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Haunted Cypress Studios Swamp inspired jewelry and adventures from the enchanting swamps of South Louisiana. Jewelry & Photography By Nell Bentz

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Welcome to Haunted Cypress Studios! Here you will find swamp jewelry not only inspired by the haunting atmosphere of the Louisiana swamplands, but also handcrafted from materials that have been gathered from swamps with haunted history.

11/10/2024

My heart hurts saying this but I backed out of the Twin Steeples art market this weekend. It’s no secret that I’ve been struggling lately (with a capital S), so like last year I tried to suck it up and pull it all together but I just keep creatively collapsing, and I have been feeling so completely defeated. My heart is crushed with grief.

I’m taking a temporary break from everything Haunted Cypress related until further notice while I focus on my mental health and my home.
My house got DROPPED by lifters we hired last week, and while that really sucked, my partner and I have newly devised plans for a completely new rebuild, including a brand new studio for me👻🖤 Right now I feel steeped in chaos, but I know good things are coming.

I hope to return next year with a brand new home, a brand new studio (including a KILN🔥), and a renewed energy to put towards my work. I love all of you so much. I’ll be back🖤🐊

27/09/2024

Lately I’ve been called to paint and draw again, for some reason it feels more satisfying than my usual metal work.
I took advantage of this beautiful morning before work and did a quick ink painting of this gorgeous tomb.

I’m usually studying my tomb photos to replicate with silver, but spending time to paint one feels so much more intimate. Noticing details in real time, really appreciating them. Thinking about the people that lay behind the wall, and what their lives may have been like.

I’ve always had major death anxiety my entire life, but after my brother passed away last year, I see and feel everything very differently. I recently realized that the majority of my art work has always been centered around the “spookiness” or fear of death. Hauntings, folklore, bones, tombs. I think this current life was meant for me to explore that fear🤍

27/08/2024

This video of me soldering bails may look pretty non-eventful (& poorly angled/edited🙃) but it took a lot of mental weightlifting and therapy to get to this point of creating simple things again. And I just wanted to pop in since it’s been so long since I’ve made a post about my work.

The loss of my brother has felt like the loss of a limb, or like my head has fallen clean off for 12 straight months but somehow I continue to appear normal and functional on the outside to everyone else. Sucking back tears is a skill I hope no one ever has to master for too long, after a while it takes a toll on the heart.

And while that all sounds dark and gloomy, what I REALLY came here to say is that lately I have managed to cherish little moments of lightness through my art again, and by connecting with my people in nature, while holding space for my pain at the same time. When you’re with the right people, it doesn’t feel like such a struggle, joy and grief can coexist at times, and I think there’s some kind of magic in that❤️🐊

After a year of carrying around the heaviest grief I’ve ever known, I now know that healing is cyclical🔄 The storms will always return but I’m learning to move through it differently each time, a little less paralyzed, a little lighter. Choosing ✨wisdom✨ over woe is easier said than done. I’m still a work in progress.

Sending armfuls of love to anyone else walking around with a massive invisible weight on their shoulders. There is also lightness within you at all times, I hope you always manage to find it when you need it the most. This s**t ain’t easy, I 🤎 you.

If you have managed to read this far (thank youuu) I am planning to be at Twin Steeples Arts Market this coming October. Stay tuned for updates, I am going to attempt to post more often about what’s in the works💚🐊🐊🐊🐊

25/02/2024

Future cypress swamp hearts🖤🐊
Just got a brand new CORDLESS dremel, sitting by my pond on this peaceful February spring day with my cup of tea in my fav swamp mug (by ) READY TO CARVE OUT SOME HEARTS🔪❤️🩸 lol

18/02/2024

I finally crawled out of my sad girl cave with the energy to organize my workbench & entire workspace last night (I even dusted things, whaaat?! lol)
Now today it’s practically begging me to sit down & create something, I haven’t felt that fully in almost 6 months.
I have so many projects on hold, now to decide where to start🔥✨

01/12/2023

The art market this Saturday is officially ⛈️CANCELLED⛈️ And I’m just plain tired, & emotionally exhausted. I may or may not have an online release with some cypress pieces I’ve been working on next week, I haven’t decided yet. It will depend on my energy levels this weekend. And lemme tell ya, anyone who has never experienced a soul shaking traumatic loss of a loved one, the holidays amplify that s**t tenfold. Like unholy levels of intense emotions.
I’m taking everything day by day, so stick around & maybe there will be some cypress jewels coming to the shop soon? oR? maybe I will just be sharing my favorite swamp photos. Either way, there will be swamp love on the way🐊🎄❤️

30/11/2023

Swamp Sneaux-man☃️
My donation to this year’s ornament auction at Twin Steeples Creative Arts Center
With Spanish moss sneauxballs, gator flower eyes, Nola crepe myrtle hat, & cypress twig arms and buttons✨ Topped off with a cypress bark Louisiana “Sneaux” tag.
It could be all yours by bidding at the silent auction December 8th 6pm-8pm at Twin Steeples Art Center! See yall there❤️🐊

22/11/2023

🍂✨🐊

📍Manchac Swamp, Louisiana 11/2023
📸HauntedCypress

18/11/2023

New set of heartwood cypress hearts🤎🐊 polished with their own sappy swampy resins and soon to be set in sterling silver✨
To be released at Gnarly Barley Brewing Art Market on December 2nd🍻
All cypress pieces made from found driftwood in Manchac Swamp, Louisiana.

