‘Cancer Sticks’ (#1) are a set of 8 beaded Trompe-l'œil cigarettes in matching ceramic ashtrays. Winner of the SWAIA “Santa Fe Indian Market” 101 Blue Ribbon for representational sculpture.
Cancer Sticks - Beaded Cigarettes in matching hand-held ashtray display stands
Eight trompe-l'œil beaded cigarettes with skull and crossbones design each in a matching ceramic ashtray display base in the colors:
1. Light Orange, 2. Dark Orange, 3. Yellow, 4. Lime Green, 5. Kelly Green, 6. Gold, 7. Metallic Rose, 8. Melaic Green.
Dimensions: 4” H x 2.5” W x 1.5” D each cigarette/ashtray
Materials & Techniques: Faceted size 13 antique French seed beads and modern colored size 13 glass beads woven using Peyote stitch over a padded stick. Millefiori glass bead as the burning end. Glazed and stained ceramic ashtray formed in the hand. Created to provide some truth in advertising, these beaded ‘Cancer Sticks’ remind everyone how sacred tobacco has been corrupted into little 15 minute doses of death.
Blue Ribbon at SWAIA 2023 “Santa Fe Indian Market” NM AND Blue Ribbon winner at Red Cloud Art Show 2024, SD.
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