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La Monstressa
@monstressa.bsky.social
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🖤 writer/artist based in the Pacific Northwest
🖤 creatures & experiences inspired by nature
🖤 featured creature: Utahraptor ostrommaysorum 🦖💚
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Soooo I have a World Snake Day confession. For the past two years, I’ve been putting snakes on the Seattle Gum Wall. #sciart
July 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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How do you study volcanoes on other planets? First, you study them here on Earth. Which can get a little... hair-raising. www.rei.com/blog/hike/me... This feature about NASA planetary geologist Dr. Rosaly Lopes remains my favorite thing I've ever written #volcano #geology #naturewriting
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July 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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weird girl summer
July 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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GLOW UP (dino edition): made this 4' tall fluorescent baby brachiosaurus last year for Burien, WA's annual Arts-A-Glow festival. Paint job insp by alebrijes. Wasn't satisfied so I resculpted the head, redid the paint job, and gave her some fake ferns to munch. #paleoart #sciart #dinosaur #sculpture
A smiling dark-haired woman lit with blacklight wearing a painter's jumpsuit holds a large brightly colored and patterned sculpture of a long-necked dinosaur In a colorful bohemian living room stands a large sculpture of a long-necked dinosaur, its body painted in colorful patterned sections, its head an unfinished partially carved block of foam Closeup of an unfinished foam sculpture of a long-necked dinosaur's head against a backdrop of a colorful bohemian-styled living room Downward-facing view of a large semi-realistic baby brachiosaurus sculpture with friendly eyes and a mouthful of faux ferns, standing in a kitchen
July 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Can't buy a pet dinosaur so had to make my own... Juvenile Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, just because. #dinosaur #velociraptor #paleoart #polymerclay #artdoll #jurassicworld #sciart
A realistic sculpture of a small feathered dinosaur stands on a rocky outcropping against a blurry backdrop of trees and sky A smiling dark-haired woman holds a realistic sculpture of a small feathered dinosaur while sitting on a mossy boulder against a backdrop of ferns and trees A partially completed wire-and-tape armature (internal structure) of a dinosaur sculpture is shown sitting on a sketch with tools and background clutter Two realistic sculpted dinosaur feet with attachment wires sticking out, painted in black, white and gray tones
July 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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This weekend I made a pugtato and nobody tried to stop me #pugs #potato #polymerclay #sculpture #sciart
Against a blurry background of a shelf of records, a hand holds a small realistic sculpture of a potato pug hybrid Against a blurry background of a shelf of records, a hand holds a small realistic sculpture of a potato pug hybrid Against a blurry background of a shelf of records, a hand holds a small realistic sculpture of a potato pug hybrid, showing the underside Against a green background, a small realistic sculpture of a potato pug hybrid and a matching faux burlap sack that reads russet pugtato grown in Washington State product of U S A
April 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Turtlemato or tomurtle? (If you squint, you can see which side I came down on.) #polymerclay #sciart #turtles
A small sculpture of a tomato turtle hybrid rests in a person's hand against a backdrop of a full bookcase and assorted wall art A small sculpture of a tomato turtle hybrid against a solid background Side view of a small sculpture of a tomato turtle hybrid against a solid background Front view of a small sculpture of a tomato turtle hybrid against a solid background
April 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Obsessed with making food animals. In honor of National Garlic Day, here's a garlictopus (Octopus allium) #polymerclay #garlic #octopus #sciart
Against a white background, a realistic sculpture of an octopus garlic hybrid looks up with large, cartoonishly cute eyes Against a white background, a sideways view of a realistic sculpture of an octopus garlic hybrid with large, cartoonishly cute eyes Against a white background, a rear view of a realistic sculpture of an octopus garlic hybrid Against a white background, a realistic sculpture of an octopus garlic hybrid looks up with large, cartoonishly cute eyes
April 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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some days you're the pigeon, other days you're the sad potato whale #sculpture #polymerclay #potato
Against a solid background, a hand holds a small sculpture of a potato whale hybrid with a cartoonish sad facial expression Against a solid background, a hand holds a small sculpture of a potato whale hybrid with a cartoonish sad facial expression Against a solid background, a hand holds a small sculpture of a potato whale hybrid Against a solid background, a hand holds a small sculpture of a potato whale hybrid with a cartoonish sad facial expression
April 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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It's still #BatAppreciationDay for a couple more hours so I made a video. Introducing POTATO BAT, a playful sculpture series inspired by an extinct Australian microbat (more on that in a future project) #SciArt
April 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Might quit art today because I will never top Batato. Happy International #BatAppreciationDay everyone #polymerclay #makearteveryday #bats #whatifbatbutpotato
A small sculpture of a potato with a bat face, wings and feet rests in the palm of a hand A small sculpture of a potato with a bat face rests in the palm of a hand The underside of a small sculpture of a potato with a bat face, wings and feet rests in the palm of a hand Two crinkled paper bags printed with the text russet potato bat grown in Washington State product of U S A rest on a flat surface with a sculpture of a potato bat partly visible in the background
April 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM