Ava Austin

I saw Ava and her jewelry at a fair in San Francisco. While I think it’s an interesting idea to make jewelry out of acrylic paint, I don’t think it’s fair to call acrylics «FaPolymers» and charge $ 25 for a bracelet that costs $ 5 and takes 10 min to make. Just pour down a line of several acrylic paints of any color, mix them, let dry. Done.

Yesterday while at the Half Moon bay Pumpkin festival I had the good fortune to meet and see Ava Austin’s Jewelry. Never saw anything like it. Fell in love with it. Ava took the time to show us some great pieces, and found me a bracelet I liked better than the one I picked out first. Problem with her jewelry is I love it all. Next piece will be a facuff. Her website is awesome. A couple of my friends will be lucky this Christmas because I will be shopping on Ava’s website. The overall reason I love the jewelry is because its so unique.

She is genius! Wow, I just got one of her braclets today as a gift and… I LOVE IT! HOW DID SHE COME UP WITH THIS!!!
I got one of her acrylic braclets and it’s sooo coool!!!
It’s super light, comfy, and CUTE!!!
I got ahold of her through a friend but appartently you can reach her at
DEFINITELY LOOOK INTO HER STUFF!
OH, and she is one of the most sweetest and friendliest person!!!

My favorite kind of art is memorable, innovative, vivid, and affordable (to make and to buy).
Like Ed, my first encounter with Ava Austin’s art was at the Capsule Fair. Her booth was hard to miss. A sea of popping turqiouse, royal blues and bronze. Her art is definitely memorable, innovative, vivid, and affordable.
Ava makes lovely bracelets with acrylic paint and other creative materials. Her most popular and design is called a FaCuff and is crafted through a special mixture of acrylic paint, which can be peeled off a peice of paper and molded around the wrist. Her canvases are ‘flexible art’, and it’s exciting to see how dynamic each peice becomes, once on you.
Ava’s FaCuffs can be worn in the shower, at night, and once molded to your wrist, can be stretched off easily. They’re perfect for those that get frustrated by dangling cumbersome jewelry, and for those (comme moi) that have the remarkable talent for losing and misplacing jewelry. For some of her more expensive bracelets, Ava paints acrylic paint onto copper bracelets and adorns them with tiny shimmering bronze balls. These peices are especially impressive. The tiny bronze balls compliment the rich colors of paint, perfectly.
Since I’ve been wearing Ava’s peices, I have recieved a slew of compliments. People often think my FaCuff bracelet is made of glass, with the way it catches the light, and on long Bart rides and frantic phone conversations with my mom, I love to twist it around my wrist and watch the different colors of paint intertwine with one another.
This Thanksgiving weekend, I brought two of Ava’s bracelets as presents. Both of the women loved their bracelets and put them on right away. Throughout the night, they kept on marvelling at the colors and the unique idea behind Ava Austin’s art.
If you’re having trouble finding original presents for these upcoming holidays, Ava’s bracelets would be a great place to start. I have a strong feeling that her pieces will really take off, as word continues to spread about her art.