Welcome To My Store!
Salvage & Shine is a sustainable wearable art business that creates handmade eco-conscious art by Afro-Caribbean artist, Alessandra Payne. Salvage & Shine is an art advocacy business that is committed to creating authentic art that tells a story and that creates positive impacts. All pieces are made from the heart and are produced in ways that are safe for the environment. Welcome to my store!
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The Affirm Body Positivity Collection
This collection is created to honor women who are buxom and voluptuous!...
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The Abalone & Aluminum Collection
This collection is inspired by the sea. Abalone shells have a beautiful...
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The Beadwork Collection
This collection celebrates beadwork by creating statement pieces from beads of...
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The Malian Monochrome Collection
This collection was inspired by the monochromatic color scale and ancient Malian...
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The Phoenix Rising Collection
This collection was inspired by a large, mythological bird called the Phoenix. ...
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The Quatrefoil Collection
This collection was inspired by the quatrefoil geometric shape and its use...
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Refined Design
This collection is motivated by my interest in continual growth and development....
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The Rococo Sunshine Collection
This collection was inspired by our sun, Ancient Egypt, and Rococo art. ...
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The Rusted Metal Collection
This collection was inspired by a rusty metal bead that was purchased...
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The Swanning Collection
This collection was inspired by the story of the ugly duckling to...
Dropping Gems & Pearls Blog
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An Eco-Conscious Aziza Party (An Art Empowermen...
Alessandra PayneThis interactive art experience was inspired by the Albany County Rail Trail Scavenger Hunt Exhibition called "Gnomes and Fairies" which took place July 2025. In this experience, participants interacted with...
An Eco-Conscious Aziza Party (An Art Empowermen...
Alessandra PayneThis interactive art experience was inspired by the Albany County Rail Trail Scavenger Hunt Exhibition called "Gnomes and Fairies" which took place July 2025. In this experience, participants interacted with...
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The Sculpting of Clarice the Aziza
Alessandra PayneI exhibited a mixed media sculpture in the 2025 Albany County Art on the Rail Trail scavenger hunt. The theme for this exhibit is "Gnomes and Fairies." I submitted...
The Sculpting of Clarice the Aziza
Alessandra PayneI exhibited a mixed media sculpture in the 2025 Albany County Art on the Rail Trail scavenger hunt. The theme for this exhibit is "Gnomes and Fairies." I submitted...
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Reclaiming Denim as an African American textile...
Alessandra PayneDue to the cultural whitewashing that occurred when historians attempted to sanitize the "peculiar" institution of American slavery, we were misled into believing that jean and denim were American fibers...
Reclaiming Denim as an African American textile...
Alessandra PayneDue to the cultural whitewashing that occurred when historians attempted to sanitize the "peculiar" institution of American slavery, we were misled into believing that jean and denim were American fibers...
