Kiana Khansmith
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Five new shadowboxes (a couple photographed in low light too to show off the glow in the dark elements). I always make a bunch of new stuff before an event-- if you're near Columbus Ohio come check me out in the Big Local Arts Tent at the Columbus Arts Festival this weekend (6/12-6/14 2026) And if you miss that I'll also be at the Columbus World Oddities Expo 6/27-6/28 and the Detroit Oddities and Curiosities Expo 7/11-7/12!
Look at me, actually having new rainbow glow in the dark jewelry to post in a timely fashion for pride month. The resin pieces all start with original polymer clay sculptures, I then make my own molds and cast them in resin. I hand paint the backs, and then do the wirework.
"Possible Side Effects May Include"
Relief print, paint, collage. May 2022
Possible alternate title "Such a Magical Fucking Journey"
Artist statement(/rant)
I can't decide between the titles because this is both political and personal, much moreso of both than my work usually is. I am currently pregnant, very much by choice, midway through second trimester. I have been making these relief prints at each stage of pregnancy depicting the current stage of fetal development. A few days ago we ran into an acquaintance at the statehouse while we were protesting the probable overturning of Roe v Wade, and while catching up I mentioned just a couple of the pregnancy side effects I'd been struggling with. He was utterly shocked having never heard of most of what I described which made me think, if this well-meaning pro-choice man has no idea what pregnancy really entails, that's probably even more true of the men making the laws. I expect a lot of the people suggesting adoption as a viable option for an unwanted pregnancy see pregnancy as a temporary inconvenience and have no idea how much it can disrupt one's life.
For the record, for the most part I pulled this side effects list from the "what to expect when you're expecting" website, and with a few exceptions most aren't even considered complications, these are almost all things considered normal. Most aren't even treated or treatable since even basic over the counter medications (including ibuprophen and Pepto bismal) are not considered safe during pregnancy. There are tons more potential effects many of which can be life threatening that I didn't list.
I hope anyone who would consider forcing someone to go through with an unwanted pregnancy learns exactly what that means.
And on a more personal note, I've been frustrated with the way the narrative of pregnancy is framed. When people talk about unwanted pregnancy they talk about horrifying body changes, health issues, and so on, but when people talk about wanted pregnancies the narrative is always how beautiful and magical it all is. I'm pregnant on purpose, this will be an extremely planned and wanted baby, but as an experience, this still sucks. Being in the midst of a combination of ever-changing body horror and illness has made it especially frustrating to hear people constantly telling me how wonderful it all is, I feel like I'm getting gaslit by society at large.
It's not an inconvenience, it's life changing and shouldn't be forced on anyone.
Reblogging my vent art from last time I was pregnant because I'm doin it again and it still sucks.
What's bothering me even more this time around is the social side effects. What do you usually do with your friends? Is it drinking? Can't do that for 9 months. Outdoorsy activities like hiking or cycling or camping, or physical ones like sports? Good luck with that when all those physical symptoms are adding up. Cooking or trying new restaurants together? Not if you're nauseous all the time or have horrible heartburn from anything acidic or spicy or greasy. Even just a party or cookout where everyone is standing around talking becomes really hard to be a part of when you can't stand for more than a few minutes without pain. Even board games or d&d are difficult if sitting in a hard upright chair hurts if you do it for multiple hours. And meanwhile in romantic relationships, all those physical symptoms are going to make sex and even cuddling a lot harder to do. It all adds up to feeling very isolated, even when people do their best to stick around.
I wanted to add more. After I saw your art I talked to a friend and we discussed how we wished there was a class to educate people what it means to be responsible for someone, the weight of love but since it involves understanding a type of love. I think It would be very difficult. But I forgot to say I agree women should always have a choice weather they want to carry the weight of that type of creation. Of course those in power dont want us to have choice because they are worried about what else we can create. Women are scary in a patriarchal Society, we have power they dont so the only answer is control. This society infantilizes women and trys to do the same about motherhood when actually it is this heavy, complex, powerful, dark thing. they infantilize us because they dont want to admit our power or us to embrace it without apology or shame. Anyways just inspired by your piece and purging myself. Do you know any other art or artists that showcase this side of motherhood? What are your inspirations?
Thank you for your kind words and solidarity<3 glad to hear the piece resonated. Unfortunately this piece was so out of character for my usual work that I don't really know of other artists doing anything similar, the inspiration was entirely my own anger and frustration. If you do find others let me know because I'd love to see them too.
"Possible Side Effects May Include"
Relief print, paint, collage. May 2022
Possible alternate title "Such a Magical Fucking Journey"
Artist statement(/rant)
I can't decide between the titles because this is both political and personal, much moreso of both than my work usually is. I am currently pregnant, very much by choice, midway through second trimester. I have been making these relief prints at each stage of pregnancy depicting the current stage of fetal development. A few days ago we ran into an acquaintance at the statehouse while we were protesting the probable overturning of Roe v Wade, and while catching up I mentioned just a couple of the pregnancy side effects I'd been struggling with. He was utterly shocked having never heard of most of what I described which made me think, if this well-meaning pro-choice man has no idea what pregnancy really entails, that's probably even more true of the men making the laws. I expect a lot of the people suggesting adoption as a viable option for an unwanted pregnancy see pregnancy as a temporary inconvenience and have no idea how much it can disrupt one's life.
