My name is April Batterman, born in Lubbock, TX, but I mostly grew up in the surrounding suburbs of Atlanta. I’ve always been artistic and pursued a wide variety of mediums, from painting, woodworking, to drawing, and even apprenticed for tattooing back in 2009. My grandfather was a woodworker and he introduced me to the craft at a young age. I consider myself a folk artist because I never had any formal training in woodworking other than the few things that were passed down to me from my grandfather. I have been consistently creating cutouts and aged household items since 2024. You can see some of my work at Rainy Day Revival in Atlanta, GA, Columbus Collective Museum in Columbus, GA and Velvet & Venom in St. Augustine FL.