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19/10/2024

Meditation for me lately. The texture, the colors, the circles within circles. The reminder that little acts of repetition, love and patience add up to… something. ✨

Now that I’m posting this I’m seeing a couple spots where there is in fact a need for a few more dots…

19/11/2023

Realized I never got around to posting this picture of my hornet cup! I thought they’d prefer a yellow and black one- but turns out they’re really into pastels! My time at Penland was defined by these little dudes. In my walls, in my cups, even found a few in my bed! I think they were trying to tell me something… still not sure I got the message. 🌀

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30/08/2023

A study of chance and chaos: hand painted rainbow gradient by way of janky, drippy, clogged up spray paint caps.

There’s a lot of history in those cans and caps.

Took me hours to get this rainbow juuuuust right.

Flecks of freckles. Droplets of sweat. A little bit of blood. Muscle spasms. Carpal tunnel. Mosquito bites. Toxic colorful fumes. A medium of meditation.

Trying to capture what it feels like to be trapped in a sensitive, sensitive body that feels so much, and has always felt so much, and will presumably going on feeling so so much!

I used to feel like a curse but now I treat myself as a blessing… ✨

20/06/2023

🌈🌀🌿✨💖

Oh how I love being a grubby little glow worm in my grubby little paint palace 🐛✨

(The note on the wall suggests “more colors”)

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12/05/2023

Not been much of a clear glass gal these days… but I took a mini class with my neighbor at and I ended up making the nicest vessel I’ve created yet! 💨

Sooooooo… I might have to try practicing without crazy colors more often. Maybe… 🫠

Btw: My mama has been styling all these beautiful bouquets with flowers from her garden 💐

Follow for more glass ✨

19/02/2023

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All my favorite colors are starting to return to the world 💙

14/01/2023

🌸 𝔉𝔦𝔬𝔯𝔢 🌸
Haven’t made a digital collage in a hot minute … so I just went hog wild the other night when I couldn’t sleep and this is what happened. I kinda like it!✨
Im putting it out into the world that I really want to do more album artwork and tour posters this year so tag your musical besties below! 🍃🍄🌹🌺🌷🌸💐🌻🌼🍁🍂

02/12/2021

This turned out to be a a very special piece. It was meant to be an offering sent out into the world but as tends to happen when I’m in a very tender place…I ended up crafting exactly what my subconscious needed to see willed into existence. I’m not going to endlessly ramble on about how meaningful each and every shard of glass in this piece is to me. How these textures and hues are an extension of my heart and soul. But know that this process runs deep. I spend every day breaking beautiful things apart and putting them back together. And so it goes.

If you would like me to make you your very own Lotus Head - please send me a DM. Thanks for looking ✨

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02/02/2021

Working like this gives me sooooooooo many ideas I can’t keep up 🥵 new glass stuff is coming I promise... it’s just at this point in the pandemic I’m really trying to lean into my own personal, cyclical currents of semi organized chaos and see what happens. Because I can.

I’m documenting old work as I go and will be updating my shop soon with some cool original pieces as well as those fabled glass pieces. Not feeling a formal ‘drop’ this month so things will probably just randomly appear online as the mood strikes me so check back often! I’ll post updates here so make sure post notifications are turned on 😘

Everything is weird but life goes on. Thanks for looking / reading / creeping 💚💖💛💙 M

11/12/2020

Now the big question is: Rainbow 🌈 or Green 🌿 ??? Let me know below! 👇✨ Shipped all these babies and a bunch more stuff out today! Thanks so much for all the orders I’m having an absolute blast filling them if you can’t tell 😊