For the record, for the most part I pulled this side effects list from the "what to expect when you're expecting" website, and with a few exceptions most aren't even considered complications, these are almost all things considered normal. Most aren't even treated or treatable since even basic over the counter medications (including ibuprophen and Pepto bismal) are not considered safe during pregnancy. There are tons more potential effects many of which can be life threatening that I didn't list.
I hope anyone who would consider forcing someone to go through with an unwanted pregnancy learns exactly what that means.
And on a more personal note, I've been frustrated with the way the narrative of pregnancy is framed. When people talk about unwanted pregnancy they talk about horrifying body changes, health issues, and so on, but when people talk about wanted pregnancies the narrative is always how beautiful and magical it all is. I'm pregnant on purpose, this will be an extremely planned and wanted baby, but as an experience, this still sucks. Being in the midst of a combination of ever-changing body horror and illness has made it especially frustrating to hear people constantly telling me how wonderful it all is, I feel like I'm getting gaslit by society at large.
It's not an inconvenience, it's life changing and shouldn't be forced on anyone.
Reblogging my vent art from last time I was pregnant because I'm doin it again and it still sucks.
Making a bunch of new pieces at the last minute before the Columbus and Indianapolis Oddities and Curiosities expos this weekend and next (posted 4/15/26) ! If you're in the area come check it out and grab one for yourself
More tiny curio cabinets inside walnut shells ready for the Columbus Oddities and Curiosities expo this weekend 4/18-4/19, 2026 (and any left over after that heading for the Indianapolis one the weekend after).
I've been working on this one for a while (parts of it for years). The idea is an alchemist going crazy (with the red string) trying to piece together how to make the potion the witches in Macbeth made. Many of the displayed ingredients in the Macbeth potion are real (such as slips of yew slivered in the moon's eclipse) that I have collected over the years. The piece also contains 92 individual art pieces in at least 14 different mediums, along with I don't even know how many natural curios.
Adding my notes and color coded guide to the handmade items in there. More photos including close-ups at a later date!
Some detail shots and low light ones showing off the glow in the dark! Also this just won the Best of the Best competition for Kingdom of the Rising Winds in Amtgard LARP which I'm pretty happy about
I've been working on this one for a while (parts of it for years). The idea is an alchemist going crazy (with the red string) trying to piece together how to make the potion the witches in Macbeth made. Many of the displayed ingredients in the Macbeth potion are real (such as slips of yew slivered in the moon's eclipse) that I have collected over the years. The piece also contains 92 individual art pieces in at least 14 different mediums, along with I don't even know how many natural curios.
Adding my notes and color coded guide to the handmade items in there. More photos including close-ups at a later date!
I've been working on this one for a while (parts of it for years). The idea is an alchemist going crazy (with the red string) trying to piece together how to make the potion the witches in Macbeth made. Many of the displayed ingredients in the Macbeth potion are real (such as slips of yew slivered in the moon's eclipse) that I have collected over the years. The piece also contains 92 individual art pieces in at least 14 different mediums, along with I don't even know how many natural curios.
I've been working on this one for a while (parts of it for years). The idea is an alchemist going crazy (with the red string) trying to piece together how to make the potion the witches in Macbeth made. Many of the displayed ingredients in the Macbeth potion are real (such as slips of yew slivered in the moon's eclipse) that I have collected over the years. The piece also contains 92 individual art pieces in at least 14 different mediums, along with I don't even know how many natural curios.
I was perusing the wiki guides attempting to understand how the bone market works and what do you mean the game lets you do this. i'm scared.
Oh hey I spent like a week drawing it! Or sort of a mash-up of the regular amalgamy bomb and this one really, couldn't resist the 8 heads. Haven't actually made one in game, tempted to but I don't want to shut down the bone market for forever.
Fallen London fanart time! I like drawing skeletons, and in Fallen London spend a lot of time assembling elaborate skeletons of varying degrees of unlikeliness. Here's a few hand-drawn illustrations of skeleton recipes I pulled from the wiki. I made a lot of those "reptile week" ones, but I finally got my Hellworm recently!
Fallen London fanart time! I like drawing skeletons, and in Fallen London spend a lot of time assembling elaborate skeletons of varying degrees of unlikeliness. Here's a few hand-drawn illustrations of skeleton recipes I pulled from the wiki. I made a lot of those "reptile week" ones, but I finally got my Hellworm recently!
Whenever I make jewelry with blue Morpho butterfly wings, I put the scraps in little bottles. These have been popular when I sell in person for years but just now adding them to my online shop (link in bio). Also restocked the walnut curio collection and added a curio collection in an altered matchbox with a relief printed lid!
The butterfly wings I use are vintage, they're from a workshop from the 70s that made butterfly wing inlay trays that went out of business.
I've discontinued mystery boxes from my Etsy (I'll still do them custom, though) but just added these lovely Not-a-mystery boxes! Link in bio if you want one, and more to come.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium (one of my favorite places in the world, my grandmother was a volunteer there for years) is doing daily art prompts for Deep Sea December! I don't have the bandwidth to try for the whole month, but here's mine for today's prompt ("glow") along with yesterday's ("fish") doing a mixed media piece with one of the drawings I did a while back. Photographed in low light to show off the glow detail.
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