12/11/2023

Autumn in Manchac Swamp🐊🍂 This is one of my favorite cypress trees to photograph, the way that one branch barely grazes the water✨
📸HauntedCypress 2019
📍Manchac Swamp, Louisiana

11/11/2023

New Orleans swamp tomb pendants will be available Saturday Dec. 2nd at the Gnarly Barley Brewing Art Market!

Each handcrafted sterling silver tomb pendant contains preserved cemetery wildflowers, swamp moss, and tiny insects collected from spiderwebs encased in glass🕸️🖤

Come see me under the 🖤🤍 striped tent for some handmade swamp jewels🐊🖤

27/10/2023

This great horned owl graced us with his presence during a classic Louisiana October sunset on Cane Bayou this week. He was pretty far away, but I still managed to get some interesting shots through the tall swamp plants! Gave it a kinda perfectly sPoOky effect🖤👻

09/10/2023

Thanks to all my lovely supporters for coming out and showering me with all the love this past weekend! Y’all make all my witchy swamp jeweler dreams possible🖤👻 May the rest of your Spooky Season be filled with cool breezes, scary movies, and wicked swamp jewelry🖤🐊🍂✨

07/10/2023

Did I just win… BEST IN SHOW?!👻
After everything I’ve been through these last few months, I really didn’t think I’d be able to even make it out here. So it really goes to show that no matter what absolute insanity life throws at you, you can do anything you put your heart and mind to. My art has always been my savior in life ever since I was kid, this is a reminder of just how much it has held me up over the years. It all comes straight from the heart. Love is everything🖤🐊
Thank you 🖤steeples.arts.center 🖤

07/10/2023

Slinging swamp jewels at .steeples.arts.center on this gorgeous day🖤🍂🐊 Come see us at booth #42
6 new sterling swamp lockets fresh off the bench! Featuring tiny insects collected from spiderwebs🖤🕸️ and New Orleans Cemetery wildflowers🐊

01/10/2023

I’m trying with all my might to make progress on these swamp tomb lockets. I’ve melted more bezels today than I have in the last two years combined, grief is an as***le like that🙃 I’m wading through all the emotions, but it’s honestly kind of therapeutic taking it out on the metal🔥 (I’m just hoping I have enough silver left by the end of today, jeeze Louise😅)

I’m still a bit unsure if I’ll make it to Twin Steeples Art Market this Sat-Sunday. But the weather is supposed to be phenominal, and I am highly motivated. Send me all your spooky energies pleez👻🤍

15/08/2023

Typing these words feels like a knife twisting in my chest, so I’m just going to say this all once to everyone on my socials as contacting ppl individually is too much to bear. My sweet little brother made his choice to leave this world last week. Few people truly knew the trauma we went through growing up. I always felt like he was a miracle, a precious gem of a person that was somehow forged from all the insanity that we endured, & his existence made going through what we did all worth it. He was a treasure my sister & I always tried to protect from all the monsters in our life. Now that he’s gone nothing makes sense right now. I loved that kid with every fiber of my being, he was my mini-me. I can’t even look in the mirror without breaking down because all I see is his face within mine. I will never be the same. Relearning how to live life without him feels nearly impossible. He was my heart. His jokes & laughter constantly fueled my spirit. His absence is a pain I never knew could exist within my body. Everything hurts.
To everyone recently & in the past that have mishandled this delicate soul, you know who you are, and I hope you learn to be less careless with people in your everyday life. You cannot fathom how deep the internal struggles of others can really be. Be more aware of the way you treat and speak to people in this already difficult world we live in. I beg you.
Please remember DeanJr Price. My precious DJ. If you were lucky enough to know him, please tell me your favorite memory, your favorite prank or joke, tell me about your best fishing trip together, how you met, share your pictures with me, just anything. Keep his memory alive. He was a rare one.
I’m going offline until further notice to spend time with my loved ones and figure out a way to process this, but feel free to leave messages here. I’ll read it all later when I can handle it better. Please try not to contact my sister by phone right now, you can DM me on fb or leave a message here and I’ll make sure she gets it when she is ready. She specifically asked for peace and quiet while she attempts to process this really difficult time. It’s all so overwhelming, and unreal. Memorial service TBA.

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