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Samael Leopold-Sullivan
@sleopoldsullivan.bsky.social
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Artist and educator
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I've been hella busy moving the past while (and also forgetting to post on here) but I finally got back on the torch yesterday and it felt so, so good. Eternally grateful that I can work out of CAFAC while I'm in the process of setting up my new home studio

#fireart #glassart #artistselfie
A white person (me) with brown hair, a goatee, glasses (with clip-on shaded lenses flipped up), and a black and yellow shirt smiles as they sit behind a lit torch with rods of glass arrayed on the table in front of them. The flame of the glass torch is blue. A very small kiln full of very tine glass figurines, including a lot of slugs and some fried eggs
May 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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This furby says trans rights are human rights

#glassart #furbyart #transpride #smallsculpture #queerartist
A very small furby made of glass in swirled light pink, light blue, and white. It has one pink foot and one blue foot, and one pink ear and one blue ear. It is held between the pointer finger and thumb of a pale hand
April 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility! I'm here, I'm trans, and I've got my hi-viz on! Things are scary in this country right now but I am still full of joy because I am alive and surrounded by fantastic queer community, and I know that trans people will always exist.

#tdov #transartist #nonbinary
A smiling white nonbinary person wearing a bicolor horned hat (neon green/black), a high viz jacket, a knit sweater (bright green, light grey, dark grey, and a black crew-neck shirt. They have a bushy brown goatee and other scraggly facial hair (the beard is still working its way in), a messy ponytail, a black septum ring, silver framed geometric glasses, and a silver bridge piercing.
March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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First attempt at a little weed leaf guy. Didn't quite work but is still very cute

#glassart #weed #lilguy
A small green glass creature vaguely in the shape of a weed leaf. It has beady black eyes and is held in the palm of a pale pink hand
March 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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These'll be earrings once I anneal them! Def gonna make more in more colors too

#glassart #boro #flail #glassjewelry
March 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Here's a fiery little kitty! My work can be found at www.samaelleopoldsullivan.com/shop.html (I don't have any cat-specific listings yet but I'm happy to add one). This kitty went in a surprise box already tho.

#glassart #catart
A tiny red and yellow glass cat with green eyes stands in the palm of a pale hand. Its ears are yellow and its tail and legs are red and the tail is standing straight up with a lil curl at the tip
March 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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This lil guy is positively planetary (and is in a surprise box headed to oddmart at the end of this month)

#boro #glassart #swirly #lilguy
A tiny glass creature full of swirling colors (yellows, oranges, blues, greens, and a little purple) with beady black eyes stands on a linty black surface. It looks like a picture of Jupiter with how the swirls are going
March 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Feeling sad and stressed? Stab some wool a bunch of times to make sheep leggies for a little sewn cabin. It'll help (at least a bit)

#fiberart #needlefelting #softsculpture #stressrelief #babayaga #smallsculpture
A baba yaga hut made of hand sewn fabric and needled felted wool. The hut is brown/grey/green and very rustic looking and the legs are sheep legs instead of chicken legs. There is fluffy white/tan wool for the belly and dark brown for the legs. It stands on a yellow velvet pillow
February 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Sometimes an idea won't leave my head until I make it, and this is one of those pieces. Pondering making the next one in a pennant shape and making a whole string of them. Inspired by powerlines and based off a pic I took.

#glassart #stainedglass #powerlines #conceptualart
A stained glass piece held by a pale hand in front of a warm white background. The glass is all clear and the solder lines form an image of cross-crossed power lines being held up by a power pole. The solder seams are shiny silver
February 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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A new lil guy shape has emerged

#glassart #donut #lilguy
A donut-shaped lil guy made of borosilicate glass. It is peachy-orange colored with four top teeth and three bottom teeth. It stands on little legs and the hole in the donut is its mouth. It has shiny black eyes on top of its head
February 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I'm very pleased with this jaunty lil guy and how the glass color struck in the kiln!

#glassart #lilguy #critters
A jaunty lil guy made of glass. It is shaped vaguely like a long-necked dinosaur, its head cocked to one side and the tail in a delightful curl. The glass is yellow on the head and tail then transitions to a creamy orange and eventually red/purple in the belly and legs. It has shiny black eyes The back side of the jaunty lil guy made of glass. It is shaped vaguely like a long-necked dinosaur, its head cocked to one side and the tail in a delightful curl. The glass is yellow on the head and tail then transitions to a creamy orange and eventually red/purple in the belly and legs. It has shiny black eyes
February 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I finished my sweater! Made up the pattern as I went, yarn is bluesky woolstok, and I made the buttons out of boro.

#glassart #fiberart #handknitsweater #eyes
A white person wearing a very cool cardigan sweater gives a thumbs up in a mirror, cell phone covers their face. The sweater has green borders, dark grey body/sleeves, and a light grey yoke with big green and dark grey cat eyes (two eyes on chest, one eye each shoulder, two eyes on back). The sleeves have thumb holes. The glass buttons match the green border and are shaped like little cat eyes with dark grey thread as the pupils. In the background in the mirror is the interior of a yarn store A close up of the front of knit cardigan sweater showing one of the green and dark grey eyes (on light grey background), Green borders, and green eye-shaped buttons held on with dark grey yarn
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I made an eye button tonight. I'm not sure what exactly it is for, but I'm sure a reason will appear at some point (open to suggestions)

#glassart #eyeballart #glasseye #shankbutton #handmadebuttons
Side view of the eyeball button. It is pinched between pointer finger and thumb of a pale hand with long nails. The iris is slightly visible on top, the white of the eye has some slight veining and discoloration like a natural eye has, and the shank on the bottom is clear. In the background are tins of brightly colored frit and a messy glass workbench Front view of the eyeball button. The shank is pinched between pointer finger and thumb of a pale hand . The iris is varying shades of green with a little sparkle and average sized pupil, the white of the eye has some slight veining and discoloration like a natural eye has. In the background are tins of brightly colored frit and a messy glass workbench
January 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Itty bitty glass kitty!

