Bay Area artist Charlotte Kruk creates wearable sculptures that humorously comment on a culture often known for comparing women, particularly well-dressed women, to decorations, consumables – “eye candy.”

With an obsessive-compulsive approach to the assembly of her designs, she initiates a dialogue on packaging, brand association and power structure by reusing discarded candy wrappings and various other packaging as her primary palette. Her sculptures also make a pointed commentary on the gluttony and wastefulness of a disposable, packaged society. Kruk is fascinated by the energy and creativity involved in creating flashy packaging – carefully researched branding and graphics that seduce – which encourages consumers to purchase, only to later toss away the alluring rubbish. Repurposing these discards in her work, she transforms their inherently enticing designs into multi-layered works of beauty…with a bite.

Photo courtesy of Keay Edwards.