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Unique Mets Baseball Art Raises Funds for Local Community
Port St. Lucie, February 11, 2015 – Jennifer Hitchner – Florida’s Treasure Coast oceanic art painter and wearable artist, is announcing
her latest creative project; designing a wearable art piece for the New York METS. This artistic dress will be made entirely out of baseballs from previous baseball seasons and practices.
The one-of-a-kind sculpture has recently been completed and is constructed with approximately 130 Rawlings baseballs from the Mets previous seasons. The lengthy process begins with numerous sketches to find the perfect design representing the coastal area of the Treasure Coast of Florida as well as the coastal artistic flair Hitchner is known for. The deconstructing of the used baseballs begins by removing each and every stitch.
It is planned that this dress will be autographed by the New York Mets team players and on exhibit during this seasons Spring Training at Traditions Field in Port St. Lucie. This unique wearable art dress will be auctioned off and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Port St. Lucie American Little League Association.
Ashley Wright will be modeling the artwork and has been asked to throw out one of the first pitches this season. For the opportunity to win this dress, information will be available on the Port St. Lucie American Little League (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-St-Lucie-American-Little-League) and the artists Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Hitchnerart
Hitchner is a New Jersey native that has recently planted her feet in the Treasure Coast of Florida after living in beautiful Oahu, Hawaii for the past several years. Jennifer initially was inspired by her high school art teacher, Carol Kirk. It wasn’t until she began studying Fine Arts at University of Hawaii-Manoa that she really began experiencing new techniques and unique mediums.
Wearable art, also known as Artwear or “art to wear”, referring to individually designed pieces, often constructed with sustainable or recycled materials, created as fine or expressive art. Jennifer has created wearable art using nautical charts and boat line from the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis; plastic soda & water bottles; and even electrical sockets that could charge an iPhone.
Her sea life paintings are on the cutting edge with vibrant and bold colors. She has mastered the ability to create dimension on a flat canvas surface. Her main focus when painting is on the rhythmic flow of jellyfish and solitary and intriguing nature of octopus. Hitchner’s artwork has been on display at Hickam AFB Art Gallery; University of Hawaii Fashion Gallery; Art at Marks Garage; as well as Gallery 14 in Vero Beach.
Jennifer hopes to connect with other professional sports teams to create more artwork to benefit the communities. Hitchner has started sketching apparel make from footballs, wooden baseball bats, leather baseball gloves, golf balls and even hockey pucks. The sky is the limit.
More of Jennifer Hitchner’s artwork can be seen at http://www.hitchnerart.com or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/HitchnerArt
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