This section of Alpinesavvy highlights small companies, inventors, artists and other superb humans who make exceptional climbing-related gear. 

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Hyalite Designs founder Katie McKinstry Stylos in the studio.

Hyalite Designs is Katie McKinstry Stylos. She’s a Montana-based artist who creates unique and beautiful landscape art from repurposed climbing ropes.

• Hyalite Designs website, including gallery of previous work

• Hyalite Designs Instagram, @hyalite_designs

Katie designs and creates one-of-a-kind mountain scenery art from retired climbing ropes.

She lives near the ice climbing mecca of Hyalite Montana, and when she's not in her studio, you can probably find her climbing up frozen water in the nearby canyons.

Instagram is a great place to see more of her art and find out how you can buy one yourself. (I don’t yet own her art, but I certainly hope to someday.)

Here are some photos of her art, from her website and Instagram.