Artist: Amanda King | Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Artist: Amanda King | Location: Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg, SC
I was born with a creative spirit inside me and blessed with a loving and even more creative family surrounding me. I’ve spent the entire first portion of my life experiencing the “art world” along the outskirts. For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by Fabergé, and longed for the skills to gild items the way he did. I then made the decision to find items that others may consider “undesirable” and make them beautiful. With no formal art training, it is my understanding that the first thing art should do for anyone is prompt intrigue and then, hopefully, joy. My current artwork is developed using a method I’ve jokingly referred to as “stream of consciousness art.” I have the freedom of not having a finished product all worked out in my head when I begin something and can allow the piece to evolve as it goes. I take great pride in turning a forgotten item into a thing of beauty and reconnecting that item with a memory in someone’s soul.