{"id":17085,"date":"2017-03-29T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=17085"},"modified":"2017-03-29T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T13:51:12","slug":"how-to-dress-like-a-masterpiece-ariel-adkins-of-artfully-awear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/how-to-dress-like-a-masterpiece-ariel-adkins-of-artfully-awear\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Dress like a Masterpiece: Ariel Adkins of Artfully Awear"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever loved a piece of art so much you wished there was a way to wear it? Ariel Adkins\u00a0knows the feeling\u2014in fact, it lead her to start\u00a0a personal style blog called\u00a0Artfully Awear<\/a>. Since 2014, the artist and designer has been creating outfits inspired by her favorite objets d’art and encouraging others to do the same through a series of workshops. Whether it’s\u00a0the\u00a0Guggenheim here in New York or Frida Kahlo’s home in Mexico, you can catch Ariel wearing her bespoke garments at exhibition venues all over the world. We recently had the privilege of chatting with Ariel about her childhood love for art, her go-to\u00a0thrifting spots\u00a0in NYC and her dreams and plans for Artfully Awear (hint: there may be a clothing line in the works).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AZ:\u00a0Tell us a little bit about art\u2019s role in your life. Have you had a passion for art since childhood or did it emerge later on?<\/strong><\/p>\n AA:\u00a0<\/strong>Art has always been a part of my life, for as long as I can remember. My parents were both artists, and they really valued creativity and encouraged me to think outside the box. My mother had the amazing skill of making something out of nothing, so to speak \u2013 whether that meant a giant sculpture fabricated out of detritus from the trash dump, a pair of moccasins for me (and matching pair for my doll) out of a piece of suede, or a fabulous outfit fished out of the Salvation Army. My father is a craftsman and woodworker, who applies an artistic touch to even the most everyday objects (like frames for my senior exhibition).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n