Instructor: Margot Guralnick

Margot Guralnick
 Margot Guralnick is a design writer and editor at Remodelista. She's also an accidental artist: for more than a decade, Margot has been making art out of leaves and other natural wonders found on dog walks.

A lifelong collector, Margot began by gathering greenery and assembling it on found backdrops ranging from manhole covers to her kitchen table. This evolved into a daily practice she calls Dog Walk Diary (@dogwalkdiarynyc). Instagram provided her with a place to post her work and a ready audience of fellow leaf lovers.

Margot's creations are ephemeral: she documents them in photographs then casts them to the wind. And, in recent years, turns favorites into large-format prints, which have been shown in galleries and shops. "My art is a daily meditation on-and a collaboration with-the plant life growing in my neighborhood in the Bronx and wherever my travels take me," says Margot. "What began as a collector's impulse to look for treasure on dog walks has led to a daily practice and an unexpected second career."

Classes by this instructor


Botanical Flatlay Workshop with Dog Walk Diary

Join Margot Guralnick of Dog Walk Diary to learn how to make flatlay designs from nature's castoffs. Margot considers herself an accidental artist who, 10+ years ago, began gathering finds on dog walks and arranging them daily on found surfaces-- more...
254CRF270 05/18 Su 2:00pm-4:30pm Guralnick
NYBG