I’ve received several unsolicited emails this year from people who want to turn my artwork into NFTs. Whether they’re scams or just opportunists chasing the next commission, the result is the same: the artwork becomes secondary to the platform they’re trying to sell.
So my answer is no.
Not because I’m against technology. Quite the opposite.
I actually think blockchain has tremendous potential for artists. Imagine a permanent certificate of authenticity or a secure record of provenance that follows a work throughout its life. That’s exciting. Those are problems worth solving.
But NFTs? That ship sailed before it even left port.
Maybe it’s because I’ve lived through enough technology cycles. I remember when walls of CDs and DVDs represented ownership. Entire rooms were dedicated to collections. Today, I open Apple Music when I want to hear a song. I stream a movie in seconds. The value didn’t disappear, it shifted. Access became more important than ownership.
NFTs feel tied to that older idea of ownership. A moment in technology that tried to create scarcity in a digital world that keeps moving toward abundance.
Meanwhile, generative AI has changed the conversation entirely. I’m more interested in questions of authorship, authenticity, and provenance than I am in minting a digital version of my work.
My work is made from recovered rope, discarded materials, knots, labor, memory, and place. It lives in physical space. It asks to be walked around, to be engaged with, not traded on a digital marketplace.
To those who have emailed me about turning my work into NFTs, thank you for thinking of me.
I’ll keep making art. The rest will take care of itself.