Josi

@csasylumart.bsky.social

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Artist • creator of Wizard Heights zine • 3D and 2D art• failure • Trickster Deity • expect short bursts of intelligence only https://linktr.ee/csasylum 🇵🇸✊🏾

A wizard comic that depicts two wizards talking to each other: "When i picture "grace"," says wizard 1, " i picture you. In response, wizard 2 says, "Awww!" Then hocks a loogie, "haurkk, pitooo"
A vibrant artwork featuring a the back of a nude brown body looking slightly over its shoulder. A speech bubble of oranges and pinks turns into a axolotl that crawls along the opposite side of the canvas and above the human figure. In the background where mountains should be purple clouds exist. Where clouds should be mountains and lakes hold firm.
In the center of a canvas a sketch portrat of the artists face looks disassociated with downward cast eyes. Surrounding the face,and cradling it, a cartoonish character rendered in vibrant oilpaint sits on a grassy field. The sky is orange, and in the distance a small gate can be seen, signaling a threshold. From the head of the cartoonish character sprouts a horn made of aspen bark.
An "outdoor chimney fireplace" for incense, and a personalized royal game of Ur board (and peices) both made from clay. Pictured sitting on tiny wooden stools
Close up of a personalized royal game of ur board made from clay. The image shows the play peices sitting inside the boards hollow
A boardgame and peices made from clay with store bought dice. The board is a rectancle with a handle on one end for presentation or carrying. The board features a smattering of colors. It is presented on a small wooden stool. The board sits on three peg-like feet. Rather than use the original Ur boardgame symbols the artist has opted for colorcoding the squares. And rather than tablets for the peices tiny, simplified figures were made
A approximately 10 inch tall by 6 inch wide incense holder made of clay and formed into the shape of a outdoor fireplace with a chimney. There is a clay loop integrated into the back of the artwork for presentation on a wall. The chimney section and topside of the fireplace are a vivid burnt orange glaze with yellows. The underside is an aquagemstone glaze. There are white accents on the three supporting legs and the curved "mantle". The oval opening has a dark green glaze
Video of a palm sized vessel without handles. The rim is a matte, aqua-blue glaze with a glob of goldflaked resin to compensate for kiln damage. The body is dimpled and and glazed with a glossy, speckled-white. The rim is intentionally not circular due to a flat edge (one could look down into the cup and see a capital D)
An aqua-blue, rectangular vase placed on a dark wood table at a diagonal. A wooden chair is placed at the table. The walls are a soft cream color. Out of the top of the vase a single white flower(a lily?) Extends and droops slightly towards the glow of a windo just out of shot. There is a delicate stillness to the photo. Credit for the photo goes to my friend leija
A blue rectangular vase. Out of the top right corner a spigot-like opening, reminiscent of a flask. In the top left corner a hole, serving as a handleis bored through the body of the vase. There are etchings of triangles along the base of the vase
A golem sculpture with articulating joints and an ocarina for a head played by the artist.
Bicycle project handlebar close up. You can see how the breaks are welded into the handlebar. And a better sense of how shor they are. Like a childs bike. Cute ans stylin
Project bicycle assembled from groundscore and discount parts. Red paint (non-original), cream fenders (non-original, missing struts), original short handlebars with breaks built into the bar itself, groundscore seat, seatpost, rear-rack, and pedals. Original frame, bars,drive train and rear rim
Some ugly mugs with faces on em, had fun making
Pictured: A clay chimera sculpture hides among the rosemary. The head of the sculpture is a playable ocarina. Head of bear and boar, a single twisted horn sprouts from her head. Her hands, once used to grasp at the sun, reach beyond the veil. Her emaciated form prematurely sprouts mushrooms hungry for her wane. And yet, she smiles and laughs at death, for her song is eternal.
Pictured: A clay chimera sculpture. The head of the sculpture is a playable ocarina. Head of bear and boar, a single twisted horn sprouts from her head. Her hands, once used to grasp at the sun, reach beyond the veil. Her emaciated form prematurely sprouts mushrooms hungry for her wane. And yet, she smiles and laughs at death, for her song is eternal.
A wizard comic that depicts two wizards talking to each other: "When i picture "grace"," says wizard 1, " i picture you. In response, wizard 2 says, "Awww!" Then hocks a loogie, "haurkk, pitooo"
A wizard stands on a play stage wearing a large costume wizard head. They are speaking to another wizard who is standing in the seating area. The costumed wizard says, "i find this costume weird, and exploititive, and offensive (culturally^tm)" to which the standing wizard replies,"good!, use that, channel that feeling!"
