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Afro Flower
@afroflower.bsky.social
510 followers 68 following 300 posts
🎨 Artist of crochet, clay, writing, animation, & cute things!
🏳️‍🌈 They/Them • Black • Queer • NonBinary
⭐️ https://linktr.ee/afroflower
⭐️ IG & TT: @afroflowerr

🔎 Tags: #AvesArt #AvesCrochet #AfroFlower #AvesClay

Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Conversations with family 🙃😮‍💨

#ClipStudioPaint #Covid #Comic
Image Description: A 4-panel digital art comic with a light blue background featuring two, simply drawn bunny characters talking to each other. Both bunnies have brown fur, ears sticking up, curly tails, no arms, and stick legs leading down to circular paws. The bunny on the right is named “Bun Bun”, who has a purple flower on their left ear. A white speech bubble is above both bunnies when speaking. The left bunny says: “only vulnerable people can get covid!” Bun Bun responds: “don't you have severe asthma?” The left bunny says again: “oh, well, I keep myself very healthy”. Bun Bun responds again: “are you being serious, right now??” The artist’s tag “av” is in the bottom corner in each panel. END ID ]
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Playing around in #ClipStudioPaint on my tablet and made this doodle!
Image Description: A digital art doodle of a circular bunny-like character that has brown fur, ears sticking straight up, a short curly tail, no arms, stick legs leading down to circular paws, who is wearing a purple flower on their left ear. The bunny is wearing a stylized white n95 respirator, with their speech bubble on the right reading: “wearing masks keeps yourself and others safe!” With the artist’s tag “av” underneath. END ID
September 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Making funky event flyers is fun, but if you’re keeping accessibility in mind, consider including a plain-text or black/white version of the information!

#art
Image Description: Pen sketch of a bunny-eared, oval shaped character wearing a flower on their left ear. The bunny has a large chat bubble reading: “If your brand colors or flyers are difficult to read, try posting an additional, plain-text flyer.” End ID
July 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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“Disabled Pride Month means creating spaces in your events for those affected by covid and long covid”

#art
Image Description: Pen sketch of a bunny-eared, oval shaped character wearing a flower on their left ear. The bunny has a large chat bubble reading: “Disabled Pride Month means creating spaces in your events for those affected by covid and long covid” The sketch is dated 7/5/25, with the artist tag “Av” End Image description]
July 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I designed this sticker when I heard about the GoFundMe started by Adriana Smith’s family. 🦋

| #AdrianaSmithDeservesDignity #VectorArt #DigitalArt |
Image description: Sticker of an illustration of an orange buttery with white dots, with a title on the sticker reading: “Support Adriana Smith Family’s GoFundMe!” that has a QR code in the center of the butterfly. Below the left wing reads: “#AdrianaDeservesDignity” and below the right wing reads: “We take care of each other!” END ID
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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that was revolutionary, to me. 🖤🇸🇩✊🏾🇵🇸

[ #AirDryClay #Art #Sudan #Gaza ]
Image description of the artist Ave’s hands holding up a pair of their handmade clay eyeglass charms that are hanging down from their colorful, heart-shaped glasses. Both charms are shaped as rectangles with the front of the charms painted as combined Sudanese and Palestinian flags, with horizontal stripes starting with red, white, black, white, and green. The first white stripe has the words “Sudan” in it, and the second stripe has the words “Gaza” written in it. The green triangle of the Sudanese flag has a black heart on it, and the red triangle of the Palestinian flag has a silhouette of a raised black fist on it. The back of the charms are painted white with black text that reads: “that was revolutionary, to me.” With the word “that” underlined. END ID
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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“❤️ trans kids! ❤️ trans adults!” 🏳️‍⚧️

[ #AirDryClay #HandmadeArt #Clay #Transgender ]
Ave is off-screen and the camera shows them holding a pair of their handmade, chat bubble shaped, clay eyeglass charms, that are hanging from their colorful heart-shaped glasses. The charms are painted white with a black outline, with a red heart at the top with the words below reading “trans kids!” on one charm, and “trans adults!” on the second charm. Forming the phrases “love trans kids!” and “love trans adults!”.
February 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Oh, how I loved making my art heart-shaped; a small collect of my air dry clay charms 🩵

• #AirDryClay #Clay #Handmade •
Image of a group of various sized heart-shaped clay charms. Each of them with one side painted a blue sky and white clouds, and the other side painted as a half cut watermelon with the green striped rim, white middle trim, red inner fruit, and with black hearts as the seeds. One of the charms charm is attached with an eye screw at the end of a silver chain, with an eyeglass bead loop attached to the top.
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Making air dry clay eyeglass charms, and playing around with shapes! 💬 ❤️ 🏳️‍⚧️

• #AirDryClay #Clay •
February 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I started wrapping my scarf the same way!
Image of Ave is smiling at the camera while wearing their handmade, circular shaped, red Tatreez stars made on a white embroidery fabric, eyeglass charms. Ave is standing outside against the woods wrapped up in a colorful scarf, wearing a flowering in their hair, and is wearing a green sweater.
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Easier said than believed, but you are worth it.

“UnMasked Thoughts: 12” - Medium, face masks and paint markers

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of a white 3M N95 Aura face mask, with text on it written in black paint marker that reads: “Don’t give up on yourself, You are worth it!” The artist Instagram handle @afroflowerr is in the lower right corner. END ID
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I’m scared because I’ve seen what Covid does to people, my loved ones, and myself… (Cont. in 🧵)

“UnMasked Thoughts: 11” - Medium, face masks and paint markers

• January 2025, Ave •
Image of a black KN95 mask against a white desk background, with words written on the mask in white paint markers that reads: “I’m scared to take of my mask…”. In the bottom right corner of the mask is the artist Instagram handle “@afroflowerr” END ID
January 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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You are doing the right thing! (read full thoughts in 🧵 below!)

