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Document like you might be studied one day! Every creative starts in their room! #É“į“į“ į“ŹÉ¢ÉŖį“ į“į“į“
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Document like youāll be studied one day.
These are my first few attempts of creating my Griot Glass Beads forged with the purpose of communicating inter-generational African Oral Storytelling!
Why is there wire in the mouth and ear? I heat-fused them in to serve as connection points and visual cue of oral history translating to the first generations ear and out their mouth to the next generations ear and out their mouth!
I made these works while studying with @kimfieldsglass at @pollackglassnola !!! Much love and gratitude for the opportunities Iāve been blessed with in these spaces!š
#neworleansglassartist #blackglassartist #beadtrade #whogonerunthecitynext?
08 Oct 2025
What is a forever necklace?
My opinion, an adornment that will endure the rest of time and identify you so long as you should wear it.
This piece, āInheritor of Historyā, identifies my position in history as an African American Glass Master and Creative.
Early Summer of 2025 in the book The History of Beads presented by Lois Sherr Dublin pages 106 & 132 in Chapters āAge of European Expansionā and āAfricaā I was confronted by record that European Glass Beads were traded for Enslaved Africans and the Bead Trade Market fostered and birthed the Slave Trade. As documented, this information called for a reformation of how I approach a medium that just centuries ago I a black man wouldāve been traded for. It is in my best interests that every forward piece will acknowledge this history and the weight of my hand!
The pendant is a black figure holding and protecting an egg. An image to the Sankofa, another symbol of acknowledging history! That symbol appears as a brass bead in this same piece! As well as Asa Se Ye Duru! The Weight of The World! Our figure after much literal trial by fire is one of honor, responsibility and ownership and leadership.
The orange/yellow beads are Venetian King Beads! Traded to West African Kings for Enslaved Africans.
The large Brass Bead THAT IS THE FIRST THING IVE EVER SOLDERED BTW is the symbol Nea Onnim! The Adinkra Symbol of knowledge and the life long pursuit of education!
The large black head bead is among many in my catalogue. Is it the face of our ancestors. Itās symbol is the first thing I created after my learning of the records I mentioned. It represents those before me, before us. It is their piercing gaze and omnipotent guidance.
I nod to the Krobo Beads in this piece as well as the Brass Filigree Baule Bead! A tribute to the diverse and authentic Bead Culture of Africa that passions me so!
Shout out to @thebeadchest for being a great web of information that affirmed my research!
#blackglassartist #neworleansglassworks no
18 Oct 2025
Consistency! More Documentation and love of the game!
These Glass Beads are more of my attempts of West African Griot Tradition! Iāve looking into basic video documentaries, understanding what royal orators these champions are!
It led me to Ali Farka TourĆ© & Toumani DiabatĆ©ās
Grammy winning āIn The Heart Of The Moonā. Beautiful listen btw. The artists are Griots themselves! I believe moving forward I will investigate how Griot culture transfers over to African America and specifically to New Orleans.
Merhaps the Blues.
Iām proud of the advancements Iāve made as a whole and wish to continue!
Also the tongue poking out is symbolic of oral story and language!
#neworleansartist #blackneworleansculture #glassjewelry
16 Oct 2025
(Familiar) Love [3/3]
Life Loves On
A Solo exhibition by Ryan McCray Premiering November 15th
Photographed by: @rex.roth
Directed by: @sosryann
AD + production + lighting by: @teironx
Models: @trinitysrealm @beenbryce @andre_lebone
Props: @aaaaastriddd
#LifeLovesOn
10 Nov 2026
Hey guys! Glass Eyes!
I wanted to share a snippet of my process in the studio to make some eyes for my soon to be masking piece!
In exploring how taxidermy reveals itself in African masking I want to expound on my glasswork and use the eyes as a key feature to humanize the life behind them!
I still think I can do better and intend on working hollow for eyes from now on but I love the striped variations I got with these!
#artistatwork #workisplay
28 Oct 2026
Sharing my work in progress update for a recent piece āPortal to the Pondā at my Studio at Studio BE!
My recent work has been investigating how taxidermy participates in our culture as the earliest masking material. With respect to wildlife worldwide, we aināt trophy huntin!
Also thank you for documenting P! @deijxn
#artistatwork #workisplay
24 Oct 2026
Sharing a work in progress! :)
This project, which Iām thinking of titling āPortal to the Pondā, is to be a shell helmet- a shellmet if you will.
Itās the beginning of my journey into exploring how taxidermy and traditional Black masking cultures exist together. In my research Iāve begun to understand organic matter is often seen as these spiritually sensitive portals to ancestry.
In this piece Iām investigating the question, āwhat if the realm of those before us bled into oursā? What would that look like for me? For where I come from? How do I as youth, define culture?
Disclaimer: I did not dispatch this Turtle, nor do I condone harm or trophy hunting of animals! The shell was gifted to me by a farmer friend who figured I could work it.
#artistatwork #workisplay
Also tysm @aaaaastriddd for documenting this!
10 Oct 2026
WAZZUP! :D Iām sharing stuff Iām working on in the studio right now.
For those interested in the research Iāve done to get this far in understanding Makonde Woodcarving I put some time into the African Blackwood Conservation Projectās article on Makonde Art!
Thanks for your time and consideration! Make the day yours!
#artistatwork #workisplay
03 Oct 2026
Sharing my Indigo Dying day! Youāll see me dipping several of the same shirt aaaand thatās because Iām trying to make a uniform!
Something cool to wear everyday Iām dedicated to my time in the studio and that is āWork is Playā!
Hopefully I learnt ya something, Iāll be looking for questions! Thank you!
#artistatwork #workisplay
01 Oct 2026
SO! CONTEXT!
Why do I have a gator tail?
I won this taxidermy piece at an auction site a couple weeks ago and it just came in! Very first auction Iāve ever participated in you REALLY need big money to hang with auctioneers and WHO WOULDVE GUESSED!
What do I plan on doing with it?
I plan to create a Black Masking Taxidermy piece with this, investigating what the earliest forms and mediums of black masking cultural tradition were!
Hopefully what comes forth will be a love letter to diasporic masking and can be a blueprint to where the future of the art form can be taken!
#artistatwork
12 Sep 2026
HEY EVERYONE! Fantastic news! As of Fall 2026, I am an Artist with a dedicated space for my art!
With the support of @eternalseeds, I and other artists of my cohort now have a place to create comfortability and purposefully in a space that has been the Flower Garden of our creative journeys thus far!
I feel love in celebrating this milestone with my community and I am affirmed and ready to live in the moment of something thatās almost too good to be true.
#artistatwork @studio_be_
09 Sep 2026
Cleaning a huge Common Snapping Turtle Shell!
Ethically sourced & looking to bring new life to a project like this with the animals life in contextšš¾
#artistatwork
05 Sep 2026
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