https://www.carasmelter.com/text daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692897346957-DTKJA2BKTRJBMQMZ6QTS/Obit.jpg text - cara a. smelter lived 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692897346957-DTKJA2BKTRJBMQMZ6QTS/Obit.jpg text - cara a. smelter lived 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692897385742-1D030XWTKXVS6PFVRDUS/tnt.jpg text - our love is dynamite 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692896763888-T4NL99NFXTDEQA6SV9E5/image-asset.jpeg text - y'all, these wrists are all problems. 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692897206598-OSAZ723UAOJMKDMA6EC7/amazing.jpg text - how are you feeling? really. 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1609178671231-J7BPLPFQ7XVU2EI14LSA/fyi+daddy+issues.JPG text - fyi, "daddy issues" is a short sighted and reductive assessment of individuals that are often processing and grappling with trauma. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 9” X 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692897312039-EB7EL00JLEFMROTVQLAM/crowdonut.jpg text - a sign from god 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1615139821776-SXMZ8DMR9PBH6JQK18JM/Smelter_daddyissues.jpg text - fyi, "daddy issues" is a short sighted and reductive assessment of individuals that are often processing and grappling with trauma. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1601921937479-86MVU9I6EDSTLEZACTUX/hailmaryfullofourfather.jpg text - hail mary full of our father ... can we get a working definition of 'sin' or something? 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590121262837-PIH367FAPCQ2X8Z08KW8/grief-a+pandemic+of+the+body.jpg text - grief: a pandemic of the body 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1616596078412-E4SFN91K6C6RA5AKDOM1/warm+body+cold+statistic.JPG text - when a warm body becomes a cold statistic 2021 linocut hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1551054040486-3RU9WWCI4HJQS4MDKOXU/wet_for_love_02.jpg text - wet for love 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1597698965062-RYT2BMMK6JSL8MU0RAJT/us_i.jpg text - us inevitably begins and ends in i 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1562255629658-LH02Y50LJHG97SPLN0SP/SmelterCara-acceptitsometimesyourejustaverage.jpg text - accept it, sometimes you're just average 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1576168434622-8VBS1F2H958AUA22P4O0/i+don%E2%80%99t+often+claim+a+southern+identity%2C+but+if+you+have+to+know%E2%80%A6+2019.jpg text - i don’t often claim a southern identity, but if you have to know… 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1547261917095-CA8SK9ENMWR588XNKCHD/sad_mantra_no1.jpg text - sad mantra no. 1 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1555037698895-2DLQN5ZGQFWXLTRYO7K2/be+a+friend.jpg text - be a friend and carry out my death wish, will you? 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1589851739105-DGR1R6CF0B5J60JGUVOW/67154C68-1B2B-4112-A0C4-EB9DBF9492B3.JPG text - cool. thanks, universe. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1550702969640-YBR6KD8GTU32UHVBVFR6/too_much.jpg text - i love you too much to marry you 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1557366075085-9HHIIXOI6X4INM2D96AK/beautiful_rage.jpg text - looks, don't fail me now (a question born of vulnerable exchanges between two friends) 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590164634530-S3IGH2KDJMD7EXXR4HIM/CCA2D8CD-9F38-4155-8A74-1A7C9A152F21.JPG text - from c to p 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1604103663807-NRYV53Q48JCZNDA6XOIE/my+left+hand+.JPG text - my left hand is fucked for 6 weeks... so, 3 is now my magic number 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1644608285357-QRE8GQX843FEPNYK3PJ3/the+perks.JPG text - the perks of fixing the hand of an artist 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1693266334432-ZSNEZ7J2CMS8QFQU68LZ/IMG_1563.jpg text - a woman can dream, too 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1605141306721-CX7HOAT8N47JQ0TELWF2/FB7F55F6-C9C2-4436-9A2C-098BF4EE7734.JPG text - i dreamed i was a tall coiling tree and...even in my dream...my left appendage was fucked. blergh. