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Failed Art Studios
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Handmade wood & resin bookmarks, glow light boxes, art stuff

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I’ll be a vendor at The Market at Zach this holiday season! You can stop by and visit on Nov 29th & Dec 13th at Zach Theater’s People’s Plaza for a day of festive shopping, creativity, and community. And be sure to snag a unique gift for your friends and family!

#ZachTheater #austintx #shoplocal
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The Frieran angle thing is so great because *every* artist knows that angle is tough. They've all been through it, learning the hard way how to do it.

To a non-artist it doesn't seem like a hard problem. A non-artist who only wants to be seen as an artist, will use genAI instead of learning it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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A closer look at one of Báez’s ciguapa figures, a feminine, dangerous, and seductive Dominican mythological creature.

I've seen her several times and thought she was crouched down in shallow water. Now it seems like she is riding a wave.

Truth was the bridge (or an emancipatory healing), 2024
August 31, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I painted this half-asses sunset the other day, I like how it turned out, but the whole point was to chop it up into a bunch of little tags for my bookmarks and boxes.

I’m very pleased with how they turned out, and now people will know the design names while perusing my work, yay. 🧚🏻‍♀️✨

#art #books
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I wish I could afford to hire someone to deal with social media. I’ve never cared for it, I’m half introvert/half extrovert, I do better irl and I make the majority of my sales at live markets, but I need to promote my business online now and I can’t avoid it anymore. How do people do this for fun 😩
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I thought this bookmark would sell a long time ago, it’s one of my favorites, but I guess it’s just me hahaha

It’s available on my website if you like it, too (link in bio).

#handmade #books #woodworking #resinart #smallbusiness
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I did it and I didn’t mess it up, yay!

New sign for my booth 😌
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I made a sign for my vendor booth. Gonna color it with red AF resin to ward off the thieves.

I'll post a pic of it finished tomorrow if I don't mess it up first.

#handmade #art #woodworking #smallbusiness
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’m thinking about adding a small used book selection in my art shop, what do you think?

I’ve already had people ask to buy the display books I use for my handmade bookmarks, so I’m considering it.

#books #bookmarks #art #smallbusiness
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Holidays are here. History books about the truth of American history with discounts are the best gifts in these challenging times. Check my book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery, 680 pages, and 40 % with code WELCOME 40 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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"Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery"
by Ana Lucia Araujo

"Based on 20 years of research, this book serves as a comprehensive history and expands that history by providing a truly transnational account that emphasizes the central role of Brazil…"
@uchicagopress.bsky.social

#History
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Make art, drink water, take your vitamins.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’ll be a vendor at The Market at Zach this holiday season! You can stop by and visit on Nov 29th & Dec 13th at Zach Theater’s People’s Plaza for a day of festive shopping, creativity, and community. And be sure to snag a unique gift for your friends and family!

#ZachTheater #austintx #shoplocal
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hey everyone! I made sun catchers! Check it out!

Hand cut, handmade, wood & resin, original designs, stainless steel necklace chain with added bead work, so pretty!

Available now at failedartstudios.com

#suncatcher #woodworking #resinart #shopsmall #smallbusiness
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Anyone in Austin who likes bookmarks can come by and check out my handmade wood & resin bookmarks at the Arboretum tomorrow!

I’ll also have new wood and resin glow light boxes, and a small batch of sun catchers, too!

Great for gifting! 📚✨

#shopsmall #shoplocal #austintx
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Anyone in Austin who likes bookmarks can come by and check out my handmade wood & resin bookmarks at the Arboretum tomorrow!

I’ll also have new wood and resin glow light boxes, and a small batch of sun catchers, too!

Great for gifting! 📚✨

#shopsmall #shoplocal #austintx
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Ooh. Handmade gifts for the readers in your life.

Or go ahead and treat yo' self.
📚🫶🏾

#Lit #BookSky #BookTok #SupportTheMakers
I think the Sunset Vibe rainbow box might be my favorite so far. The design goes so well with the box 😊

There’s a matching bookmark, too!

Available now on my website at failedartstudios.com

#woodworking #resinart #shopsmall #shoplocal
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I think the Sunset Vibe rainbow box might be my favorite so far. The design goes so well with the box 😊

There’s a matching bookmark, too!

Available now on my website at failedartstudios.com

#woodworking #resinart #shopsmall #shoplocal
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Fail Sale! 10% Off 2+ Wood & Resin Bookmarks! Now until Tuesday! Online only!

Hand cut, handmade, original designs, a perfect gift for book lovers and occasional readers, and great for textbooks that you don’t want to read at all!

See more designs at failedartstudios.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Fail Sale! 10% Off 2+ Wood & Resin Bookmarks! Now until Tuesday! Online only!

Hand cut, handmade, original designs, a perfect gift for book lovers and occasional readers, and great for textbooks that you don’t want to read at all!

See more designs at failedartstudios.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have new handmade wood and resin glow light boxes available on my website right now if anyone is interested! (Link in bio) Still haven't really found my fellow box collectors yet but I know you're out there somewhere. They light up and look pretty and you can store stuff in them, too! 🧚🏻‍♀️✨
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I need cash pretty bad right now (don’t we all 🥲), so I have a sale on my website for 10% off 2+ wood & resin bookmarks (link in bio), online only! Ends in one week!

They’re hand cut, original designs, a nice peice of functional art to aesthetically enhance your analog reading experience. 📚✨
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m gonna be at Tillery St Plant Co. this Saturday, 6 PM - 10 PM 🌱🌙✨

Come by and check out cool plants, get free drinks, and get your tarot figured out before the end times.

And come see my bookmarks! Even Kindle users have expressed jealousy 😌📚

#bookmarks #art #austintx #books #smallbusiness
August 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I’m gonna be back at Stargazer Bar this Saturday, August 16th, 10 AM - 2 PM for the Brunch Sip N’ Shop.

You should come by and touch a bookmark, then get some food and drinks!

failedartstudios.com

#bookmarks #art #woodworking #resinart #austin #austintx #books #shopsmall #smallbusiness
August 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I would repair them and call it a kintsugi-inspired series. Lean manufacturing is about efficiency. Art or craft has different values.

Wabi-sabi embraces impermanence and imperfection, and kintsugi highlights it by repairing cracks and chips in ceramic with gold seams.

#BookSky #Lit #BookTok
August 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I had such a great time at the Arboretum Food & Artisan Market!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, and thank you to the awesome folks who made a purchase, I hope you enjoy your new bookmarks! 📚✨

#bookmarks #art #woodworking #resinart
#austintx #smallbusiness
August 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM