PATRON SAINTS OF SISTER LOVES

Maia DeCamillo X Sister Loves

Patron Saints of Sister Loves

Patron Saints of Sister Loves is a collaboration between Artist Maia DeCamillo and Sister Loves, resulting in a series of artworks which have been inspired by the core values of Sister Loves.

Maia DeCamillo is an Artist, Filmmaker, Actor and Writer, and creator of production company WallsComeDown. Her work has been featured on arts platform ShowStudio, shortlisted for the 2018 Vault New Writing Award, and showcased as part of the 2021 London Design Biennale at Somerset House. Her short film, Talk To Me, received an honourable mention from the Tokyo International Short Film Festival in 2021. Cutting Remarks is the Artist’s ongoing project of collage work - first developed in 2016, this series engages with the elements of character and narrative that run throughout her work. Her piece Let Me Get Back On Your Wavelength (2017) was exhibited at Tate Britain in 2022.

Patron Saints of Sister Loves reinterprets Sister Loves’ design manifesto into iconography - drawing on the four aspects most integral to Sister Loves, and creating personified characters to represent them. Here the concept of a patron saint is subverted - The Four Holy Sisters of Sister Loves are less pious messengers and more tongue-in-cheek idols, to whom we should all aspire.

Focusing on Individuality, Craftsmanship, Timelessness and Sustainability, this  series of artworks seeks to highlight the importance of these values for Sister Loves, and draw attention to the way each of these principles is considered and deployed in everything that Sister Loves does. 

Maia DeCamillo has created each artwork by hand, using salvaged imagery and repurposed materials. In addition to the icon portraits, Maia has created a series of animated works to compliment these. Like the original artworks, the imagery was first created by hand, then captured digitally and animated using stop-motion.

As part of the collaboration between Maia DeCamillo and Sister Loves, the imagery and visual language of Patron Saints of Sister Loves will be incorporated and reimagined as a collection of Sister Loves products. 

The artist has designed a series of cards featuring the Patron Saints of Sister Loves artwork. These are a now available as part of the Can You Resist? collection.