Sequim Irrigation Festival

The Irrigation Festival held 2 contests for the design of 2012 festival artwork. The first contest was for the design to be used on festival lapel pins, posters, float designs, programs, website, advertising, the royalty pageant, the festival events and more. The second contest was for the design to be used on the Festival buttons.

Festival Lapel Pin Design

Laura Friedkin was the winner of the logo design contest with her design for the 2012 theme of “117 and Still Grown’ Green.” Laura was born in Illinois and has lived in the St. Louis and Denver areas. She first came to Sequim on vacations to visit her parents and extended family. She and her husband, Bill, were so taken with the area, they moved to Sequim in 2008 when Bill landed a local job.

Laura has over twenty year’s experience in graphic design, taking her natural art skills and putting them to use as an assistant to an art director and then as a graphic designer working on packaging design.

In Sequim, Laura has continued to hone her artistic talents and enjoys spending time working on design, photography, painting, beading and other crafts. Laura was the designer of the logo design for both the 114^th and 116^th Irrigation Festival themes.

Laura and her husband spend their time enjoying the natural beauty of Sequim and the surrounding area, hiking, walking the beaches, and photographing the natural splendor of the Olympic Peninsula. Laura also loves the time she gets to spend with her parents and extended family living in Sequim. “These past years living so close by to my folks have been a precious gift to me.”

Laura enjoys the small town warmth of Sequim and the rich traditions of the community and she looks forward to being a part of the 117^th Irrigation Festival and all of its many activities.

Festival Button Design

The winner of the Festival Button design contest is Melody Workman. Melody is the daughter of Scott Workman and Alice Workman and is a 5^th grade student at Helen Haller Elementary School. Melody has four siblings - Sam, Justin, Sarah and Spencer. Melody is excited at the prospect of being an aunt soon, when Sam and his wife, Vannesa have a child soon.

Melody loves to sing, draw, write and spend time with her family. She is talented at writing stories, most of which involve at least once princess. She also illustrates her own stories. She recently won second place for one of her drawings in a poster design contest for boating safety.

True to her name, Melody loves music and plays the piano. She also enjoys singing solos and performing. She has been in several operettas, including the Wizard of Oz and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and she hopes to be in more productions in the future. At home, Melody plays piano and recorder and when Santa brought her a Yeti flute for Christmas she was soon picking out tunes. She hopes to learn how to play the violin someday.

Congratulations to Melody for her winning button design!