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538356083138-BNSL8ZZ1BFQP6HXB2GCK/affording_web.jpg text - affording my disease 2018 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber kraft paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538446370953-6Z9GCKIJK0B2Q4DIG6X4/Bum_Bod_web_02.jpg text - bum bod 2018 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber kraft paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1607896078398-M7LSF87XCDXPIZ1LSO7Z/75031A92-1363-4071-9437-56AB679F3F24.JPG text - 21 c. trauma 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1644608804405-397GT0BA8R2SDM4SGM7B/how+do+you+do+fellow+kids.JPG text - "how do you do, fellow kids?" 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1554773865333-DOK94M52KX83GO9SXMSR/last_words.jpg text - famous last words 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1597802869917-NT5OPTM01ISAJZSYIJGM/0DAB3430-B6EF-436B-BF1B-0403A6227724.JPG text - i’m fucking starving: I know this reads like it is about food, but it is a commentary on the emotional deprivation i too often tolerate due to childhood trauma informing adult relationships 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1594870644755-P93QQCP8UX9VIW7CQW1X/09D66043-FF19-46AC-B29F-8CB5E4C44F0B.JPG text - father's day never did me any good 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538446585019-6254AEY8WOQNDVW9ZEF1/Feel_web.jpg text - mantra 2018 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1595794369328-E4O5RZUEDIZQVEUE9CT3/Smelter_11242015_%231.JPG text - 11-24-2015 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1606149751263-5NOTJ73G6XPJ57PUCQFV/891BD708-119F-49B7-97EC-63CE650D6976.JPG text - “...or whatever position suits your fancy.” 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1552529592842-TAKCE7V7XWBSAPXUKYB2/sex_toy_02.jpg text - a very important question for god: that time all the roads were closed on the way to Adam and Eve 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590121139300-T3PIMBNCB4FLGUVYWOZY/grief-a+pandemic+of+the+body.jpg text - grief: a pandemic of the body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1582386913991-0RXNWXI07JAI8PRD6C59/well_endowed_hires.jpg text - the only time i don't want a well endowed man 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1624904584617-HCU59OJRMCINKGU2W7T7/motivational+poster.JPG text - motivational poster 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1617370124629-0OF6NOJMIP9BNZ45XKLY/in+to+%28all%29+masturbation+.JPG text - in to (all) masturbation 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1615140113070-P3CRRWGZFGMIUODBVW0M/fresh+out+of+fucks.JPG text - searched my pockets and bag! i apologize...fresh out of fucks 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1601235118141-3HIYNAV1KJ1UMALEHVKQ/151BA8EF-0A0D-4C86-BC10-67C88E4A53DB.JPG text - sad mantra no.3 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1624910521230-Y1HMB5KME77TAUTUJ1PY/i+eat+when+im+hungry.jpg text - i eat when i'm hungry' : i know this reads like it is about food, but really it is about the satiation of my habitual habits that could be considered destructive self soothing 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590362064164-0MCCIJQWMHK0Y14TXNVR/and+i+hear+some+people+get+a+trust+fund.JPG text - ...and i hear some people get a trust fund. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1607045669915-FU4YBPZOCASQ33TJEZRF/if+youre+looking+for+a+snack+hit+up+7Eleven.JPG text - if you're looking for a snack, hit up 7-Eleven 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590111971388-TA7BF8FLVCC0CKW93OAR/IMG_3109.jpg text - it's important to try. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1597756499439-KOBRDR2PAVDJULQ2F0Y9/sadmantrano2.JPG text - sad mantra no.2 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1613858532556-YF1DDUQ5QVFNOT8G36ON/med+on+life.JPG text - a meditation on life 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1601910922859-JF62YBA4KFJDKCP5KQ2B/Progress.JPG text - When i reflect on the present, i understand the impulse to reimagine a past and theorize about new futures that embody a more harmonious present and prosperous world to come 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590363152346-H3JAV6DWZ941G0QY73BK/IMG_3189.jpg text - we just can't have anything, can we? 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1624904266379-X5D1D4TG6ZQYJJPRK2OP/so+i+can+walk+over+them.JPG text - ... so i can walk over them in the afterlife (if Ilearned anything from the greco-roman egyptians, it's that i am going to step over your ass the next time around) 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1556331206335-2TJ2WZRT2BJTY5BE9LX6/dignity.jpg text - an apology to myself: all that glitters is not gold. sometimes its just a pretty looking man catching his shine off the sun for a hot minute. 