On September 17, 2025, our beloved studio building caught fire after a blaze started on the 3rd floor. Our entire section of the building burned to the ground, leaving nothing behind. This was a historic artist studio in Red Hook’s waterfront district—home to so many incredible artists and small businesses—and one of the few rent-stabilized studios left in New York City. It has been my home for my business and art practice for the past four years.

I lost my entire livelihood: all of Sticky Glass’s inventory, prototypes, one-of-a-kind works, outgoing orders, research, production materials, and tools. Even more devastating, I lost my entire artist archive from the past ten years, including sculptures and performance relics that are truly priceless and irreplaceable.

I founded Sticky Glass in 2020 with my own savings and grassroots community trades. From the start, it has been built on community action, and whenever possible I’ve donated proceeds to people and organizations in need. Sticky is run entirely by queer, trans, femme, and POC folks—it’s become a family I hold so close to my heart. We specialize in multifunctional and performative glassware, emphasizing the queerness of glass as a material within our forms, not shying away from our own visibility. I have poured everything I’ve ever earned into this business, and before the fire, we were looking forward to exciting opportunities we still hope to achieve with your help.

Unfortunately, we were priced out of business insurance a few years ago. Your donations will not only help us recover from these immense losses, but also give us the chance to build a new future.

Please note: GoFundMe does charge fees. If you’d like the full amount of your donation to come through, you can cover the tip during the donation process.

Please also consider donating to my studio mates who have also experienced immense losses:

dean erdmann : Gofundme

Inna Babaeva: Inna's Gofundme