A wizard stands with their back to the viewer. The wizard is wearing a denim jacked with studs and band patches. There is an arrow pointing to one of the patches labeling that patch specifically as a "velcro patch." The patch in its current orientation reads "talk to me" but, being velcro, it could presumably be re-oriented to say "leave me alone." The wizard is looking at the viewer over their shoulder, saying, "wut chu want?"
A wizard with a star on their hat sits slumped on a big sofa chair while watching tv. Text on the bottom of the image reads: occationally, star-side wizards feel that they are not as cool or mysterious as moon-side wizards
A wizard kneels before an open microphone, sundering their shirt open to reveal their hairy chest while reciting a poem. The poem goes, " it's not air or warter or bone, nor hair. Nothing in-between or between too inns vacancy. This is not born of complacency. Sheets crisp. Breath open, it motioned clouds rolling upward along a seam, so it seemed. Its real, no dream this...this thing. drawing out my tears its poison sting. Placing scaffolds along my back as it folds static sheets into my skin. I sing!
A silhouette of a strange wizard looms over the canopy of some distant rainforest. Below, in a clearing, lays a huge stone structure. It's old and overgrown like an ancient pyramid. Only this pyramid is in the shape of a wizard. Text in the bottom reads, "looking for the small acts of good i can do"
Two wizards speak to each other while smoking by a brick wall partially hidden by verdant overgrowth. Wizard A says, "the path to ruin is paved". "With what?" Says Wizard B Wizard A responds, " i dont think that matters"
A wizard with flowing locks balances on a broom with only one foot while saying, "wizards can ride brooms too" while in cut off jeans and a tee-shirt
Four separate depictions of wizards and wizard interaction. Top left: a wizard playing in the snow making a snow angel, making jolly noises "hehehe", "hoho" "hahaha". Top right: a grim looking wizard speaks to the viewer, "well, we are basically cosmic garbage collectors. Everyone needs us, but the work isnt... for... Everyone" an arrow points to this wizards robe with text that reads,"hasnt washed robe in weeks. " Bottom left: a wizard is posed in ambient space and says, "whatevers happening its fun as heck." Bottom right, a human sits at an office desk, typing on her computer and talking on the phone at the same time, she says,"if they still dont leave after the spray-bottle,you can try offering food at a different location..."
A page from the zine Wizard Heights: Tome pg.8 an illustration of a wizard wearing a t-shirt and shorts. The wizard has long, curly hair that hangs below their knees. They have a round belly and a wizard hat with a cresent moon on it. They also are holding a wand that is passively leaking magic. There is a thought bubble leading from their head that says, "i should show more hole."
An unfired clay piece. Similar to chalice, with a face emerging from the outside wall of the cup. There is a dimpling detail along its base. From this angle, you can see the smooth groove that runs around the glass for grip
An unfired clay piece. From this perspective, it looks like a plate with a face emerging from the center
One of my espresso mugs, available soon at 40lbs café. They are chartreuse with a black band and a purple-maroon inside. Danity but robust!
My espresso mugs, sitting on a wood barrel at 40lbs café. They are chartreuse with a black band and a purple-maroon inside. Danity but robust!
Picture of a fluffy handmade poptart in front of Memento Mori Cafe. The poptart is pink with sprinkles and has a strawberry filling. Not too sweet and pairs perfectly with coffee!
