BONESTHROWN: designing new/ancient futuresnow
I help other artists and healers amplify their work, step further into their gifts, + strengthen their offerings.
“Kristen is a conjurer of virtual realms. Her medicinal approach to crafting virtual spaces of care + magick offer non-linear thinkers/creators like myself an opportunity to make design and visual storytelling into a ritual of awakening and remembering. ”
— Monchy, EMPATHY PORTAL
client work
“I am deeply grateful for Kristen and her work in design. Once we got started on my website our communication was open and flowing. The ease and the playfulness of collaborating together was a gift. She was the designer I had been patiently waiting for in order for my work to manifest online. Because she has a great eye for detail, I knew that it would all come together, as it did, to be a magical place for those seeking my offerings.” — SAMMY JADE
“I had the honour of working with Kristen on my website. It was during the first major COVID lockdown, we had a few zoom meetings that took us deep into our dream worlds. She was incredibly encouraging of my own creativity, bringing out ideas I did not know were just under the surface. She was very skilled with the mechanics of website building, informing me of many possibilities I was quite unaware of. I came into our first meeting feeling unsure of what I wanted and Kristen was a weaver of ideas, thoughts, and core feelings, and helped clarify my intentions and core values as well as design style. She naturally has this talent of collage and practices it in many ways outside of web design (in her own website, newsletter, books, style, and friendships, etc etc). Kristen was also fabulously collaborative, and would listen to each of my requests or if I wanted to change something, with full attention and respect. She clearly valued my vision and my own unique voice. Through our experience with web design she has encouraged me to develop my expression with written word, which has been invaluable :) I highly recommend Kristen to anyone looking for support with web design or with any other collaborative idea expression.” - Jordan of SPACE ACH
Sometimes Spirit guides me to make books. Womxn (2016) & It’s Bigger Than All Of Us (2018-2021) both community archives, self+community published.
Looking for a supportive container to share your work?
It is an honour to hold space for other artists + extra sensitive folk to share their gifts in ease, confidence, + play.
Send me a message if you want to chat web design or book making. We can connect remotely or irl if you’re in Nelson, BC.
visual alchemy
“Through her attention to colour, flow, and story, she is an expert in bringing together message and design into beautiful and meaningful websites, magazines, reports, and any design project put in front of her. I have worked with Kristen on 8+ web and print design projects and witnessed many more over our 9-year working relationship and I wouldn’t want anyone else weaving together my work. If you want a design that makes people want to stop and really take in your content, I highly recommend working with Kristen Alaan Sison.” — Roxanne Cohen, frequent collaborator (Rooted and Rising, Conscious Minds Co-operative)
I have a decade of experience in the community/arts realms, and have been part of many grassroots spaces responding to the crisis we are currently calling climate change. I love to hold space to reflect on:
rebuilding community
healing our relationships with self, kapwa/other (human & more-than-human)
re-imagining healthier relationships with death and creating sacred spaces for grief, vulnerability, + healthy release of what no longer serves
imagining + embodying healthy futures/now
It’s a deep love and honour to co-create centered community spaces. I continue to dance with a commitment to live in right relationship with land, water, and kin by paying tender attention to the guidance of Source + Spirit.
Read about past + evolving activations:
Rooted and Rising / Conscious Minds Co-operative / Kapwa Collective