TATTOOED LEATHER
Dickie’s Wrecker 6” Steel Toe Work Boots with tattooed exterior in white ink. (1.) side views left and right (2.) aerial and angled views
1203rl + leather acrylic. Hand-painted muslin detail on tongue. (1/1)
Coach vintage 7542 Hamptons cream leather handbag with custom Durga tattooed exterior. 1203rl + leather acrylic (1/1).
tattoo on leather
Unbranded mauve sheepskin leather wallet with custom protective design. 1203rl + leather acrylic (1/1).
Side A is talismanic. Angels of luck attract financial blessing, while a belt is fastened across the surface to seal it. Nothing leaves the purse unless it has to.
Side B is apotropaic. As old as human fear is the instinct to ward it off. A devouring money demon stands guard, meant to repel bad spirits, bad luck, and bad intention, weapons of intimidation on its flanks.
The Goddess Lamp
3RL in black ink
Transparent lamb hide stretched over found wrought-iron frame. Heat-resistant plastic adapter designed and printed to join base and shade. Bulb replaced with vintage replicate LED. Hand-assembled from scratch.
Each panel is a symbolic devotion to the Goddess, the Mother, the Venus, the Sacred Feminine— three bear faces of Athena, Saraswati, and Inanna/Ishtar.