Etsy Finds: Upcycled Rainbow Stuff

Etsy finds! Two of my favorite things in the world – rainbow colors and upcycled crafty-ness – come together to form these beautiful pieces. Click on images to go to links:

Maxi Poncho Cape, $199

by Olivia Royale for Fashion for the Wild and Free

 *upcycled from yarn remnants*

Custom Made Poor Pitiful Pearl Shoot from the Hip Skirt, $95

by Poor Pitiful Pearl

*customer will send in their own jeans and scraps for custom-made skirt*

Custom Poor Pitiful Pearl Swing Top, $39.99,

by Poor Pitiful Pearl

*customer will send in their own fabrics and scraps for custom-made shirt*

Jewel Sari Silk Yarn, $10

by Monsoon Saree

*yarn is handspun from scraps by women in their homes in Nepal*

Custom Made Poor Pitiful Pearl Bell Sleeve, $19.99

by Poor Pitiful Pearl

*customer will send in their own shirt and scraps for custom-made shirt*

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*paper*crane*heart* hearts Jennifer Davis

Jennifer Davis is a painter based in Minneapolis, MN. She generally uses a combination of acrylic, graphite, and charcoal to create what I like to call “creepy-cute” images. These images include animals with human qualities such as female limbs, high heels, and lipstick…colorful patterns balanced out by muted or ‘ghost-like’ skin tones and backgrounds…animal heads and other objects floating in the air, often placed in odd positions which only enhance the surreal quality of her paintings.

Here are some of the cute:

Some of the creepy cute:

I *love* her paintings. In addition to that surreal feeling, there is a bit of a retro feel to them as well, in the simplicity of her line strokes. This is what I love about art – the possibility of being taken to another world, an imaginary world where anything is possible.

Jennifer in her own words:

“My mode of working is very spontaneous and intuitive. I build up layers of paint, sand them down, then build them up some more. I like to create “ghost images” by allowing under-layers of line and paint to peek through to the image of the surface. The narrative quality of each painting becomes apparent through drawing, painting, and adding bits of found-image collage. Every day my invented language of symbols grows, repeats, and changes.”

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