Her Favorite Color is Patina
Picture a barefoot seven-year-old girl pulling a little red wagon through town, collecting the most interesting things along the way: a rusted bottle cap, a piece of bark curled up like a smile, a green plastic army man rescued from the gutter and immediately promoted to Important. She’d go home, put dirt in a coffee can, add daisies and clover hijacked from the yard, and thoughtfully arrange those found treasures into tiny worlds. Then she’d paint a “Yard Sale” sign, stick it in the grass, and proudly offer her terrarium masterpieces to anyone with pocket change and good taste.
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That was Christina.
Like many people, she took a long, practical detour into the corporate world, trading found objects for drafting software and straight lines. But she never stopped noticing what most folks overlook, and she never stopped loving things that show their wear, their history, and a life fully lived.
Starting in 2015, Christina circled back to her roots and began building art from reclaimed materials, rescued objects, salvaged hardware, and old frames. She transforms cast-offs into assemblage pieces that feel playful, honest, and unexpectedly beautiful, keeping the scars and stories intact whenever possible.
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Nothing brings Christina more joy than transforming bits, bibbets, and pieces that have lost their purpose into objects d’art. In her work, the scars of time become the backdrop to the story, and what others see as landfill-bound is reimagined to function as beauty.
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