Cassandra Prentiss is a multimedia artist based in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Specializing in intricate handiwork, she is often found with her face inches from her given project, intent on finding the best way to create it.

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She can often be found working in the studio of James Simon, a large-scale sculptor, in his studio in Uptown. Since 2024, she has worked as his primary studio assistant, crafting enormous public art mosaics, ceramics, and cement sculptures. 

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She has a particular love for tapestry weaving, having been taught by Mahmoud Kosyaem during a month-long intensive in Brooklyn. 

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In the recent past, she has enjoyed other opportunities; a studio assistant to Jose Santiago-Perez; a gallery installer at the Carnegie Museum for the 59th International; and a production assistant at Rainstick Dreams.

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She looks forward now to bringing all these experiences together to create a business all her own, under the name Loomarelli. 

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Loomarelli is an opportunity for Cassandra to explore her love of custom work, crafting specialty items using her signature intricacy to satisfy a client's particular taste.

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Self-taught in some crafts, apprenticed under masters in others, she is a regular Renaissance girl, ready to take on any new challenge that comes her way.

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