Mindy grew up in the country where she lived and worked on a farm. Her family was extremely creative and crafty. They always utilized the materials that they already owned to keep the farm thriving. These lessons that she learned in the country side she now utilizes in her city art studio. Before becoming an artist Mindy's great grandmother passed down boxes of thread to her. At the time she had no idea what to do with them, but today she utilizes this material. Testing the limits of the threads formal qualities. She enjoys the notion that found materials and objects can contain and put off much more than just nostalgia, and she takes great pleasure in creating formalist yet conceptual art out of these items.