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Table Tales

A collection of imagined dinners, real recipes, and the oyster plates they inspired.

Close-up of a traditional Mexican taco served in a shell with ground meat, diced onions, jalapeños, and herbs, garnished with red sauce drops. In the background, there are decorative items, including a lit candle, a copper pitcher, and green vegetables.

Kelly Ibarra 3/9/26 Kelly Ibarra 3/9/26

The Lunch That Collapsed Under Éclairs

Some lunches can’t handle a little creativity.

The Address

There are recipes you can recreate. There are evenings you can't. This one leaves you with both.

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Low Tide Letters

letters from the studio, the coast, and everywhere in between. art, objects, dinner parties, and the occasional dispatch from somewhere south of here.

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maritime merle’s first supermodel has arrived 🧢

unfortunately, you can’t wait till you’re good at art to start making it 😅

you have to make some weird stuff first. maybe you pick colors that don’t work. or you ruin something that was actually going pretty well. or you accidenta

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colorful paintings and curious objects inspired by places real, romanticized, and entirely made up.

based in savannah, georgia.

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