05/20/2026
Fluorescent Funkite heart bead 💚✨
26x22x17mm with a 3mm drill hole. Shown here under both black light and daylight.
I carved this piece from rare fluorescent paint buildup recovered from the landfill behind a North Carolina factory that produced glowing signs and sculptural installations in the 1970s and 80s. The fluorescent fabricator in that factory is long gone, but the layered, UV-reactive material remains—waiting to be rediscovered, cut, and transformed.
Under daylight it has its own wild patterns and color, but under longwave UV black light it comes alive with an electric glow.
One of a kind, hand-cut and polished in my Portland studio.
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