Made some prints of this piece from 2024 to raise funds ahead of Passover this week. Link in bio 🕊️♥️
“Mourning Doves for Gaza”
11x14
colored pencil on paper
Print edition of 40
2024
+ two process pics while spending time with the birds. A friend once called birds minor angels, thinking about that
sharing before tomorrow begins which marks another revolution around the sun that two friends and I bring our undying, diy, time-riddled, co-prioritized art practice together in the flesh of a self paced residency to make sense the things in our hands and why community is the underbelly of our aliens & togetherness in art. oh, and south Florida
title on following image
11 x 14 “
colored pencil
happy trans day of visibility from pocket publications 🏳️⚧️💕 in honor of #TDOV, our contributor Ess Pokornowski (not on IG, but she’s over at @esswrites.bsky.social !) and her illustrator @grapecope have decided to publicly share the pdf of POCKET PUBLICATIONS 011: “hope lives in the small places” on Ess’s website for free download!!!! print it and hide it in tiny corners wherever u may roam. spread a bit of hope in the darkness. link in bio, trans people will always exist, pocket publications loves u❣️
baby’s first ceramics! a blissfully chaotic reminder that process is intimidating and constraint can be the crux of play. being in Knoxville has been a love letter to South, solitude, and being a Beginner over and over again… miss her already
turns out Winter get real flirty if you try a new art form <3 helps you find yer breath + body REAL quick
swipe thru to see the actual size of most pieces (lol)
some sketchbook stuff after a weekend of Florida and love and stuffing every ripe, rich, round piece of Southern sun into my mouth. important and necessary
‼️MUTUAL AID RAFFLE‼️
I’m participating in a mutual aid raffle for folks in the twin cities affected by 🧊’s occupation. Folks have been unable to work or leave the house for fear of detainment, deportation, and the violence or worse that comes with.
Winners chosen on Feb 10!
I’ll be raffling off an original 6”x8” colored pencil drawing. $10 per entry, 10 entries for $50. To enter:
-Venmo @alex -basler
-In the memo put your instagram handle or phone number so we can reach you if you win
-Include the corresponding number of the raffle you’re entering. If you want entered for multiple raffles, put the raffle number x how many entries (i.e. #5 x 1, #8 x 3)
Funds will be split between the Central Area Neighborhood Development Org, and the Minnesota Immigration Movement and buying PPE for folks protesting.
Full list of incredible participants:
1- @pokingyousoftly (tattoos)
2- @carly_siege (beaded bugs) + @wormyorchids (zines)
3- @bitter_fruitt (ceramics) + @oatmilkupcharge (drawing)
4- @whensugarmetwhiskey (baked goods)
5- @lailatextiles (dye kits)
6- @corinso (rice heating bag) + @eleanorclaire (quilt tote + bowl cozy)
7- @enidforyou (knitting lesson)
8- @greyvoncan (brass pendant)
9- @ariguitari_ (massage)
10- @b.i.t.t.e.n.tattoo (tattoo)
11- @yardsalejewelry (necklace)
12- @francineschicago (workshop voucher)
13- @chicken.run.fan (original painting)
14- @grapecope (original drawing)
15- @laura.williams.studio (ceramic mug) + @alex__basler (paper mache + print)
16- @peardatterpoke (tattoo)
17- @slxpxke (tattoo)
18- @metalpetaljewelry (ring)
19- @carinweston (photo session)
20- _fallrisk (rust dyed shirt)
21- @twoheadedstar (custom charm)
Much love ❤️🔥
pocket publication 011: HOPE LIVES IN THE SMALL PLACES by Ess Pokornowski + illustrated by @grapecope + edited by me 🕊️❤️🩹 “In that space between—where the connection was inferred, before the music started—I used to live.”
sliding scale $4-6, ordering instruction in pinned post!! this specific zine will be available thru 12/26 due to my slight posting delay 🫶 this is our FINAL pocket publication of the fall 2025 season! we will return in february for our spring season. thank you all so much for coming along for the ride! big things planned for 2026 🥹
oldiebuttathicky on it’s way to a new home (thanks liv!!!). one of the first times these colorful bodies fell out of my hands back in a basement filled with yearning. thinking a lot about how to share work + memory and let the little guys live in new places
11 x 14, acrylic + pen, 2019
piece I made back in september’s swamp, big ol’ baby on the back of paper sheet shared by a stranger-transformed-friend, interception is a gift we give each other and I try to remember that every day
4’ x 4’, colored pencil on paper
