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Tools of the trade include duct tape and natural stone

Portraits made of duct tape and wire-and-natural-stone jewelry will be showcased during Blood Sugar, Artists for a Cure at ArtSpace, above Books and Company, Sunday night at 6:30.
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Portraits made of duct tape and wire-and-natural-stone jewelry will be showcased during Blood Sugar, Artists for a Cure at ArtSpace, above Books and Company, Sunday night at 6:30.

A dozen new artists and a couple of experienced ones have pooled their talent in order to raise funds for juvenile diabetes, said organizer Alisha Denicola, who paints and does tattoo art.

There will be a variety of work on display, including acrylic and oil paintings, the duct tape portraits, photography and there are a couple of tattoo artists who will demonstrate their skill with non-permanent work.

Two other members of the Denicola family will also include their work in the show.

Neil Denicola, Alisha's father, and Doreen Denicola, Alisha's grandmother, will bring their pencil drawings and landscape oil paintings, respectively, to the show as well.

Denicola said the daughter of one of her close friends was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at 18 months.

"We wanted to do a fundraiser because we know her and it's quite sad for a little girl to have to live with that," said Denicola.

Admission is by donation.

"A lot of the artists are students and this will be their first show, so some of them are not comfortable selling their pieces," said Denicola. "If they want to list a price on their work they can and it's ok if they don't, and all proceeds go to juvenile diabetes. There is also a silent auction of the jewelry."

The show takes place upstairs at 1685 Third Avenue.