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Library of pretty things

Past projects & inspo

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The Prince

An ambitious young noble strives to actualize his power and potential. To claim the crown, he must journey up a mountain of treasures built on the backs of the poor.

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antique teacup, cicada exoskeleton (Prince), fish vertebrae, dried grasses, moss, charms

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Beneath our halos, we are all just collections of beautiful things suspended in time.

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dried roses, real gold-dipped leaves, gold heart charm, shell, palm string hairs, beads, twine, embroidery hoop

A Halo for Lacey

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The fountain of life pours sacred breath into all beings.

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A silver waterfall flows from the fountain of life into the breath of all beings.

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sterling silver chain, antique pitcher, skeletonized leaf, real gold-dipped leaf, rose quartz, seashell, grasses, flowers

Elysium

nature art, nature collage, pressed flower art, bone art, multimedia art, collage

Bees, Beads & Bones

fairy things, fairy collection, fairy decoration, little nature, flowers, branches

Little Fairy Things

Sculptures & 3D

pieces made from nature elements collected along my journeys across Italy, New Orleans and North Carolina

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Mushroom mirror!

To Infinity

Little Drummer Boy

bebbies in the sky

Smogmeister

belle@lovely-creature.com

New Orleans, LA

The city of New Orleans and surrounding areas is the traditional territory of the Chahta Yakni (Choctaw), Houma, Chitimacha, Acolapissa, Biloxi, and other Indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land since time immemorial. These lands were home to numerous nations before the arrival of Europeans, who used enslaved African peoples to build New Orleans upon their soil. The largest slave markets in the Deep South were in New Orleans, and many local institutions were built by the labor of enslaved peoples and their descendants, who suffered the horrors of transatlantic trafficking, chattel slavery, Jim Crow, and other harms and injustices. These harms and injustices endure in the form of economic gaps and other inequities that Black communities experience today.

Before the city of New Orleans or the state of Louisiana, this land was known in Choctaw as Bulbancha, “the place of other tongues.” It was a place for diverse cultures to come together, for hunting, trading, and sacred rituals. The culture of New Orleans was significantly influenced by the Indigenous heritage of Bulbancha, and the Indigenous peoples of this area continue to leave their mark on the city and community. Governmental, academic, and cultural institutions were founded and are perpetuated on the exclusion and erasure of Indigenous Peoples. Colonialism has sustained oppression, genocide, land dispossession, and involuntary removals of Indigenous Peoples from this place. This statement is a tribute to the original peoples of this land and the sacrifice of those whose labor built this city. Acknowledgment alone is not enough, and Ahribelle pledges to incorporate this commitment into restorative action.

adapted from the NASP 2024 Convention land & labor acknowledgement

click here for a guide on making a land acknowledgement & action plan

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click here for educational resources on supporting Native communities

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