Salk and Flurry : designers

Amy Flurry and Nikki Salk had to work together simply by virtue of the way their last names sound together, like 19th century British haberdashers, or perhaps explorers sent on an expedition to a mysterious, undiscovered continent. The Atlanta-based design duo met at Salk’s clothing boutique and have been collaborating every since on styling concepts for fashion shoots and window displays. Their current project, Animalia, “came up as a desire to do something lasting together in the very disposable and fast-paced arena we love, fashion,” says Amy Flurry. The real life artifacts can be seen in the windows of Jeffrey New York and Jeffrey Atlanta through the end of this month, but fortunately for those of us in other climes, they will live on in the web.

The owl, lion, cockatiel, and hare are all created from white Bristol board using only a utility knife, but the furious textures more than make up for any lack of color. For another installation of paper wigs, pigtails, ice cream cones, and butterflies, each had their moment, and in white paper the connections between such disparate objects became remarkably apparent. How do Flurry and Salk create 3D fantasy from 2D paper? “As the layers are applied and glued it creates great shadows and depth,” Flurry reveals. “The beauty of doing this in paper is that you can manipulate the material in so many ways to create different textures… It’s all pretty magical.”