Who I issss…
Hey, I’m Silla Saiben—designer, drummer, smutmaker, and full-time chaos conductor. Born Aaron Christopherson, I operate out of Athens, Buford, and Atlanta, Georgia, pushing absurd art that’s uncomfortable, and unfortunately true.
I started drawing before I could hold a groove, but music stole me early. I've been drumming since 9th grade and now carry a 300+ song setlist everywhere I go—whether I’m busking under streetlights or playing shows with my band Pretty Colors. I live for pocket, groove, and making sounds that hit you in the chest.
When times got tight, I circled back to visual art—editing, shooting, designing merch for my friends, and eventually launching my own lines. That hustle turned into passion. Now I create digitally driven collections that bite back at capitalism, and walk the line between horrifying and hilarious.
My work is inspired by Buddhism, mutualism, hip-hop, death metal, old propaganda, and the glorious weirdness of mushrooms and LSD. I believe absurdity is the key to freedom, and humor’s the only universal language besides love. I make smut. I make noise. I make sense. And sometimes, I make you laugh when you really shouldn’t.
At the end of the day…
This is all I have.
Silla Saiben is a rebellion branded into fabric. Born out of survival, raised on Carbs, and powered by a middle finger to the machine, this is wearable art for the anti-normal.
Each piece is made to disturb the peace just enough to make you think. Whether it’s a tee, a jersey, or eventually a pair of dripped-out overalls or sweatpants, the goal stays the same: truth, through texture. I design for the misfits, the meditating metalheads, the barefoot buskers, and the folks who laugh at power cuz they see right through it.
Streetwear for the spiritually feral.
Satire with a spine.
Silla Saiben.