AxiomNOLA

Accessories – New Orleans

Darcy Culp and Tish Douzart are both New Orleans artists (and best friends), who were looking for a creative outlet to which they could both collaborate. Darcy constructs her treasures with elegant wire work, adding in salvaged adornments as highlights. She anticipates the deconstruction of old and found jewelry and giving new life to otherwise unwanted body decor. Tish composes wearable art mainly from recycled materials such as paper, fabric, and synthetics. Hand-rolling/forming paper beads by hand, in her home studio, Tish repurposes old catalogs, newspapers, grocery bags, and unused scrap to create well-executed, high-quality bead work for elegant, one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Together, their thrifty eye and desire to reduce their carbon footprint lead them to designing little lovelies for everyone to wear and enjoy with new appreciation.