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ashi franke-loftus
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Accessibility advocate, web/graphic designer, educator, digital illustrator, art history nerd, and newbie potter. Mostly just a silly goose. 🤠🏳️‍🌈
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Just an appreciation post for my compassionate, resilient, beautiful wife, Liz. When every day is full of bad news, she reminds me that good things are on the way. Just gotta keep fighting. 💜
Ashi Franke-Loftus kisses her wife, Liz Loftus, on the cheek while sitting on a sunny patio at Moody Brews. Liz has big brown eyes and long red-violet hair, and she’s wearing a purple and white flannel. Ashi has long brown hair with pink streaks and bangs, styled in a bun; and she's wearing a yellow striped dress and black heart-shaped sunglasses.
February 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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a lil Moon Pie for the skyline 🐯
Ashi’s kitten, Moon Pie, lays on a brightly lit window sill behind white curtains. It is a cloudy day, and he’s looking up at the camera with wide, curious eyes. He is 8 months old, has mackerel tabby markings on his face, amber-colored eyes, and a fluffy coat with white, reddish-brown, and black stripes. Moon Pie lying on the window sill and looking up at the sky. He has a calm but curious expression on his face. Moon Pie glancing downward while lying on the window sill. From this angle, it’s easier to see the distinct mackerel tabby markings on his face: a large “M” shape on his forehead, a dot on either side of his nose, and stripes extending from his eyes and cheeks.
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Today was the first project critique in the design class I’m teaching this semester! It went so well and I’m thrilled. High energy, lots of good feedback, 100% participation.

Now we’re moving into our final Photoshop project: movie posters. My cat Moon Pie may or may not make an appearance. 🐱
The top of Ashi Franke-Loftus’ head as she looks upward at a projector screen. An incomplete poster design in Photoshop is displayed, which resembles the cover of the movie “(500) Days of Summer.” The poster features an elaborate photo collage with a sun shape at the center. In this example, the photos in the collage feature Ashi’s pet tabby kitten, Moon Pie. The title has been changed to: “(500) Days of Moon Pie.”
February 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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took a new headshot for work to reflect important changes in my life

(I got bangs)
Ashi Franke-Loftus smiles for a professional headshot. She has long, brown, curly hair with bangs and pink streaks, and she’s wearing a floral button-up shirt with a moth bolo tie.
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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hello new pottery friends 🫶

My name is Ashi! I’m an accessibility professional, designer, and interdisciplinary artist.

I started doing ceramics in 2023 and fell in love with it. I don’t think I’ve found my style yet, but my favorite thing is making sculptures out of wheel-thrown parts.
Ashi Franke-Loftus’ Halloween costume in 2023. She is dressed as a yellow reclaim bucket overflowing with clay scraps. She stands between class clay and reclaim buckets that are lined up against the wall of a ceramics studio. An abstract sculpture of a tree with a mid-century modern treehouse, sitting at the center of a brightly lit gallery. The tree branches are made of segments of wheel-thrown clay rings, and the treetops are wheel-thrown domes that resemble gumdrops. A ceramic carafe, conical flask, and bottle glazed in crackling white, turquoise, and black. The vessels were raku-fired, and their shapes resemble glassware used in chemistry. Ashi Franke-Loftus grins and poses after helping unload kilns in Ozark, Arkansas. She stands inside a messy wood fire kiln wearing rain boots, protective gloves, and a Laguna Clay hat.
January 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Made it through week 1 teaching my first college course! 🤠

It hasn’t been easy, but I’m enjoying it so much. Working with students reminds me of why I love #GraphicDesign: there are so many things you can accomplish and so many avenues to get there.
Ashi Franke-Loftus smiles for a selfie in front of a projector screen, which displays a silly design with three glowing goldfish swimming out of a computer screen. (The design was from a class demonstration on using layer masks in Photoshop.) Ashi has long brown hair with pink streaks and bangs, and she’s wearing a floral button-up shirt with a moth bolo tie.
January 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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First day of teaching went great! Really looking forward to seeing what my students create this semester. 👩🏻‍💻
Ashi Franke-Loftus smiles and poses with her hands raised in the air, standing in front of a presentation slide projected on a classroom wall. The slide has a multicolor gradient background and text that says: “Welcome to Computer Applications in Art. ARST 2318 Section 01, Spring 2025. Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Ashi Franke, Adjunct Lecturer.” Ashi is wearing a black turtleneck, blue neckerchief, and mint colored pants.
January 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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I love these silly little animals and I’m gonna give them extra kisses today. ❣️
Poppy, a large black and white Californian rabbit, stares curiously at the camera with her big red eyes. She is sitting on the floor between a pink tinsel Christmas tree and a couch with a beige cover. The tree is surrounded by a plexiglass gate. Moon Pie—a fluffy tabby kitten with brown, black, and white stripes—lays inside a cardboard pet playhouse that looks like a pink flower shop. A blue felt bird hangs from a string over the door of the playhouse; resting on his head. Moon Pie seems oblivious to this, looking off to the side with wide eyes.
January 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Sad stuff: Our Dutch rabbit, Louise, crossed the rainbow bridge 2 weeks ago. We’re grateful that she had a very long, healthy life, but it’s been hard.