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1567539634392-6ENTX3I6E5O5QUQQAIPJ/01_Smelter_fromothertoanother.jpg text - from other to another: sometimes all you need is one word, parentheses, therapy, a solid boxing routine, a cat, and courage to prove you can change to another (better) version of yourself 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1616029189012-1CSUZ439JHJWLT6RQ9FQ/IFYKYK+about+codependency.JPG text - ifykyk...about codependency 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1599878855427-436XAEM8XZH2PVHVF2OP/this+may+be+the+saddest+linocut+I+have+ever+printed.jpg text - this may be the saddest linocut i have printed yet. 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1594647929831-AE665DNXTTHCVIK8IJ09/IMG_5185.JPG text - what can i say, i have a giving spirit. 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1629829687435-8BCF4TQ5A5JW9GC5SVTO/how+i+say+cluster.JPG text - how i say "cluster fuck" over work email 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1543466057244-R4648T5KSM0QT5SIGB0B/perfecrt_square.jpg text - we are a perfect square 2018 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 4.7” x 4.7” hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1565456117060-8CFL5NGIX6U5P60TP9ZQ/beep+boop.jpg text - beep boop 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1565456111631-AIGMJVHFBGGRU84CBZKP/wait...wut%3F%21.jpg text - wait...wut?! 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1566257036767-JBX6JRL95W1NRWOV3K0I/77E03C6F-7634-43FF-8AF5-B1F17155C02C.JPG text - we all make choices 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590164824544-P7SNHEN2CR8N61K5VF8Q/BC89C79F-D260-4ABF-B22E-829CCD85CB4B.JPG text - fuck. fuck. fuck 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% toilet paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1595905569345-R2LQGSC34DDR5U6PWL21/IMG_6460.jpg text - Folk'd 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1595905571192-M2AZ8ETF1LRWIKXCNXYU/IMG_6463.jpg text - sleep talkin' 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1595905738139-DH6BKYEJBOWPK5JAFT0I/IMG_6465.jpg text - blk mtn 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1581006588049-RO83YHTT30QF4JW9MRRF/mailed+correspondence+is+underrated.JPG text - mailed correspondence is underrated 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1617649937887-D3VBH0KU52EZE0DECAVW/asking+for+a+friend+who+is+dead+on+the+inside.JPG text - asking for a friend who is dead on the inside 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1598933676104-SP7PWQAPKXT2O26OBBT8/environmental+stress+can+really+damage+%28plant%29+growth.jpg text - environmental stress can really damage (plant) growth 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber kraft paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1617648301203-2YP6LMIV1I3CWFDJNNSI/and+on+the+32nd+day.JPG text - ...and on the 32nd day, the good lord gave me feet to step the fuck over 'em 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber kraft paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1547261963049-PQ97WPV2IBYKH3OJG863/01_Smelter_twohalvesmakeawholemeal.jpg text - two halves make a whole meal (where north carolina and colombia meet) 2018 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber kraft paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1547261954670-WSMICNKGD31SRXJ9NXH3/a_note_from_the_margins_of_a_modern_american_history_paper.jpg text - a note from the margins of a modern american history paper: guidance for improvement from a teacher to her student 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1694984322935-GNZJSUKTT735M4J4HTNL/making+women+reconsider+their+marriage+since+2022.JPG text - making women reconsider their marriage since 2022 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1693409656268-9GKL6XCGAN8BP3M2QVSB/image-asset.jpeg text - FOUNDATION Bar Menu Cover (July - October 2023) 2023 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1618623156030-9XG9EC01Z9OZ5HSS4RX4/one.single.tecate.JPG text - one. single. tecate. : who goes hard on a tuesday? 