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SILK GRAFFITI by Aubrie Costello
LET AUBRIE TAG YOUR WALL WITH A PIECE OF LUXE SILK GRAFFITI USING YOUR FAVORITE WORDS AS INSPIRATION.
Message from the artist:
My SILK GRAFFITI tells a story, one both strong and ethereal, both spontaneous and labored. I’m most interested in the stark juxtaposition between my materials: luxurious, sometimes feminine, silk and rough-and-tough nails. I choose to work in a sparkly, luxe material commonly used in dress makings and interior textiles, natural Dupioni silk. I shred the silk, letting it deconstruct, and hand-form the letters directly onto the wall of a foyer, bedroom, dining room, or any well-loved and lived-in quarter or even an event space, much like how a street artist throws a tag up on a crumbling exterior wall.
SILK GRAFFITI is a one-of-a-kind, on-site installation and unique to the individual, as I often use the favorite words of the client as inspiration for the piece itself. The process of creating my SILK GRAFFITI installations is one of push and pull, restraint and courage, delicateness and boldness. It can be created in a variety of scales, colors, and fonts. The beauty is in the details and the perfectly imperfect layers of the tangled silk strings, pieced silk letters, and scattered wire nail heads. Lighting can transform the piece too, bringing out all the nubby iridescence of the silk. Like a fine wine, they only get better with age. Natural elements, like the breeze from an open window running through the silk strands, help further deconstruct the SILK GRAFFITI into a more drippling, tangled web of silk and nails as it matures.
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Style Maniac’s Blogs To Books on display at Books & Books Westhampton Beach, our partner in this project. Paricipants surprised friends, family, colleagues, customers with a book gift, then wrote to tell us about it. Then Books & Books kept the gifting going by giving a special coffee table cookbook to 3 participants.
Read more about this celebration of the love bloggers have for books here.
Blogs & Books: Definitely two of my favorite things. Check the Style Maniac blog on November 4 for a special project celebrating both.
PHOTO: Via I Like, I Wish, I Heart/source: MichemilyG
Encouraging random acts of reading.
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ART by Denise Fike
Life-size Fashion Collages
Custom Bridal & Pet Portraits
Dirty Dishes
Metallic Prints
Commissions welcome.
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CHARITABLE CAUSE: Peg’s Presents
Peg Romano adored children and welcomed over a dozen foster kids into her home. She also loved giving gifts. In her honor, her daughter Lee began this non-profit foundation with a sweet and simple mission: bring smiles and gifts to children in need. Donations of books, toys and gifts for children from newborn to 16 years are welcome. For more details, visit pegspresents.com.