Happy stuff: Our two dogs (read: Californian rabbit and tabby kitten) are quickly becoming best buds.
Louise (a black and white Dutch rabbit) rests her chin on a pink and white blanket, making a curious face at the camera. A large gated play pen is in the background. Poppy the Californian rabbit and Moon Pie the tabby kitten stare at the ceiling in a sunny living room. They’re sitting on the floor next to a couch and a pink tinsel Christmas tree, which is surrounded by a plexiglass barrier.
January 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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cat-proofing level: expert 🎄
A pink Christmas tree covered in lights and mismatched ornaments, with a pink cowgirl hat in place of a star at the top. The tree is surrounded by four large picture frames which have been attached at the sides and repurposed as a pet gate. Moon Pie, a fluffy tabby kitten, bats a silver ball ornament around on the floor in front of it. Two large stockings and three small stockings hang from one of the panels of the makeshift gate. Presents sit under the tree and on top of a table to its left. The walls in the background are decorated with oil paintings and art prints.
December 25, 2024 at 5:52 AM
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Aaaaah thank you so much!!! Orange is my favorite color and I was so happy with how these glazes turned out.

Just for you—here are some before pics 🔥
The underside of a bowl that has been carved with deep, undulating lines. One prominent cut near the rim goes all the way through the wall of the bowl. The bowl is made of white, speckled clay that has been bisque fired. It sits on a dusty metal countertop between two other ceramic bowls, with a pile of test tiles, a pencil, and a scrap of paper in the background. A side view of the carved bowl sitting right side up on the metal counter, showing more of the deep cuts to the exterior. Three of the cuts go all the way through the walls of the piece. In contrast, the interior is smooth. The interior of the bowl, shown from above. The words “Flame + Baylor” are scrawled on the inside in pencil, indicating which glazes will be applied to it. From this angle, the scrap of paper in the background is clearer. It has a note written in Sharpie that says: “Sorry for the mess”followed by a frowning face. The carved bowl sitting on a dirty metal countertop after being decorated with glaze. The interior is bright green with a gray swirl, and the exterior is bare white clay with some green glaze applied in the cuts. It still sits between two other bowls. On the left, a bowl is left unglazed. On the right, a similar carved bowl is glazed to match the bowl in the middle.
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Can’t believe it’s been a year since my last #raku firing! This carved dish was my absolute favorite of the bunch. Hope to do this again one day soon. ❤️‍🔥

#ceramics #pottery
A small bowl with cuts carved into its walls, resembling natural cracks. Its interior is decorated with a shiny, crackling copper glaze that is orange with flashes of green. A watermark credits @AshiDesigns: the handle of Ashi Franke-Loftus. A side view of the bowl, showing a carved, matte black exterior that resembles tree bark. A watermark credits @AshiDesigns. The underside of the bowl, which is matte black with carved, undulating lines. In several of the cracks, a shiny, multicolor glaze peaks through. A watermark credits @AshiDesigns.
December 8, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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Ten years ago today, I was finishing up my first graphic design class as an undergrad at @ualittlerock.bsky.social. Next month, I’ll be returning to the university to teach that class myself. Oh, it’s good to be back!
Ashi Franke-Loftus in a group photo taken in December 2014. She sits on the edge of a work table in a graphic design classroom with her professor and 14 other students. She has short pink hair and is wearing a bright pink sweater, blue beanie, and leggings with a galaxy design. Everyone smiles and celebrates the end of the semester. Ashi Franke-Loftus smiling for a selfie in front of the Windgate Center of Art + Design at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has long brown hair with pink streaks and is wearing red lipstick, red heart-shaped sunglasses, a pink scarf, and a tweed jacket. It’s a cold, sunny day and the trees still have their fall colors.
December 6, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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My #SpotifyWrapped looks a little different this year since I’ve been moving to Apple Music, but @loscampesinos.bsky.social remains at the top. #LC4LYF! ❤️‍🔥
Ashi’s Spotify Wrapped, which includes a banner image of the band Los Campesinos!, a breakdown of her top listening habits for 2024, and a link to spotify.com/wrapped. Top Artists: 1. Los Campesinos!, 2. Nat King Cole, 3. Beach House, 4. The Flamingos, 5. Aesop Rock. Top Songs: 1. HINDS HALL, 2. I Don’t Want to See Tomorrow, 3. Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes, 4. Only Yesterday, 5. You’re My Everything. Minutes Listened: 9,628.
December 4, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
A meme of Edward Cullen from the movie “Twilight” yelling in the forest, overlaid with text that says, “as if you could get ahold of me,” and a screenshot of the bottom of an iPhone screen with 180 missed calls and 48 unread texts.
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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If you see this, post a pic from your device without explanation.
A plate of crispy lemon herb potatoes with two sides of tzatziki ranch, a cheese fondue board with slices of bread and pears, several menus, and cutlery arranged on a table at the restaurant: BCW Little Rock.
November 16, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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I started a big ole #WebGovernance project at work this week! I also got photos of my kitten with a cowboy hat. (Not wearing it, but close.) 🤠
A fluffy tabby kitten relaxing on the floor with one paw resting on a tiny cowboy hat. He is reddish-brown with black and white stripes, and stares at the camera with wide eyes.
November 15, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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If there’s still room, I’d love to be added, too 🥹
Artist Ashi Franke-Loftus smiling and hugging a sculpture of an abstract tree with a mid-century modern treehouse. The sculpture is about half her height and sits on a white pedestal in an art gallery. Ashi wears a pink dress and sparkly cowgirl boots.
November 14, 2024 at 3:44 AM