Sev Gedra Makes

Sev Gedra Makes A page for Sev Gedra's makeup, costumes, projects, and creations. View portfolio at www.sevgedramakes.com

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02/12/2026

from the last day or so at

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Tallinn was perfect, and I’m quite sad I’m not still there right now and forever after. “Forest animal” handpies, hot wi...
02/11/2026

Tallinn was perfect, and I’m quite sad I’m not still there right now and forever after. “Forest animal” handpies, hot wine, moose curry, and amber stores. Beautiful beautiful amber stores.

Helsinki was stunning and a lovely way to start to process January. Though I arrived stateside last night and I’m presen...
02/05/2026

Helsinki was stunning and a lovely way to start to process January. Though I arrived stateside last night and I’m presently sitting eating the obligatory BEC for breakfast with bodega coffee, I’m reminiscing about salmon soup, reindeer steak and buckthorn berries.

Part 2 of my time at . While not uncommon for me, I realized how often I look at the negative spaces in so many new situ...
02/04/2026

Part 2 of my time at . While not uncommon for me, I realized how often I look at the negative spaces in so many new situations. I found it incredibly eye opening and refreshing to be welcomed into such an intimate space surrounded by creativity and freedom from outside impositions such as “schedule” or “productivity.”

You want to read? Pick up a book.
You want to make something? Experiment.
You want to cook? Share a meal.

Also, here’s a perfect snowflake that just landed on your sleeve. No reason ❄️

Also, shout out to Liv for capturing me and my dreams so perfectly on my birthday ✨

12/30/2025

Calling the event a “Viewing” brings an entirely new layer to the piece for me. The number of people I care about who came to witness so much of my work and effort from this last year is truly breathtaking. Conversations with strangers were engaging and personal and brought even more depth to the piece for me. Before the event as the day drew closer, I was starting to feel anxious that the event might feel too much like a wake; a wrapped and adorned body on display in a neo gothic chapel, the culmination of months of work finally coming to a close. And while there was laughter and tears and memories shared, I am so pleasantly surprised at the blended nature of this wake/opening, and I couldn’t have asked for more. Thank you all 🖤

For now, the piece is safely entombed while I’m heading out of the country for an artist residency. Putting her in a box added a new layer to her narrative for me personally, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t grieving for her. But she is safe and will see the sun again soon.

✨ She really does glow in the light of day. She thrives in it. ✨

Sev Gedra, O Quam Cito, 2025, The Green-Wood Cemetery Historic Chapel

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Other than amber, the only other colors used in this piece appear around the edge of the crown in what I call “a palette...
12/18/2025

Other than amber, the only other colors used in this piece appear around the edge of the crown in what I call “a palette of decay.” Drawing from hues from speckled mold, blossomed bruises, brass patina, a fleshy pink; colors that can be quite alienating, unseemly, or even alarming when found naturally, but decontextualized these colors are allowed to harmonize with each other.

The beads transition from fully saturated hues to colorful cores wrapped in amber, mirroring the narrative of the entire piece as a whole: decay over time creeps around the edges and is inevitable, but it’s creep is halted by preserving the memories that we want to keep.

From the neck down, this piece features Baltic amber, a fair portion of which were gifted by my grandmother. Imitating a...
12/11/2025

From the neck down, this piece features Baltic amber, a fair portion of which were gifted by my grandmother. Imitating a bias cut dress, the weave hugs the form enveloping the body in fossilized gems.

Amber is highly prized for its wide range of colors, and appears across cultures in archeological sites and graves. Prized for both its symbolic beauty and its charged symbolic meaning, its materiality serves as a frozen moment in time.

Sev Gedra, O Quam Cito, 2025Amber, inherited linen, beads, thread, interfacing, hand painted mirrored cabochons Displaye...
12/10/2025

Sev Gedra, O Quam Cito, 2025

Amber, inherited linen, beads, thread, interfacing, hand painted mirrored cabochons

Displayed at The Green-Wood Cemetery’s historic chapel December 7, 2025.

Thank you so much to and for trusting my vision and providing the perfect venue for this piece’s debut. Thank you to for documenting the whole ride. Your work continues to impress me constantly. And special thanks to my grandmother for providing bags and bags of powerful components for this project.

It’s a media blitz 😉Swing through ‘s historic chapel to see a new sculpture of mine on Sunday December 7th! Building on ...
12/04/2025

It’s a media blitz 😉

Swing through ‘s historic chapel to see a new sculpture of mine on Sunday December 7th! Building on years of experimentation with embroidery techniques and acquired objects, this piece invites exploration into themes of legacy and preservation.

Featured as part of Green-Wood’s Sunday In The Cemetery series, bask in one of Brooklyn’s most beautiful and intimate hidden refuges and maybe catch a talk about donating your body to science, what a death doula is, or how craft can help work your way through grief.

Death is big and grief is complex, but it doesn’t have to be taboo. Meet me at Green-Wood Cemetery, and we can talk about it. Be there or be dead to me ⚰️

Swing through ‘s historic chapel to see a new sculpture of mine on Sunday December 7th! Building on years of experimenta...
11/30/2025

Swing through ‘s historic chapel to see a new sculpture of mine on Sunday December 7th! Building on years of experimentation with embroidery techniques and acquired objects, this piece invites exploration into themes of legacy and preservation.

Featured as part of Green-Wood’s Sunday In The Cemetery series, bask in one of Brooklyn’s most beautiful and intimate hidden refuges and maybe catch a talk about donating your body to science, what a death doula is, or how craft can help work your way through grief.

Death is big and grief is complex, but it doesn’t have to be taboo. Meet me at Green-Wood Cemetery, and we can talk about it. Be there or be dead to me ⚰️

All Eyes On YouFully tambour beaded headdress featuring nigh 100 hand-painted cabochon eyeballs. Many of my thoughts the...
06/14/2023

All Eyes On You

Fully tambour beaded headdress featuring nigh 100 hand-painted cabochon eyeballs. Many of my thoughts these last few months have been occupied by the idea of perception: what you show people vs what they see. This piece is one of the many ways that idea has manifested.

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