It was a piece of sheer luck to discover Katie Mercer’s stick-figure pole dancers! Find them at www.workthatpole.com

You draw totally cool stick figure pole dancing art. How did that idea come to you?

Welllllll, funny story actually that mainly starts by me telling you that I can’t draw! I started sketching as a hobby and late one night (when I couldn’t sleep) found that I had drawn a pole dancer that was not only funny but also recognizable as a pole dancer and just ran with it. Twenty-five poses later, and a lot of friends’ laughs and encouragement, led me to start a line of products that featured these drawings.

Give us the scoop on Work That Pole!

Work that pole … is a line of products that feature surprisingly seductive stick figures in different pole dancing poses. There are t-shirts, bags, pins, postcards, stickers, hats, and shot glasses.

You’re not a pole dancer yourself, but I bet you’ve learned a lot about the pole dance community through your art. What has struck you the most about all the pole dancers you meet?

I worked as a vendor at the USPDF East Coast competition and immediately I was struck with how STRONG y’all are! The competition was amazing and the amount of athletism that goes into your dancing is amazing!

What are your goals for yourself as an artist?

All things considered and, as mentioned before, that I am not really that artistically inclined, I would say just to continue to have fun with sketching and promoting work that pole…

Who is your hero or role model?

My papa.

What are your favorite words of encouragement?

Never give up.

Favorite pizza toppings:

Ricotta cheese and ground beef

Cupcakes or ice cream?

Cupcakes.

What do you like to do when you’re not drawing pole dancers?

Work in the yard, go fishing, and drive around town.

Anything else you’d like to share:

It’s been great to be interviewed. Check us out at www.workthatpole.com!

To get Katie’s awesome pole dance designs on a t-shirt or dance bag (or a bunch of other things!), visit her site and send her an email.

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