• UnMasked Thoughts: 10 - Medium, face masks and paint markers •

• January 2025, Ave •
Image Description of a black surgical mask against a white desk background. Written on the mask in white paint markers are the words “You are doing the right thing!!!” And in the bottom right corner of the mask is the artist Instagram handle vertically spelled out “@afroflowerr” END ID
January 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Words from a friend.

I’m continuing to wear a mask because my homies, my loved ones, and strangers, are precious.

And so am I.

UnMasked Thoughts: 9 - Medium, face masks and paint markers

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of a white 3M N95 Aura face mask, with text written in black paint marker that reads: “All my homies are PRECIOUS”. “Precious” is in all caps. The artist Instagram handle @afroflowerr is vertically on the mask’s lower right corner. END ID
January 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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I’ve been reading about the bird flu virus, H5N1, that’s progressing… (cont. in thread)

UnMasked Thoughts: 8 - Medium: face masks and paint markers.

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of a black KN95 against an off-white background with words written in white paint marker that reads: “Don’t ignore the bird flu, like you did Covid.” The artist social media handle @afroflowerr is at the bottom of the mask. END ID
January 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I remember researching the black plague and how they ran out of space for burials…

UnMasked Thoughts: 7 - Medium, face masks and paint markers

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of the backside of a white 3M N95 Aura face mask, with text written in black paint marker that reads: “I remember those refrigerated TRUCKS”. The artist Instagram handle @afroflowerr is vertically on the mask’s lower right corner. END ID
January 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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We glamorize “revolutions”, but wearing a mask is boring.

“UnMasked Thoughts” #6 - Medium, face masks and paint markers

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of a blue marble patterned KN95 against an off-white background with words written in red paint marker that reads: “You want a revolution…But won’t wear a mask?” The artist social media handle @afroflowerr is on the bottom of the mask. END ID
January 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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when my siblings tell me this in regards to getting covid when I’ve asked then about not masking or taking safety measures.

(Had these conversations in the first years)

UnMasked Thoughts: 5 - Medium, face masks and paint markers.

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of a black KN95 against a off-white background with words written in white paint marker that reads: “I don’t care if I die.” with a second sentence below out of quotations reading: ‘I do…’ The artist social media handle @afroflowerr is on the bottom of the mask. END ID
January 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I’m so glad we can personal choice ourselves out of a pandemic that affects literally every person you come in contact with.

“UnMasked Thoughts #4” - Medium - face masks and paint markers.

• January 2025, Ave •
Image description of a white surgical N95 Respirator mask on a white desk, written in black paint markers that reads: “It’s my personal choice to not wear a mask!” - said 5 years later…’ The artist’s social media handle @afroflowerr is in the lower right corner of the mask. END ID
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Then you care…or you still don’t

“UnMasked Thoughts: 3” - medium, face masks and paint markers.
Image Description of a white 3M N95 Aura face mask, written in black paint marker that reads: “Who cares about mask bans?” - people mad about social media bans. The artist Instagram handle @afroflowerr is in the lower right corner of the mask. End ID
January 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Everybody is somebody’s somebody.

“UnMasked Thoughts: 2” - medium, face masks and paint markers.
Image Description of a black surgical mask against a white desk background. Written in white paint markers are two phrases. The first line reads: “Only someone else’s loved ones will die. The second line reads: “Of course, not mine!” - said everyone else” In the bottom right corner of the mask is the artist Instagram handle vertically spelled out “@afroflowerr” END ID
January 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I can’t think of better ways to say what I’m thinking and feeling, but I’m an artist so here’s some art on it.

“UnMasked Thoughts: #1” - medium, face masks and paint markers.
Image of a black over the ear KN95 mask against a white desk background. Written in white paint markers are the words “Only my comfort matters.” in the bottom corner of the mask is the artist Instagram handle “@afroflowerr” END ID
January 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Besan @besan18.bsky.social is almost FULLY FUNDED! 🩵🫶🏾💜🫂

(Update 01/03/25)
Image with a pixel art of two letters, one with a blue heart and the words “GAZA” underneath it, and the second letter with a Purple Heart and the words “ATLANTA” underneath it. There is an outline of a red heart between the letters, with loops reaching behind the letters. Below is a GoFundMe header picture captioned: “Donate to Help Besan and Her Family Survive In Gaza. The current campaign amount is £14,674 out of £16,000, The background is a sky pixel art sky with white clouds
January 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Please help in any way that you can! Kifah is @besan18.bsky.social cousin, and Hossam is also dear to Bisan 🩵

(Links to go GFM pages)
Image description that reads: Hossam's GFM: £130/£20,000 No new donations for a week bit.ly/help-hossam Kifah's GMF: $1,166/$40,000 NO NEW DONATIONS FOR A MONTH!! bit.ly/kifah-family At the top is a white exclamation mark inside a red squiggly shape. End ID
January 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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@besan18.bsky.social GFM is almost fully funded!!!

Please share this post, scan the QR, or follow the link on my profile to donate!
Image titled “Besan is almost fully funded” in all caps, with a red QR code and the GoFundMe header picture captioned: “Donate to Help Besan and Her Family Survive In Gaza. The current campaign amount is £14,584 out of £16,000, with a 91% circular green progress bar. The background is of green grass. Small text underneath the QR code reads “Dec 2024 Update”
December 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM