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Self Portrait by Margaux Kent

Every year, InLiquid hosts Art for the Cash Poor, an event that showcases a number of fantastic artists from around the region. These artists meet their admirers and sell their work at an affordable price. For all you amateur art-collectors out there, everything at Art for the Cash Poor is priced at $199 or less, with most items priced well under $100.

Art for the Cash Poor takes place June 12th and 13th, rain or shine, at the Crane Arts Building. I’m highlighting one artist every week leading up to the arts-filled weekend, because seriously, you should be getting excited. Today’s pick is Margaux Kent, a creator of beautifully intricate handmade jewelry and housewares.

Margaux Kent is a member of InLiquid’s pool of incredibly talented artists, and a graduate of the Tyler School of Art. She creates a signature line of tiny journal necklaces and metal jewelry called Black Spot Books, and collaborates with her husband on a collection of housewares and garden accessories made from reclaimed materials, entitled Peg and Awl.

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“We are constantly working or looking!” Margaux says when describing her and her husband’s artistic process. “We find an old object or old materials, connect it to an idea, spread dirt and dust about to clean it up and soon enough something knew arises!”

For more information on Margaux and her work, visit her profile on InLiquid. And be sure to check out her jewelry at Art of the Cash Poor 11!

Art for the Cash Poor [ InLiquid.com ]