Meet Crystal Fischetti

Next up on our Women We Watch blog is London based spiritual artist Crystal Fischetti. We chatted all things arty from creating your own natural dyes, art as therapy to the best tunes to paint to. If you’re a lover of colour whose into abstract art, Crystal Fischetti is the girl for you!

 Another member of Tatty’s Art Club, Crystal is radiating positivity in our Colour Swatch Earrings, made with 100% recycled acrylic.

Observe, create, express, heal, love.

Mostly during the lockdown while I was 'stuck' in Mexico but I was teaching art therapy, at the latter end of my MA at Chelsea, from my art studio in London last year. I consider myself a healer, mainly.

An understanding and appreciation for the beginning of painting, paint as medium and a reverence for the natural world. Botanical dying is nothing new but during this Age of Aquarius we get to respect and take stock of the fruits of the earth beyond the man-made.

I am still exploring how to create flower dyes but one of my favourite colours is yellow and turmeric creates a wonderful long lasting sunshine.

Ones that support true sisterhood, stand up against sex slavery, domestic violence, animal cruelty and those that are living examples of love. I don't care for fame. I care for positive leadership. Follow what you seek to attract and what resonates for you. 

My record player which I bought in Detroit this March before the lockdown just started burning up. I was playing some weird ambient instrumentals on it and a guy called Paul Horn who played a flute in the Taj Mahal in the late 60's. 

On Spotify I have been listening to TJ Tracey, Bruno Martino, Lizz Wright, Dua Lipa, Eduardo Castillo and Mahmood. I have an eclectic music taste. I also LOVE Beethoven!

Red, orange and yellow. My culture, the merge of Italy and Colombia. I am a sunny person, I love the heat and I should have been born a Leo. I am a Pisces sun, all dreamy and blue. I go deep, I feel deeply. I love the sea.

The New York school from the late '50s' to '60's a movement of Abstract Expressionism, coined by a great master: Robert Motherwell who was once married to my other heroine, Helen Frankenthaler. I also enjoy Hilma af Klint's work, Katrina Grosse, Eva Hesse, so many…

My ancestor Fedele Fischetti was a Rococo master and I heavily respect his symbolism and attention to detail.

 Would it be cliché if I said Leonardo da Vinci? I adore his work and have three copies of his notebooks. One in London, one still in LA and the other at home in Rome. At Fiumicino airport there is a statue of his Vitruvian man as you leave Rome. I am so proud to be Italian, sometimes it hurts. (I have dual nationality). 

Stay true, make mistakes, keep going, fail better, keep your friends close and your enemies closer, the suckers wanna bring you down but don't let them. Have boundaries, don't be a tragic artist, fail better each time, borrow, give, give  acknowledgement, give praise, celebrate your victories, re-invent, find yourself a mentor or two who really believe in you, don't chase money or fame, do the work because you love it, because it makes others feel good, have a good business head, be organised, eloquent, elegant, hold your head high, don't be cocky, know how to intellectually hold an argument and be humble. Study, study, study. The art world is small, everyone remembers everything. Lastly, and most importantly, family is everything, tribe is everything.

Colour Swatch Earrings. 

The sea, somewhere hot and with good company. My hammock in Italy is also a great spot for inspiration!

LACMA, SFMOMA and The Wallace Collection.

Be authentic, connect, share a story not an algorithm. 

20 foot tall painting but technically it was on silk, in LA.

Let's Dance, by Bowie comes to mind, I also love his Wild is the Wind version.

Be in the moment, love and travel.

Thanks Crystal! Want to explore more of Crystal’s colourful work? Brighten your IG feed with wonderful work in progress pics! Or head on over to her website, where you can even get your hands on a piece.

Join the Art Club with one of our recycled colour swatch pieces online and in store now. You’ll be in great company!