Welcome baaaaa-aaack! It's Season 4 of Cracked!!! Today to kick it off I'm joined by Brooklyn based glass artist Sacha Carlos-Raps! She is a Filipina immigrant and not only makes beautiful glass work full of bright colors but also does printmaking and illustrations. Her art practice is "her rebellious demonstration against the good immigrant binary and the post-diasporic expectations of “first gens” Her work is memoriric totems that embraces the kaleidoscopic inner self, an ode to the abode and the absurd."
Today we talk glasswork of course but we're also going to talk about markets, candles, get into the making of her zine, her Oaxacan residency and then we wind it back down with some fun Phillipino facts.
Let's get into it...
Join me as I crack it all wide open!
To see more of Sacha's work, her instagram is @sacharaps and her website is sacharaps.com. For the Cracked Patreon members Sacha is gifting one of her super popular shrimp sun catchers. I’ll be doing a raffle for that 12 days after the release of this episode. She’s also offering a $20 discount code to the rest of the Cracked Patreon members and remember Sasha sells much more on her website other than glass pieces. I just ordered myself some an array of her gift cards and they’re so cute!
Honorable mentions from this episode:
Stained glass artists:
Soeun Lee
@soooeeun
Golide Poblador
goldiepoblador.com
(glass sculpture and scents! rare Filipino glass maker)
Restorer: Takuji Hamanaka
@takujihanga -he's mostly a printmaker now but was the late Mary Clarkin Higgin's assistant.
Non Stained Glass artists:
Dali
thedali.org
Magritte
renemagritte.org
Schiaperelli (fashion)
schiaparelli.com
Arthur Midianga
@botcrisps
Residency:
Poco A Poco
http://pocoapocomx.com
Places she works/teaches:
Shiny Sparkle Labs, Brooklyn
"Shiny Sparkle Studio is a boutique glass fusing and casting facility specializing in fabrication for art and architecture. Founded by Dorie Guthrie and Matthew Day Perez"
Craftsman Ave, Brooklyn
Bespoke makerspace that offers a wide variety of hands on classes
My face lotion 😂:
ulta.com/p/cicalfate-restorative-protective-cream
Thank you to the sponsors who help me make Cracked possible:
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