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Yasmine Sarraf

@mercurialstone.bsky.social

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Multidisciplinary artist; gem carver, metalsmith, painter, poet, sculptor. Making bespoke jewelry and sociopolitical works in the forest of Northern California alongside the Ent friends. Available by appointment at my studio in Eureka or SF/Silicon Valley.

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 24

My most hideous work of art “Tiny Tyrant of the Great Divide” Started this disaster piece in 2018, spent years working on it at nights in between other responsibilities. Shoved it into storage after 2020 hoping that it had just become a moot point. Very sorry to see it’s still relevant.

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Apr 21

Me and my unsettling art at the Humboldt Courthouse 4/19. Appreciating the diverse people showing up to these events to express concern and build community, at least that part is heartwarming. However most everything else is disturbing. Demand accountability and due process! Demand radical change!✊🏽

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thanks! 🙏✊💖

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Apr 6

“HANDS OFF” Humboldt style
#50501 #protest #humboldt #eureka #californialove #FDT #nokings #stoptrump #deportelonmusk #defendnotdefund #handsoff #noproject2025 #riseup #community #protestart #kineticsculpture #civildisobedience #forfreedom #equality #andlove #wearetheresistance❤️

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Mar 10

Been shirking my responsibilities to make and take art to the various local protests. Here’s a glimpse of Saturdays International Women’s Day gathering at the courthouse in Eureka California. Cheers to solidarity. Fight for your rights friends! ✊🏽

#humboldt #california #internationalwomensday

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Feb 18

Good start for this small community. At the courthouse in Eureka California on this sad soggy #nokingsday #presidentsday

#fdt #protests #eureka #california #humboldt #coup #antitrump #fuckelon #educate #organize #resist #fightfascists #stopproject2025 #antioligarchy #taxtherich #noracism

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Feb 15

Tucson AZ, the city wide gem and mineral shows here are bananas. Always blows me away the incredible beauty that the earth holds, and the ingenuity involved in bring things like this to the surface. This insane ~20’ amethyst and calcite specimen from weltderkristalle is no exception. 🤯🤩🤤

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 29

Mucking out the aquaponic filters to prep my victory garden has me admiring how much my scaly friends have grown since I took this video a couple years ago. Seems kind of important not to slack on gardening, or even being outside touching grass this year. Things are definitely coming unhinged… 😵‍💫

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you! 😊

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thanks that means a lot. I hate the topic too but feel like its important to highlight. Pretty heartbreaking thats even necessary. I’m just shook by the unfolding of this last week, dunno how to proceed creatively now. 🫠 Yes I have! Been a while tho, will need to go take another look. Thank you! 💖

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 26

Thanks!!! I love experimenting with tools and techniques like this 😌

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 26

Thank you! Appreciate you checking it out and for everyone boosting this post 🥰❤️

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 26

One of my first & favorite guilloche pieces. Made this on both a rose engine & a straight line for the center honeycomb like pattern. Was born out of a series of accidents which of course I cannot seem to recreate even when I try 🫠

#silver #medallion #guilloche #ornamentalturning #metalsmith #art

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 26

Thanks! ☺️

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 26

Sweet! Thanks for the tips!

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 26

Pacific Northwest vibes. Coming back home to Humboldt from a week of Guilloche/ornamental turning class at Memoria Technica in Seattle in ‘23. I love travel, especially to learn new skills, and always coming back to this view. The trees here have my heart 💚

#humboldt #california #redwoodtrees

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Woah, super cool! What a great use of them!

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

One of my favorites so far. Shipped this skullpture overseas recently, really miss it after spending so much time working on it. 💖

#art #mosaic #assemblage #sculpture #amethyst #crystal #porcelain #flowers #iridescent #smalti #tile #skull #ancestralveneration #alterpiece

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Some of the mosaic skullptures I’ve been working on the last few years. Made with Mexican and Italian Smalti tiles, reclaimed vintage porcelain flowers, quartz crystal, and whatever found objects fit ✨

#art #mosaic #assemblage #sculpture
#crystal #porcelain #flowers #skull #alterpiece

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Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Thanks! 💖

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Thank you! 🥰

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Thanks! Sure, that would be great. I’m definitely looking for like minded individuals and art communities. New here but amazed at how Bluesky peps have been so nice and welcoming 🥰 Love it. Thank you! 🙏

Yasmine Sarraf @mercurialstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Thank you! 🙏 I kinda hate it, lol, but I very much appreciate the sentiment since it took forever to make. Pulled it out of storage to maybe add some other supervillains to the burning side as things devolve….

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