03/12/2020

Hello world, I’d like you to meet my latest creation: the Rainbow Monstera Leaf!!! Featuring yellow, pink, green, blue, purple, turquoise and iridescent glass!!! Got a bit of a late start today so I didn’t get a chance to photograph her in direct sunlight but these dreamy sunset photos ain’t half bad! 🤤 Thank you so much to for being my first custom order in this design and giving me full creative control to stray from the traditional yellow and green combo I’ve been doing. This is literally my favorite thing I’ve ever made and I’m so glad it’s going to a perfect home!!! I’ve been getting swamped with orders for the first time in my life and I truly couldn’t be happier to be making these sparkly little creations for you all. Thank you so so SO much for all the love and support it means the world to me. 💗🥰🍃✨

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28/11/2020

There’s no rule that says you HAVE to suffer for your art but the longer I spend my time here on earth creating different things the more I realize nothing good comes easily. The pieces I struggle with the most end up being the most beautiful if I have the willpower to see them through to completion. I’m an easily frustrated perfectionist and this year has been a master class in patience and perseverance. This piece is no exception and I spent 2 hours alone tonight getting the final two cuts just right. I cursed and screamed a fair amount lol. It’s worth it to put the work in. It’s worth it to walk away and come back when you’re in a better headspace and keep chipping away. It’s worth it to push through. Learning how I work and understanding the level of perfection I aspire to means many many MANY failed attempts allows me to accept and acknowledge frustration without giving up. It’s part of the process and something to embrace. I can’t avoid it and used to beat myself up so badly when it inevitably happened to the point I’d be too ashamed to finish a painting or drawing and would just paint over it. It’s taken years to get to this place and if I could give my younger self one bit of advice it would be that. I get frustrated because I care not because I can’t create my visions. Just sometimes they take a little longer to come to fruition. But the effort always pays off in some weird way. That’s my rambling thought of the day. I hope maybe that helps someone out there take another stab at whatever forsaken project you’ve hidden away. Not everything you make will be a masterpiece but you never know how your art is going to effect other people. It’s your job to get your ideas out of your head and into the physical world and in front of some eyeballs. After that it’s really out of your hands and I think that is honestly so liberating. So get mad. Get upset! Curse the stars above you and shake your fist at the moon. But also remember to breathe and trust the creative alchemy that drives you and channel that passion right back into your craft. I promise it is worth the discomfort and the results will be more beautiful then you could ever have imagined.

10/11/2020

If you know me at all then you’ll know just how rare it is for me to commit to a monochromatic color scheme for a piece - let alone actually enjoy the results!!! These fresh green leaflets give off a strong Animal Crossing vibe and I’m here for it. ✨ Available at .gardenharvest tomorrow afternoon! 🍃💚🍃

02/11/2020

Phew... what a night. I’ll be opening up my holiday commissions tomorrow so keep an eye out for info and pricing! 👁 I have more offerings to share then ever before, so I hope I can bring a little extra light into your loved ones lives during these dark months 💖

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28/10/2020

25/07/2020

THE HERMIT // ✨🕯🍃 //
Flipping through my journal from the first half of the pandemic and found this cool inky gem tucked away some pages I forgot. My interpretation of one of my favorite tarot cards ( I’m a sucker for the Ryder Waite deck what can I say?) I’m really trying to rest today and not manically hurl myself into another project...but I’m thinking if I ever were to properly tackle this tarot project head on...perhaps it would be helpful to stick to black ink and see what characters appear naturally vs trying to replicate each card with a *proper* sketch and color development...idk I’m rambling but the point is kids...there is no right way to create. You have to find your own voice and listen to it. That’s what this card has taught me this year in more ways then one. It’s involved letting go of places, people and things that were weighing me down, and stepping back to get a better, deeper perspective of the big picture, one that is both bathed in light but surrounded by darkness. . . The cards don’t lie!!! They have a sort of devilish humor to them. The first time I drew this card this year was mid March...and I just couldn’t help but laugh. Hope you all are taking good care of your hermit selves as we all wait for this waking nightmare to pass. 🖤✨

19/07/2020

I drew this last night right before I fell asleep. I then dreamed MC Escher and Terrence McKenna drove by me in a dune buggy and flipped me off...so...take from that what you will...

