shows up, but now I work with it as part of my process.

​M​y artwork is an invitation to connect with your creativity and earlier freedom. To welcome curiosity and play. What can you try? What can you revisit? Who are you when you create? What is there to celebrate within your day?​ It also asks us to bridge our past with our present. How are we closely connected with those who came before us, and to our younger selves?"