Electra Pelias

LINK IN BIO TO SIGN UP Intro to Cyanotypes on Fabric! Friday July 31st 12:30-4:30 PM This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the cyanotype process on fabric, a historic photographic technique known for its rich blue tones. Students will learn how to work with cyanotype chemicals, create compositions using natural materials and found objects, along with printed photos on film. and expose their designs using sunlight or UV light. The class emphasizes experimentation, layering, and personal expression, resulting in unique textile pieces that can function as art objects or be sewn into wearable works.

some button hair clip color combos! all avaliable on my website link in bio :) 🧵🪡

BEDAZZLE KEYCHAIN RESTOCK!! Add a splash of humor and SEXYYYY to your keys! Each keychain is made and bedazzled to order, so no two keychains are alike! I have all of your fav memes and celebs on my website BUT I also do customs! Msg me to inquire

build your own button necklace!!! only at STEP 1: pick a button STEP 2: pick a cord STEP 3: enjoy! I will make your necklace and ship it right over :) IT’S THAT EASY! according to my calculations, there are 140 combinations 🤓

Today we're sharing work from Electra Pelias @electramakes in the "this place is strange" exhibition; "termite tent," risograph print, 2025 • • #art #artwork #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #artcollector #artist #onlineartgallery #onlineartexhibition #artexhibition #artgalleries #artgallery #contemporaryart #visualart #juriedshow #artistfeature #international #mixedmedia #electrapelias #thisplaceisstrange #midwest #midwestniceart

For over a decade, NEXT has showcased the work and skills of Corcoran School students, featuring performances, exhibitions, and symposia throughout the campus. This year during the opening for NEXT, dancers from the Corcoran’s BA in Dance Program activated part of my exhibit with a choreographed dance. I was so honored to be able to see them perform and the way they moved through my exhibit was so emotional and brought me to tears. Pictures by Cooper Tyksinski/GW Today (1,2) and Electra Pelias (3)

this will not protect you (final vs initial inquiries) When creating the final iteration of this will not protect you, I went through many rounds of plushy guns, different sizes, shapes, and fabrics. Until now, they have been shoved in the corner of my studio, and I haven’t thought much about them. Today I decided to photograph some, and I found that even though they didn’t make the cut in my final thesis exhibition, they forms still hold possibility. For the final installation, I went with a single giant monochrome pink gun to go with the rest of the work in the exhibit. My goal going forward is for these forms to be modular, with each installation changing, sometimes singular, sometimes in groups, as well as to keep pushing the form and the way it can accumulate. Rendered in sagging fabric, the gun’s authority collapses, and attempts to be destroyed. It droops, folds, and caves under its own weight. Each pillow gun sculpture is sewn from familiar textures, worn sheets from childhood bedrooms, pastels reminiscent of domestic comfort. A gun, an object designed for control and destruction, becomes tender, collapsible, and safe enough to spoon. The irony is not humorous; it is intimate. Within the domestic sphere, the gun arrives under the promise of protection, yet its presence introduces risk into the very space meant for rest. By translating the weapon into fabric, the work exposes the fragile logic that equates harm with safety. The irony lies not only in the softness of the weapon, but in our instinct to seek safety in what endangers us. For many, the safety a gun promises is a mirage: one we are taught to trust, even as it turns to dust (or plush) in our hands. To read more about this work, check out my thesis Soft Targets which will be published later next month!

Check out the upcycled accessories workshop I did today in collaboration with @transformerdc @friendshipheightsalliance Missed out? No worries :) I am trying to do some more workshops soon plus you can shop some of my own creations at electramakes.com

Happy #flatfilefriday 🎈 Join us for a Upcycled Accessory Workshop with FlatFile artist @electramakes as part of "A Distinct Terroir", an exhibition showcasing a bounty of artists and creative styles from the DC area through the lens of our FlatFile collection. ⁠RESERVE YOUR TICKET BEFORE IT’S SOLD OUT! ⁠ Come turn trash into treasure and learn how to upcycle everyday finds into fun eclectic accessories including keychains, hair clips, and more. Free to RSVP - link in bio!⁠ ⁠ Swipe to view Pelias' Flatfile work 🎨 ✨ ⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Saturday, April 18⁠ 🕑 2 – 4 PM⁠ 📍Pavilion Pop-Up at The Heights Lobby | 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, DC 20015⁠ Exhibition and program presented in partnership with @friendshipheightsalliance ⁠ Image Credits (clockwise)⁠:⁠ Pelias, “birthdays are scary (chair)", 2025⁠ Pelias, "birthdays are scary (pink termite tent)," 2025⁠ Pelias, "birthdays are scary (yellow termite tent)," 2025⁠ Pelias, “birthdays are scary (pink balloon),” 2025⁠

Today we're sharing work from Electra Pelias @electramakes in the "this place is strange" exhibition;" "chair," risograph print, 8" x 10", 2025 • • #art #artwork #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #artcollector #artist #onlineartgallery #onlineartexhibition #artexhibition #artgalleries #artgallery #contemporaryart #visualart #juriedshow #artistfeature #international #mixedmedia #electrapelias #thisplaceisstrange #midwest #midwestniceart

Behind the scenes of my thesis, Soft Targets, which opened last week! Thanks to everyone who attended the reception and supported me throughout these two years. I'm incredibly proud of myself!!! If you missed it, scan the QR code for photos and a 3D scan of the exhibit. Also shoutout to @haniimages for these amazing shots ❤️

birthdays are scary (installation), 2025 framed risograph prints, claykes, gloop glaze, ceramic party hat, ribbon, table, chair, secondhand crochet blanket This work is part of my thesis exhibition, Soft Targets. I will be graduating with my Masters in Fine Arts in Studio Arts in May and the culmination of all my hard work over the last two years is this exhibition, which opens next week. I will be posting pictures everyday of my work all the way up to the opening! Soft Targets March 18th to May 14th Reception: March 18th at 6:30 pm Grounded in personal experience, Soft Targets emerges from a lifelong negotiation of duality, shaped by the mirrored identity of being a fraternal twin and the divided geography of growing up between two households. Installed within a house-like environment, the exhibition transforms the familiar into the unfamiliar, inviting dialogue around the subtle oscillations between the mundane and the uncanny.