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1632325289066-LRV06WTFYJTMBF88NZRG/former+catholic.JPG text - a casual exchange between a former catholic and their sommelier 2021 linoleum cut and ink hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1644607396516-CAZHRONHE7VZQ6MO2702/ball+champions.JPG text - ball champions 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1601227756808-IB5X9TNINZE4SBHRJBLE/stardust.jpg text - untitled 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper commission 8” x 10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1597195188978-9Q6TG9BNI4Q91UF5GU48/aurora_gardens.jpg text - Aurora Gardens 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber kraft paper commission 6” x 8” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590100455719-9ZETDEWTLN2YV58DN82I/IMG_3104.jpg text - idk 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 5” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1622314984852-0QVY86HBJFSWJGXK1ICA/quit.JPG text - "quit sticking that thing where it doesn't belong" : advice that is applicable to both inflated egos and average dicks 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1590089661551-G8DGGW9FRZJ35YKGCWXY/665A84D5-C2FC-4DE7-8717-247EF1172E45.JPG text - ty's mantra: applicable when coping with a pandemic...or, when drunkenly finding a gun in a glove compartment 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 5” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1615139879582-QXJNA9INI09YI2RJHADV/Smelter_romantic.jpg text - well smack my ass and call me a romantic 2021 linocut 5”x7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1624913800509-SNJ2C5GGGS175OEUBSQI/i+know+there+is+a+whole+litany+against+fear%2C+but+this+shit+is+terrifying.JPG text - i know there is a whole "litany against fear," but this shit is terrifying. 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 4” X 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1621718903682-GLNB3MAPYIWYT3DSS028/where%27s+the+lie%3F.JPG text - where's the lie? 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 4” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1644613894607-QVIX2NRIAOACB903MMZW/a+word+of+caution.jpg text - a word of caution to the emotionally maladjusted man turned father, of a daughter 2021 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1603208596631-BR9RGM42K6LP8ANT0G4R/politics+in+the+streets+and+politics+in+the+sheets.JPG text - politics in the streets and politics in the sheets 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper commission 14” x 11” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1598564026092-AOLS5WVAN25SFTVVC61H/IMG_8465.jpg text - patsy @ 36 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 4” X 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1622210215416-UAL4QWP50LXHQ6D37O2M/toxic*ologist.JPG text - toxic•ologist : one principally involved in the discovery of new knowledge concerning how one’s toxic traits produce their effects on others. 2021 linoleum cut with hand drawn elements on 100% cotton fiber paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538447702240-Z6MCLAF0SK825H09T0BS/news_web.jpg text - news from beirut (most beautiful chaos) 2018 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 4” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538534784680-MRCCSPLPOZC3WB41YQLA/vag.png text - i love you so i wanted to give you a little pussy 2018 mini linoleum cut 2” x 2.5” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1558184941481-5VN7YHT436KQMJB71BGP/limerence.jpg text - limerence 2019 linoleum cut and ink on a Post-it printed for The Carrack Sticky Note Show 3” x 3” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538534834380-ZFG3HAIWHNS967WP1OIK/Lol.jpg text - "lol." 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(ant) 2018 linoleum cut and ink hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538447207524-9DSSRY9SDVLGI8Z11UUW/HF_Turtle_web.jpg animals - hi, friend. (turtle) 2018 linoleum cut and ink hand pulled in raleigh, nc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538356134306-CCKRRG25TA8DDQLS1Y6A/HF_Cat.jpg animals - hi, friend. (cat) 2018 linoleum cut and ink 4” x 6” https://www.carasmelter.com/st-julia daily 0.75 2021-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1614654179533-FHFP1C3N6AMS51I4L6RL/text.jpg st. julia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1614654179533-FHFP1C3N6AMS51I4L6RL/text.jpg st. julia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1546189440248-D46W21MG3GSD8OEP8QCO/Smelter_Cara_stjulia_1.jpg st. julia - st. julia I (patron saint of giving zero fucks) series: st. julia 2018 linoleum cut, ink, and colored pencil 4” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1614654100859-OOJ5JRYPJFBOHJM79EIS/text.png st. julia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1542986318828-I87L1A6WP212UCCIAD8T/St_Julia.jpg st. julia - st. julia III (patron saint of giving zero fucks) series: st. julia 2018 linoleum cut, ink, and colored pencil 4” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1546189440324-9POPOE2N9VN7QDHG2RC1/Smelter_Cara_stjulia_2.jpg st. julia - st. julia II (patron saint of giving zero fucks) series: st. julia 2018 linoleum cut, ink, and colored pencil 4” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1614653739843-UEXS4KLCP3O1G8HEITXP/text.png st. julia https://www.carasmelter.com/dicks daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1578318550797-3RP0Z1N8TKOBCZJ59NK2/what+a+pair.