About Us: Margot Silk Forrest & Destiny Carter |
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Margot Silk Forrest has been doing arts and crafts since she was a little kid stealing her mother's linen napkins and blisteringly red nail polish to make baby dolls. Besides painting and embellishing shoes, she sews wearable-art clothing and home decor items, makes quilts, and beads jewelry for her own pleasure. Her first pair of luminously painted and beaded sandals were accepted for publication in Altered Couture 2, a glossy magazine showcasing one-of-a-kind, handmade fashions and wearable-art projects. The publishers also used her Gypsy Sandals in a full-page magazine ad for Altered Couture 2.
Margot teaches classes in painting and embellishing shoes on the West Coast, mostly in Northern California. For her schedule, click here. She and Destiny also create custom-embellished bridal shoes under the label Silk Forrest Bridal. They are based in Morro Bay, CA.
In addition to being an artisan and shoe designer, Margot is the author of three books, including A Short Course in Kindness: A Little Book on the Importance of Love and the Relative Unimportance of Just About Everything Else. It is available from the Sassy Feet store.
Several pairs of Margot and Destiny's shoes have appeared in later issues of Altered Couture and in wearable art exhibits, including the highly competitive Wearable Expressions 2008 exhibit and sale in Palos Verdes, CA.
Destiny Carter is an award-winning artist who works in
various media, including sculpture,
pen & ink, pencil, acrylic paints, and graphic arts. She began
painting and embellishing shoes as an apprentice at Silk Forrest Bridal Shoes.
Her work was of such high quality, she recently became a creative partner to Margot
in all her Sassy Feet work.
Destiny's artwork can be seen at www.DestinyCarter.com.
She is also a talented graphic designer who has done all of Sassy Feet's and Silk Forrest Bridal's logos, web
design, business cards, magazine ads, posters, and other materials, including the Sassy Feet! book cover.
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Photo by Stan Thompson
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Check out these other sites featuring Margot's and Destiny's work. |
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