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2024 was a gloriously chaotic, colorful, whirlwind of an adventure for me! 🕊💗✨ I witnessed beautiful magical things all over the country and connected with some the most lovely, genuine, people I’ve ever met! I sat inside giant sequoias, sprawled on white sand beaches, danced in a bunker, clambered up mountains and crawled through caves.I created some of my best personal artwork to date and got to assist some true visionaries create their signature pieces in the hot shop. I love how much I’ve learned and grown. Glass is helping me heal my body and brain while maintainting my faith in humanity. I’m so much stronger and resilient than I ever realized! There’s no stopping me now! 🌀 A sincere, heartfelt, huge THANK YOU to all my brilliant teachers, mentors and friends who made the last 12 months such a blast. ✨🌟✨ I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us all! ❤️‍🔥 See you in the future!! 🧿

✨Spicy pickle vessel in the mid day sun vibes. 🌞 I’ll never get tired of seeing how different colors interact and play with each other in the glass and sunlight. This is one of my favorite green mixes with some darker hues extra sparkly seasoning tossed in. Painting with light, playing with fire. ❤️‍🔥 #sugarcadavers #sugarcadaversglass #pickles #starworksglass

Rescued this huge mirror from the curb and gave it some new life! I actually have no where to put it though - so it is very much ✨available ✨ I put a deceptively large amount of work into getting these splatters and speckles of color juuuuust right. I’ve been enjoying making highly intentional work that looks effortless lately. Just to further drive myself insane. And of course making a reeeeally big mess along the way. Trusting that process man… We’re in it now…. #sugarcadavers #mirror #psychedelic #barbenheimer

It’s HOT in here 🥵 ❤️‍🔥 made a sparkly mini melon vase 🍈🥝🥑🥒🫑🥦 #sugarcadavers #sugarcadaversglass #glassblowing #homegrown #durhamartist #glassartist

Cracked open an intimate cavity of my heart these last couple days that I’ve kept guarded and hidden away for quite some time now. Grief and love and gratitude. Tendons and tenderness. Divine discomfort transmuted into liquid gold. The nagging sensation at the base of your skull that the universe has been conspiring in your favor this whole time, but you’ve been too close, too closed off to see the true trajectory of your own orbit. • • • • • #painting #paint #acrylic #canvas #abstractart #acrylicpainting #abstract #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #acrylicpaint #instaart #oilpainting #poetry #asmr #paletteknife #poem #sugarcadavers #art #paletteknifepainting #artist #painter #artwork #flow #artsy #satisfying #poet #asmrcommunity #modernart #poetsofinstagram #asmrvideo

@acrobeatbox opening up another dimension with the help of @tndontour during the peak of this years @beardfestnj ! This was a special moment for me in front of a very special scrim @therompusart let me paint Friday and Saturday! Full recap post coming up!

Truly a surrealist weekend at @elementsfestival_ 👽 full recap in the next post when I have regained enough brain power to write some proper words. Thank you @bangonnyc for having @dankiselevart and I out. Shout out to @ameliamooretattoos for laying down all those sick lines at previous parties! 💦⚡️🌸🎉🌿✨

Getting the hang of foiling! Working on my first original design! Trying to have it finished for the @artstarphilly Mothers Day Craft Bazaar at Penn’s landing. I’ll be helping out with vending all weekend so come say hi!

Today was...fascinating. Tried to clean up my yard but ended up getting really inspired by all the ants 🐜 Got a new #Sugarcadavers video project cooking now it seems! I’ll leave you with this lil snippet because I’m that exited about it hehe ✨

Spent the day playing with trash, bugs and dead sh*t that’s been rotting in my yard all winter. When anybody asks about the Sugar Cadavers dream from now on I’m gonna show them this ✨

Recorded this killer time lapse of @dankiselevart laying down the fluid acrylic layer of our collaborative mural this weekend.

Extracting the palette

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