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S-A-L-T (Sea-Air-Land-Tower)
Santa Monica Mountains ⛰️
Available for music videos, photo shoots & short-term rentals 🎬📸
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The older I get, the more I realize how much I NEED to create.

Creating entire worlds around a single piece of jewelry means finding the perfect model, the perfect location, traveling to wherever that vision takes us, surrounding myself with the most talented crew, and bringing it all to life alongside my visionary buddy Jake.

This brings me not only happiness, but also peace. As if I’ve fulfilled some unspoken creative contract I made with the Universe.

Thank God for making me an artist.

Day 1 of Scorpio season. ♏

@weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography @topangatower @peerspace

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Objects of Obsession. Modeled by Austin. ⛓️🖤♾️

@weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography @topangatower

Austin in WAAS 3mm minimalist cable chain sterling silver necklace and bracelet. Also wearing 8mm agate bead bracelet. Photographed & styled by Jake Lyle in Topanga CA. Austin Keil modeling sterling silver necklace and bracelet for men

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Behind the scenes of our previous post / Jake, Austin & Co… doing that 🪄⛓️🖤✨ thing we do🫡 @weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography @topangatower #bts #photoshoot #menstyle #mensjewelry #model

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This Sunday, October 18th, we gather where architecture, mountain, sky, and wildland meet for Resonance of Place ~ an intimate evening devoted to the art of listening, the wisdom of the land, and the restorative power of sound and frequency ✨

Our time together begins with a guided tour of @topangatower and its remarkable architecture with owner and architect John Jennings, followed by seasonal herbal tea and an exploration of the native plant ecology with @rituellife founder Eve Gaines.

As the evening unfolds, musician and sound practitioner @soundofzoe will guide us through an immersive experience of voice, vibration, and resonance 🎶

Sunday, October 18th
4:30–7:30 PM
Topanga Tower

We would love to share this experience with you. Details at the link in bio. 🌿

#wellnessevent #losangeles #soundbath #architecture #ecology

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Sunday, November 8th, we gather for Resonance of Place ~ an intimate evening devoted to the art of listening, the wisdom of the land, and the restorative power of sound and frequency ✨

Our time together begins with a guided tour of @topangatower and its remarkable architecture with owner and architect John Jennings, followed by seasonal herbal tea and an exploration of the native plant ecology with @rituellife founder Eve Gaines.

As the evening unfolds, musician and sound practitioner @soundofzoe will guide us through an immersive experience of voice, vibration, and resonance 🎶

Sunday, November 8th
4:30–7:30 PM
Topanga Tower

We would love to share this experience with you. Details at the link in bio. 🌿

Reel by @tracy_kristine 🎥

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View from the top 🤓♾️🖤⛓️

Austin in minimalist Dove sterling silver pendant and sterling chain bracelet custom stack ⛓️⛓️⛓️ photographed & styled by Jake Lyle in Topanga CA @weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography @topangatower #mensjewelry #menstyle #denim #bodybuilder #jewelryformen Austin Keil modeling We Are All Smith Jewelry for Men

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off a lonely fire road way above Malibu is @topangatower, a gorgeous, ominous-looking citadel of brutalism built by PT&T in 1972. after it became obsolete as a communications node, it fell into disrepair, and like all good brutalism became a canvas for decades of graffiti. architects John Jennings and Sasha Tarnopolsky bought it in 2005, and spent most of the following two decades working to transform it into one of the wildest dwellings in California (no small feat), and have stewarded its site into a mini ecosystem rich with native flora and water—it was likely spared from the Palisades Fire, which burned right to its property line, thanks to its landscaping. they even managed to save some of its graffiti, with its massive front address numbers carved out of decades of paint.

it was fantastic to spend some time in the quiet up there, and a privilege to spend a morning with John and Sasha. it must be incredible to watch the seasons, and the days, pass by from this place.

outtakes from a new piece out this week in @nytimes by @typefiend

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Your power lives in your shadow ⛓️♾️🖤

Austin in WAAS Jade & Sterling Necklace and green garnet and sterling cable chain bracelet stack. Photographed and styled by Jake Lyle in Topanga CA

@weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography @topangatower #mensjewelry #menstyle #mensfashion #ootdmen #jewelryformen Austin Keil wearing Jade Ring Pendant on Sterling Silver Chain Necklace for men

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immer project - initial research listening event exploring group dynamics and nature based wisdom from regrowth after the California wildfires in Jan 2025.

The mission of this event was to explore new systems, evaluate working relationships, and preface a larger scope of work to unite disparate stakeholders including indigenous elders, developers, and community members for creative problem solving through shared experience, immersive art, and my coined term “casual coherence”.

Much like the trees that create the nutrition for new growth, the event was an investigation and a seed for new approaches to community engagement: away from fight or flight and survival stress responses, rooted in nature and from an organized state of coherence, attuned to the sound of regrown native plants after the fires.

What happens when we unite from an inner state of collective peace, bonded by our shared experience?

This research event was a critical informative experience to my thesis at @nyutisch @imalowres.nyu where research around disinformation, algorithmic bias, and the invisible levers bad actors use to perpetuate division became an essential part of building the exercises in my series for deep listening and casual coherence.

location and huge thank you to: @topangatower
team of collaborators
cyanotypes @bendavis_la
contracts @melaniegdriven
branding @conwaybongo
print and co-curation @lucero_azul

additional support @el_david_musica @xmayorme @brett1st

#listeningroom #research #soundartist

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Behind the scene w/ Austin at the coolest location in Topanga (with Catalina island on the background!!!)

Austin by Jake Lyle photographed in Topanga, CA

@weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography

#jewelryformen #behindthescenes #photoshoot #bodybuilder #mensfashion

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SIGNAL RECEIVED—-

This summer @usal.project partnered with @adidasoutdoor for the release of the Freehiker 3. We are proud to have provided art direction and spatial design for the 30 person experiential launch event & dinner deep in the Topanga mountains

Special thanks to @topangatower for their hospitality, an architectural monument with 360-degree views of the Pacific Ocean and the surrounding canyons, and chef @camilacreates for her unbelievable 3-course meal

Art Direction & Spatial Design: @thebouke
@jessefoxhallen @uamuel

Graphic Design: @gobspeed
Photographer: @skyquajusturner

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👁️ FORWARD.

Austin in new WAAS Sterling/Rhodium Cross + White Brass Bead, Cuban Chain & Cable Chain bracelet stack / Photographed & styled by Jake Lyle at Topanga Tower.

@weareallsmith @jakelylephoto @austinbvi @thisisbabe @lindagcastro @ambergressphotography @topangatower #mensjewelry #jewelryformen #crossnecklace #fitness #bodybuilder Male fitness model Austin Keil modeling jewelry for men by We Are All Smith

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