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One of my dearest friends was recently telling me about what Japanese Hannya masks represent: a woman consumed by rage & sorrow so intense that she transforms into a demon.

I find this deeply relatable.
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𝘒𝘪𝘫𝘰 from the Demon Era series • 5” x 7” • Acrylic paint on watercolor paper
$100 (not including shipping) • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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8 days ago

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In recent years, as my female rage has reached a steady boil, I’ve come to appreciate weaponry disguised as jewelry, such as pendants that hide knives & rings with spikes that turn a fist into an arrow.

The past couple weeks, flooded with news of men violating women & slapping each other on the wrist, have only turned up the temperature within me.

I channeled my rage into a dagger imitating a brooch; the hilt topped with a teardrop, sharp as the blade, to represent the profound sorrow that rests beneath the anger.

Meant to be worn on a lapel, harmless as a button, but capable of inflicting damage if the need arises…
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Scroll through slides 7-10 to see progress shots…

I began by drawing several designs in pencil then gluing the chosen one to a brass sheet & tediously cutting out the shape with a jeweler’s saw. But, feeling that the dagger was too flat and one-dimensional, I sawed a second hilt, adding a sharp point to overlap the blade, then soldered the second hilt onto the first one & sanded then polished them until they looked like one solid piece. by @_echotree_

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10 days ago

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This piece was inspired by a book I read earlier this year, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 by Nghi Vo, which centers around a female demon named Vitrine who watches over the city of Azril with a strange love for its inhabitants.

When three vengeful angels burn the city to the ground, Vitrine curses one of them, binding him like a ghost to the ruins, leading to a complex dance between two immortal beings as guilt & rage shift into something unexpected.
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Scroll to see progress shots.
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𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘭 from the Demon Era series • Acrylic & watercolor paint on watercolor paper • $100, not including shipping • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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11 days ago

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The ancient myth of Lilith has many faces.

In some, she is the first woman, an equal to the biblical Adam, who refuses to submit to him. Defiant, she utters god’s secret name & flees from the Garden of Eden.

In others, she is a thing to be feared, a winged demon who seduces men & devours children under the veil of night; her breasts filled not with milk but poison. Ancient amulets have been discovered that appear to feature incantations meant to protect against her dark magic.
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𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 from the Demon Era series • Pencil, watercolors, & acrylic paint on watercolor paper
$100, not including shipping • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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15 days ago

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I created this key chain for one of my dearest friends.

After years of enduring a corrosive living situation, he broke free & moved into his first solo apartment; a place where he could finally cultivate peace & safety.

As a housewarming gift & first piece of mail at the new address, I made this little pendant for his key ring—sawed from a sheet of brass, then polished & handstamped—so that every time he locked or unlocked the door he would know: I am home. by @_echotree_

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16 days ago

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“If sex sells everything, I call it a scam.
Profit off our bodies while they’re holding us back.
Every law they pass feels like a fucking attack.
Well, goddamn, I’m a woman gone mad.

Don’t like yourself, they got Ozempic for that.
Chasin’ perfection we get caught in their trap.
From their penthouse views they can’t see what I can.
I’m a woman, I’m a woman gone mad.

They’ll shake their heads
& say, well, she’s gone insane.
But, honey, look around
at everything that’s at stake.

Oh my, ain’t it sad.
Ain’t it sad, just a woman gone mad.
They build us up to watch us fall
& love to see us lose it all.
Oh my, I’ll be damned.
I’ll be damned if we ever go back.
Here comes a force they can’t ignore:
One woman gone mad but millions more.”
~Iluka
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𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢, 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 from the Demon Era series • 5” x 7” • Acrylic paint on watercolor paper
$100 (not including shipping) • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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19 days ago

Many years ago, I dressed a friend like a flower, with a crown of blue petals & pollen painted on her cheeks, then buried her feet in my garden & photographed her with a Holga film camera as she stared at the sky with an envious longing to be untethered like the birds.

After I finished this quick watercolor painting I remembered those old photographs & was struck by the similarity; an idea echoing through time. I still find that longing so deeply relatable.

Scroll through to see some work-in-progress shots & the reference photo for the painting (last slide) of Michelle Buzz from the band @hauteandfreddy.
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𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘴, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 • 5” x 7” • Watercolor & colored pencils on watercolor paper
$100, not including shipping • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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21 days ago

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This little oil portrait of actress & author Lupita Nyong’o was inspired by the Jordan Peele film “Us” in which she plays two versions of the same character: one who was born in darkness but stole a chance at the light while the other was born in light but forced into darkness.

Perhaps a pair of golden scissors will help to even the playing field.
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𝘓𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢 & 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 • Oil paint on wood panel by @_echotree_

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22 days ago

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“As equals, we meet.
Time collapses.
Silently, you turn to me;
an outline, a silhouette,
eyes like nightshade.

Cleanse me, teach me
in your gentle resilience.
As time slows, stay close to me.
I am flying in my sleep.

It’s like lightning finds me
when you’re around.
Flashing curiously
past the borders of the frame.
Ink on the page,
eclipse me, reveal me,
eyes like nightshade.”
~ Chelsea Wolfe
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𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦 • 3” x 3” • Acrylic paint & gold leaf
$50, not including shipping • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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23 days ago

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Though I’m rather fond of them, I’d never painted a beetle before. But I’m working on a larger painting that prominently features a beetle so I painted this little arthropod as practice. Still debating whether I should add something in the space between its bottom legs. A jewel? A drop of blood? An eyeball? A tooth?...

What do you think I should add? Or should I keep it as-is?
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Scroll to the third slide to see a progress shot.
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5.75” x 3.75” • Oil paint on wood by @_echotree_

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a month ago

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𝘈 𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴.
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Silver & dragon vein agate taken in Seattle, Washington by @_echotree_

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a month ago

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“I slip into the forest, barefoot & moon-eyed, inviting the nightbirds to nest in my bramble thicket hair. I lay down in the moss, & whisper incantations to midnight’s crescent grin. I collect the fallen fruit & feast until I’m soft as sin. I howl the name of every stolen sister to the aching sky. I dance with forbidden joy around the fire, daring any passing fool to just try & push me in.”
~ Alex Dawson / @alexdawcreates, 𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 ‘𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩’ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 ‘𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘦’ 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ‘𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯’
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Recently, I purchased a set of acrylic markers, a medium I’d never really explored before. This was the first little sketch I did to test them out.
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𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 • 5” x 7” • Acrylic marker on watercolor paper
$100 unframed or $150 framed with handpainted mat board, not including shipping • DM for purchase by @_echotree_

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a month ago