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Featuring a behind-the-scenes look at my creative process as a beadwork artist, reflections on art, culture and society, occasional insights from my jazz life, the odd poetic outburst, and more. Welcome!

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From Color to Sound and Back Again

Beading From Life With Analog Pixels & Digital Concepts

We Shall Stand in the Sun With a Will, and We Shall Be Dangerous

Kahlil Gibran’s epic ode to ‘Defeat’ reframes what it means to try—and fail

A Psychedelic Postcard From Someone Else's Dream

One last memento for the photo album: the timeless moment that inspired my commissioned artwork, ‘Miami’

🪡 Loose Threads · No. 1

Fear of success, or vertigo from below ✧ Natural light on studio chaos ✧ Cammarata's agency-multiplying Razor ✧ Holiday commission snapshot ✧ Postscript to last week's essay on W. A. Bentley

Jewels in the Field

On the singular perspective of Wilson A. Bentley, the quiet visionary who first photographed Jack Frost's intricate masterpieces

Finished, Sold, Delivered: ‘Darkest Before Dawn’

Reflections on my first major art sale, and snapshots of the piece's studio journey

A Matte & Shiny Reboot

More is not more. Who knew?

Coming Soon: ‘Darkest Before Dawn’

Epiphanies at the Edge

À venir bientôt : «Darkest Before Dawn»

Révélations au pied du mur

Beading the Inner Fire: An Open Celebration of the Individual

A Work in Progress · Untitled, Part 3