Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Glamorously Green

Happy Earth Day! Like Surrealists Man Ray, Dalí and Duchamp before her, [all of whom dabbled in jewelry design] New York based artist Megan Marrin adorns and delights with her M.Graves collection. Inspired by and made from a collection of nineteenth century Bisque porcelain doll heads that were excavated from the ruins of bombed-out doll factories in Thuringia, Germany each piece is unique as well as beautiful and because they are made entirely of found and thrifted objects they're enviromentally friendly too! Megan on eco chic: "I use vintage because I don't want to create anything new, anything extra. There is so much excess in goods that we buy, especially luxury goods. The only things that I buy new are some of the semi-precious beads, which I get from this cool place in Arkansas. All my packaging is recycled, reclaimed, or reused as well. That is very important to me"
So important that even her recent Petra Project was composed primarily of black & white paintings emphasized by old photographs.
SARTEL+M.Graves in the news:
try the artistic, handcrafted look
bold baubles
if you can get over that bit of macabre


M.Graves by Megan Marrin is available exclusively @ SARTEL & Opening Ceremony


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