Delaney Smith-Vaughnis a visual artist, designer and educator based in Denton, TX. Her work explores commercialized creativity, queerness, and the inherent quality of material. She uses handmade paper and cast pulp because of its tactile nature and common presence in our lives.

She hosts Sew Gold, a skillshare gathering, twice a month at her studio at Top Secret. In addition to her day job as a career coach at the College of Visual Art & Design at UNT, she teaches workshops locally and across the US.