“I’ve already uploaded your DNA,” he mentioned slyly.
Meet native artist Sebastian Wolf who just lately was hanging on the Kava Tradition Bar on Fleming
Avenue, the place a few of his steel and stone wearable — and collectible — artwork was on show. The quirky artist and his spouse Magesty’s two fixed companions are their uncommon cats: the placing blue-eyed sphynxes Galaxy and Anura. The felines’ mode of journey nowadays is a stroller that was parked at Kava the day we sat down to speak about Wolf’s intricate and metaphysical items as revealed in jewellery and sculpture.
The blue-tressed creator works primarily with woven wire, typically studded with crystals and semi-precious stones. Recycled supplies sourced from discarded silver wire and different metals add to the artwork’s mystique.
“Each piece has a narrative, a historical past to it,” the 42 year-old Wolf mentioned. “I play and take heed to music whereas I’m creating these stunning creations.”
Galaxy, he mentioned, will “climb into what’s known as a cling drum; he’s entranced by the sound.”
This week, Wolf accomplished a venture that’s now on the market, a sleek flamingo embedded with colourful, uncut sustainably-sourced gems.
The cat-and-human household are current arrivals to Key West by the use of Arizona, the place Sebastian and Magesty acquired lots of their crystals and different stones. In truth, that’s how the pair met.
“I went out to gather amethysts within the desert and there she was,” Wolf mentioned. “It was destiny or vitality or windfall, I don’t actually know. We’ve been collectively over 9 years now.”
Magesty (sure, the identify is spelled with a G) has her personal ardour as a uncooked vegan fanatic and cook dinner. “I make vegan desserts and train individuals how you can use uncooked meals.”
Talking of raw-based diets, Galaxy and Anura comply with the identical rule within the family: their sole meals consumption is raw rabbit for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In truth, on a current go to to Kava Bar, the place Sebastian was displaying a few of his jewellery, the 2 cats have been screeching via the display on the stroller. “They’re actually hungry proper now,” Magesty laughed.
However don’t fear, the Wolfs aren’t chasing down rabbits on the street to feed their felines.
“We order frozen rabbit meat on-line. They gained’t eat the rest!”
The unconventional artist and his spouse, though new to the island, seem to mix in seamlessly with the eclectic variety of the artwork scene in Key West. A number of instances every week, Wolf joins different purveyors who provide a few of their work within the out of doors Duval Avenue market.
Coming right down to the island at first took some convincing from family and friends.
“Once we have been in Arizona, everybody was telling me, ‘It’s important to go to Key West.’ At first I used to be skeptical about shifting to Florida. Now I see what they have been speaking about.”
Wolf’s perspective about life matches in completely together with his artwork.
“Belief your instinct,” he winked.