#glassart #catart
A glass cat figurine standing in the snow. It is shiny black with big green eyes and measures about 3/4" long
January 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Today's critter is this lil yellow and green winged fellow! (Made by a student in a recent class I taught)

#glassart #studentwork #lilguy #boro #critter #artteacher
A yellow bean-shaped creature with green legs and stubby tail and little round green wings. It has a red mane and green eyes and stands on an open kiln
January 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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The finished critter from the pic I posted yesterday! I'll be sharing more student work this week too.

#glassart #studentwork #artclass #glassclass #artteacher #makearthavefun #critters
A jellyfish-esque critter made of glass stands on top of an open kiln. It is about 1.5" tall. The head is clear with big black eyes and the 5 spindly legs are pink and purple
January 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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An action shot of a student working during the boro critters class I taught yesterday at the Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center!

#glassart #studentwork #boro #flameworking #glassclass #cafac #firearts
A glass torch in action, with a white hand on either side, right hang holds a rod of purple glass with the end heating in the flame from the torch, left hand holds a clear rod with a little critter with spindly legs on the end just outside of the flame
January 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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My friend Luci agreed to test out a new glass hanger design of mine and sent me some very good feedback along with some excellent pics!

#glassart #eyeballjewelry #eyeballart #glassjewelry #altfashion
A white persons head in profile. She is wearing glasses and has many piercings. The side of her head is shaved and the long part of the hair is purple. In her gauged earlobe piercing is an earring that looks like an eyeball, the part that goes through the ear is red like the optic nerve/blood vessels that connect an eyeball to one's head
January 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Squiggle friend

#glassart #lilguy #salamanderart #squiggly #critter
A green-blue squiggly salamander made of glass stands atop a flat spot on a muffin tin (between the muffin depressions) It has shiny black eyes
January 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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These lil guys headed out to California last week! Find them at Luna Sea Gallery in Pescadero CA.

#glassart #mushrooms #bees #lilguys #tinyart #affordableart #mushroomart #beeart
Six lil mushroom droplet guys made of borosilicate glass stand in a row on a wooden table. Each one looks like a water droplet encasing a tiny amanita mushroom with shiny black eyes (on the droplet) and mossy legs. They all vary a bit from eachother Twelve borosilicate glass bees stand in a row on a wooden table. They have black eyes, legs, and antennae and translucent white wings. Their bodies are black and yellow striped and they vary in size and attitude
January 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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This wiggly dude has already found a home but I might make some more soon

#glassart #iridescentvinyl #smallsculpture #smallart
January 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#glassart #donotcomplyinadvance #benotafraid
A small black and white glass figuring covered in simplified eyes (white with black dot) held between the finger and thumb of a pale hand with long nails
January 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I'm looking for shops to carry my lil guy surprise boxes! Specifically shops that aren't in uptown Minneapolis or downtown St. Paul. If interested please send me an email via my contact page (linked in bio) and we can chat

#glassart #surprisebox #affordableart #supportlivingartists #lilguys
Five little glass figurines clustered around a nickel, they could each fit fully on top of the nickel and they are all sitting on top of a wooden table. Left to right: a round lil guy that is pink on the bottom and bluish-green on top with two little black eyes. A black cat with green eyes. A squiggly light yellow droplet with dark brown spots and black eyes. a pink mouse with green eyes. Finally a double yolked egg with little white legs and two pairs of black eyes. The lil guy surprise box held in a pale hand with long nails above a wood table. It is neon green with black text and an image of a swirled red clear lil guy with shiny black eyes. The closest side reads "lil guy surprise" around the image of the red and clear lil guy. The further side reads "contains one borosilicate glass lil guy" The lil guy surprise box held in a pale hand with long nails above a wood table. It is neon green with black text and an image of a yellow dinosaur with purple back spikes and shiny black eyes. The visible side reads "each is unique!" above the image of the yellow and purple lil guy The lil guy surprise box held in a pale hand with long nails above a wood table. It is neon green with black text and an image of a greyed out slug. The top side reads "who's that lil guy?" above the image of the slug-shaped lil guy. The other side reads "tiny hand sculpted art glass"
January 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I got to play with more soft soldering during a skillshare at CAFAC this past weekend thanks to Annemarie (Luna Sub Rosa). Getting the blobs round and not pointy was a challenge but I'm really happy with the result!

#softsolder #pendant #glassart (adjacent) #jewelrymaking #mermaidcore
A pale hand holds a silver pendant in the shape of a blobby loop. In the middle is a quartz point, below it are two flat blue/green/purple pearls.
January 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Since I now have spinning on the mind and have been released from jury duty I made a very small glass drop spindle. If it works well I'll make a bigger one, and if that works well I'll try making fancier looking ones.

#glassart #dropspindle #handspinning #fiberart
A clear glass drop spindle in the palm of a pale hand. It looks a bit like an icicle. In the background is a muffin tin full of red, blue, and pink frit
January 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM