Ali Launer employs highly original materials to create art that unifies elements of nature and craft. Her combination of luxurious, vibrant stones and beads on the skulls of noble animals creates an impressive, dynamic and signature style of art.
Launer’s unique work exhibits beautiful combinations of patterns and extraordinary bold presence. The animal form, often with large, powerful horns, serves as the frame housing the intricate details of her designs. Each animal offers unique opportunities and possibilities, which Launer interprets as angular and symmetrical, or abstracted, simulating movement in the geometric composition.
A skilled artisan, Ali has received major national coverage for her fashion and design work. Her jewelry has been featured by In Style and Vogue Magazines, as well as on The Early Show. Within six months of employment with an international jewelry company, she was promoted to designer, and her designs were sold at stores such as the Limited and Nordstrom among others. Launer’s hand beaded skulls are her most recent artistic venture. The Grand Bohemian Galleries throughout the
