About Me, Tiny



Hello, I'm Andie but many people call me Tiny. I'm a queer and genderfluid Cuban/Taino artist, using she/they pronouns. I was born in Newburgh, NY, moved to Miami when I was 12, and have been living on the road since I was 19. I stand about 4'9 on a good day and am a jack of all trades. When I'm not tinkering like a little fairy, I am usually traveling like one, working in music production and working renaissance festivals. There I wear many hats like being a stagehand, forklift operator, carpenter, a fairy, and a beer wench to name a few 😄 

A couple of my hobbies are coloring, losing hours of my life video gaming, finding new music, painting, dancing, customizing my clothes, and always learning new things.

I never kill or hunt for my materials. I forage consciously and process most of the natural materials I use, materials like bones, shells, bugs, moss, sticks, dirt, etc. I have also, over the years, been gifted and donated materials for making art from friends, family, and fans all over the United States. Materials that I cannot forage or make on my own, I try to source from businesses that are ethical and offer high quality materials to ensure the quality of my work. For example, the metals I use for my jewelry come from Rio Grande, a reputable jewelry supplier. 

I do my best to label the materials I use correctly, to find ethical sources to get bones from, and accurately identify the animal materials I use. It's important to me that you know what is being used in the items I make and how they got there, as that changes the items' effects, in my opinion. 

You may think it's trash but some of the most meaningful and cherished jewelry is not always diamonds. I love creating jewelry and decor from natural materials like bones and shells, thrifted items, discarded and recycled goods because there's a sort of magic, something to be said about giving something a second life. 

I hope you learn from my art that death can be something other than an end, it can also be a beginning.