My homie and pals
A drawn representation of a mutilated black body falling through life (represented by mountains and pine trees) into death (represented by stars and space). The character falls with a noose around the neck, implying that this was a lynching. The dead character speaks, through word bubbles, "im sure my death, will make... great character motivation, for some white person"
Posing with a peace sign behind a glass box with one of my art pieces in it. Hope nobody who sees this is British cuz i didn't intend to flip you off my body just did that
An image of my partner kicking at the waves on the coast. A recreation of another photo they took on their first visit to the coast. It didn't turn out quite the way we wanted. it's too dark. It seems melancholy except for the queer little point of her toe. The ocean roars indifferently behind her. I love her very much
Photo: 1/3 of the leftmost portion of the image is a vertical white bar. In the foreground, emerging from the bar is half of a traffic cone. Tied to the top of the traffic cone is a yellow "caution" tape that falls diagonally from the top of the image to the halfway point. Behing the tape, in the midground is the dismantled and warped frame of a potentially vintage bike. The bikeframe is largely composed of sweeping archs and is blue. In the background, a dilapidated house sulks in shadow
A "wizard comic", after my style of comics titled, "wizard heights." The comic shows a wizard with a long wand pointing at a graph of sorts. The graph shows a "slingshot manuver" like what is used to navigate around planets such that gravity assists the object being piloted (weird sentence, sorry). The "planet" around which our "probe" is launched (via gravity assist) is labeled "crushing despair, hopelessness, and brutal death". After the gravity assist, the probe is projected to land on another planet labled, "sleep." The wizard, the one pointing to the graph, is saying, via speech bubble, "As you can see, there is almost no room for error"
An espresso cup I made, accentuated with some lovely latte art by a barista friend of mine
A flyer for "Holding out own," an Lgbtqia2s+ ceramic artist and potters artshow. Poening reception on april 10 from 6-8pm at the Multnomah Arts Center portland oregon
A poster that reads: Shift Work, queer artists navagating tectonic times. A group show by over 40 artists, including Zephyr Kim, Tommy Bruce, Robert Sumner, Areem Rose and Ami Patel. Opening reception april 10th, 6-8pm. Artist talk with the featured artists april 19th, 1 to 2:30pm on zoom. Sign up at www.multnomahartcenter.org . "Fractals- a qt poetry reading" with Ami Patel and guests april 26, 2-4pm. April 4th through may 10th, 2025 in the center gallery. Multnomah arts center
A cropped screenshot of a text made in a notes application. The text, titled im a birch, reads, "ima a birch, ima cedar, ima pine, ima redwood, ima bonsi, ima spruce, (then in all caps) I AM A FUCKN TREE
All clay: a set of hands that fit with a ball joint into a set of forearms that sit with a hinge into the upper arms which fit into a torso with a ball joint and a set of feet that fit with a hinge into the lower leg segments which fit into the upper leg segments with a hinge. The upper leg segments then fit into a pelvic segment, which then fits into the torso segment. A new head segment is set in the torso with a ball joint. The old head will still be fired as a planter or something
All clay: a set of hands that fit with a ball joint into a set of forearms that sit with a hinge into the upper arm.
Ocarina shaped like the dinosaur Parasaurolphus. Four hole ocarina
A conical cup with green and brown, blue, and orange-plum coloration
A cup splattered with glaze and highly textured. It has an hourglass shape and a small thin handle
Pictures of a black cat, looking down at you with authority. He does a little politic (civil disobedience)
Picture of a tabby cat looking at the camera with a confused but patiently caring expression. She does not politic.
a screenshot of a hilariously blank website page. In the top right corner are a few lines of text with the website name, and some general info. there is a broken image and a broken link. and a random list that states *we have *always *been here.
An image of a five hole ocarina being held over a bridge with a river and another bridge in the background. The ocarina is shaped somewhat like an avocado. Shades of green, blue, and orange drawn in circles and one helix emphasize the playful curves of the ocarina
A clay mask featuring elements of Noh theather masks among other influences. The mask represents a bat with highly exaggerated fangs and tusks. The tusks and horns together evoke a demonic character to the mask. One of the bats' ears and one of its eyebrows are peirced.
Im holding a blue mask slightly larger than my hand. It is a deamon or devil. It has asymmetrical, twisting horns. Situated right next to the nostrils on its human nose are two eye holes. The eye holes evoke a sullen look. The mouth is both skeletal and simian. In sum the mask is chimeric
Photo of Edith- a shorthair tabby cat, resting on the windowsill, looking into the camera
A photo of a broken plant pot, soil, and a fern strewn about a bathtub. The scene takes place moments after a successful re-potting
Jamal, my kitty. A black cat with yellow green eyes sniffin the screen
A pen and ink drawing in black and white. Two human figures drawn in a style deliberately evocative to those in Gary Larson's "The Far Side" comics stand looking at an amorphous entity that has just entered through the front door. The entity is using a strange speech bubble that winds around the room to ask, "May i scuttle?". this is written is a hard to read script. At the bottom of the image: text, presumably from one of the two human characters reads, "Ok, so his shadow looms and he Speaks in the Old Calligraphic Scrips, but... well dammit Harold, he wiped his feet before entering!"
A surreal image of a helmet with a mechanical humanoid figure, a monstrous face, and an ear sprouting from it. A crown is strapped haphazardly to the helmet with string. Through the helmet's glass can be seen nebula and stars. The humanoid figure speaks these words, "over and out."