About Pigments & Press
Welcome to Pigments & Press, a small, glowing studio where soft magic gathers, colors wander, and gentle beings step forward from the paint water with quiet determination.
I'm CB Icore — a disabled artist and storyteller who creates from a seated world. I live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Lyme disease, chronic pain, and mobility limits, and I use a wheelchair. These realities shape how I move, rest, and make art. Slowness, pacing, and adaptation aren't obstacles in my process — they're part of its rhythm.
The name Pigments & Press reflects the heart of my work:Pigments for the colors, emotions, and characters I paint into being, and Press for the steady, intentional way I bring them forward at the pace my body allows.
Inclusivity is woven into everything I create. My worlds include disabled beings, queer identities, adaptive forms, and characters who move, rest, and exist in ways that don't match the usual stories. I want more people to see themselves reflected in gentle, magical spaces — not as metaphors, but as whole beings with their own worth and wonder.
Pigments & Press is a world shaped by disability, imagination, and tenderness. A place where:
- Mosslings practice the slow rituals of healing
- Firefly spirits glow with stubborn, hopeful light
- Petal sprites scatter color like tiny meteors
- Symbolic portraits hold stories of endurance and softness
- Diverse and adaptive beings belong fully
My hope is that each piece feels like a companion — something steady, soft, and quietly magical to share your space.
Thank you for supporting my studio and the lives that grow here. I'm honored to send a little piece of this world to your home.
If you'd like to follow along more closely — creature lore, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and the quiet stories behind each piece — you're warmly invited to join me on Substack. It's where the studio gets to breathe a little more slowly. 🌿