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - what a pair 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1578318550797-3RP0Z1N8TKOBCZJ59NK2/what+a+pair.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - what a pair 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1563066604979-CU0CCG2G8YLKZC1XWDP3/690A08B8-D53A-4EF8-8BE0-257613F5918C.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - inkblot 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1560950085273-WG17GMOH40K807KTCCXE/JTT_02.jpg dicks, clits, tits, & asses - jtt (just the tip) 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1560950091536-JMKJFDUP3J5A4FMS0X1H/3_dicks_02.jpg dicks, clits, tits, & asses - i could think of a clever title but really this is just 3 dicks 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1603208699873-ROMWBQ5E2EET2LMK573O/i+must+have+flowers+and+dick+always%2C+and+always.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - "i must have flowers (and dick) always, and always" : if Claude Monet loved dicks as much as i do 2020 linoleum cut and hand drawn elements on 100% cotton fiber paper 11” x 14” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1583704867287-KI9JAKMHD5TGTE9OWT03/sorry+ive+got+penises+on+the+brain.jpg dicks, clits, tits, & asses - ...sorry...i've got penises on the brain 2020 linoleum cut, ink, and colored pencil on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1583704469112-BJUGK7KO0CTGAUA9Q4MU/we+cant+all+be+internet+sensations.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - "we can't all be internet sensations" series: just a couple of dicks 2020 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1566410618446-RCU7QWCHZ1A1QIFURMZU/%2522hey%2C+mr.+i+last+7+minutes%2C+we+all+know+you+googled+%27average+sex+time+for+a+man.%27%2522+%28from+the+series%2C+%2522just+a+couple+of+dicks%2522%29.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - "hey, mr. i last 7 minutes, we all know you googled 'average sex time for a man.'" series: just a couple of dicks 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1597757997296-HH01AORWWJ623UBFCJCR/DC59A47D-457C-435F-AEFA-01B9BF4B58AE.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - JTT (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1597757948391-NM0B5WI4ZDUCNT5PQLQE/252A5ED2-0065-4E39-A3A7-29A0492E7766.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - it's like a beautiful mind but, with dicks 2019 linoleum cut and ink on 100% cotton fiber paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538534989778-AAQUDD4G49WOAWMXLM30/tits.jpg dicks, clits, tits, & asses - ur the tits! 2018 linoleum cut and ink 5” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1609178348293-R3A0BB2UOSHTEKPG1JFG/id+know+that+ass+anywhere.JPG dicks, clits, tits, & asses - i'd know that ass anywhere 2020 commission linoleum cut on 100% cotton fiber paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1609958310916-JZJNF63HA9HH8N5P9QE2/sp.jpg dicks, clits, tits, & asses - self portrait (a collection) 2020 linoleum cut on 100% cotton fiber paper with hand drawn elements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1627496894927-E5OMW8KKW2SFUMGOKH0X/ispy.jpg dicks, clits, tits, & asses - "i spy..." 2020 linoleum cut and hand drawn elements https://www.carasmelter.com/home-page-1 daily 1.0 2023-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1692897346957-DTKJA2BKTRJBMQMZ6QTS/Obit.jpg Home Page https://www.carasmelter.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/1538536539241-4DRKY6ODOA4M0F8GZSBY/Hi%2C+Friend.jpg contact “Hi, Friend." linoleum cut, 2018 https://www.carasmelter.com/about daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb16d89da50d32819a5c0ea/5704bcf7-e968-440c-b27b-d755fa580bc2/IMG_7149.jpg about cara smelter is a printmaker, illustrator, and historian based in raleigh, nc. cara’s current micro-narrative linocuts draw on her lived experience and express universal themes of sex, love, death, loss, and disappointment. 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