Emma Gibbons is one of the most exciting and fastest-growing pop artists in the country. Hailing from the artistic hub of St Ives, Cornwall, Emma is a mixed media artist fast becoming well known for her colourful, show-stopping contemporary artworks using resin, glitter, crystals and other precious materials.And Margot Robbie, who's starring in Greta Gerwig’s new motion picture film Barbie, recently snapped up one of her pieces.Speaking exclusively with Daily Star she said: “Margot's personal trainer, David Higgins, discovered my Barbie-themed pill piece Bad Barbie at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea in March.“It's a huge bright pink side profile of Barbie, complete with swishing ponytail, made out of thousands of hand-crafted resin and glitter pills and Swarovski crystals.“He Instagrammed it and sent me a message saying that he was working with Margot on the Barbie film and that he loved the work.“The next day on set he showed the reel to Margot and sent her the website and before I knew it she'd snapped it up for her office in LA!”The Australian actress isn’t the only celebrity who is a fan of Emma.British TV personalities Zoe Ball and Dawn French also own one of her artworks.Emma recounted: “Zoe's partner commissioned me to make a piece for her 50th birthday and Dawn French bought a piece from a gallery in Fowey in Cornwall.“Danny Dyer also bought one of my Absolutely Wasted vodka bottle pieces from a gallery in East London, which I thought was quite appropriate!”Emma boasts unrivalled experience in the art industry working on some of the most high profile exhibitions in the world, including seven years working for Damien Hirst.It’s hard not to be seduced by the Gibbon’s vibrant resin, modern culture references.
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