Chicago - March 21, 2006

Glitter Bug

Glitter Art

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Girls like sparkly things.

But that doesn’t mean that the object in question has to come in the shape of a ring. Women will take their shimmer in most any form: tank tops, purses, even art.

To wit: Glitter art by DJ Carolynn Travis. Turns out Travis’s talents extend beyond spinning sultry trip-hop with glimmers of funk, jazz, and soul. She also creates pop paintings with microfine glitter, the mother of all glimmers.

Travis scans food and candy icons (Cap’n Crunch boxes, Twizzlers, and Smarties) then transforms them into pop masterpieces using a combo of matte and sparkling glitters. More than 100 different colors in her arsenal (including not one, not two, but thirteen shades of gold) enable her to achieve depth and detail in a bowl of, um, toasted flakes.

Travis also does custom work. So if you have something in mind, shoot her an e-mail.

Because if there’s anyone who knows that all that glitters isn’t gold, it’s this girl.

Available online at allthatglittersglitters.com.

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