I want to live in a world with more people who have deep love and reverance for the land and our living kin. As a conservation educator I hope I can guide some young minds the same way my parents guided mine. Grateful for my earthy pals.
Songs of the Dawn, 2025.
Putting together a few new prints together. Still need to order through my Canadian printers on the east coast but keep your eyes peeled for them being available soon.
Todayβs workplace wonder: First plate in v. 6 of βRecueil de Planchesβ¦β illustrating Diderot and d'Alembertβs EncyclopΓ©die (this edition 1762-1772). @rareuva.bsky.social
A Temari ball once owned by Zen priest RyΕkan, who carried it in his pocket at all times, ready to play with children whenever the moment arose. Japan, Edo period, 1758-1831. Temari originated in China and was later introduced to Japan, where it became a popular folk art. Historically, these ornamental balls were made from leftover threads and fabric scraps and served as toys. However, over time, temari evolved into an intricate form of decorative art, often associated with good luck and given as gifts on special occasions.
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Originaire de Chine oΓΉ elle a d'abord Γ©tΓ© un jouet, la tradition de la balle ornementale "Temari" faite de restes de fils et de tissus, s'est dΓ©veloppΓ©e au Japon pour devenir un vΓ©ritable objet artistique symbole de chance et offert lors d'occasions spΓ©ciales.
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William Edmondson (c. 1874-1951) was a self-taught folk artist and sculptor. His limestone sculptures were often inspired by divine visions. He was the first Black artist to have a solo exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1937. #BlackHistoryMonth #28DaysOfBlackHistory #BlackArt
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915-2010) was a prolific artist, writer, and educator. She dedicated her life to arts and education, co-founding the DuSable Museum of African American History and the South Side Community Art Center. #BlackHistoryMonth #28DaysOfBlackHistory #BlackArt
Text reads: Chronic pain can be oddly isolating Art depicts Holly bear with Xray like cross-sections, looking concerned
Text reads: Obviously hurting all the time sucks, but there are some compounding social issues alongside that. Art depicts: Bears playing and doing physical activities while Holly bear bends over, sighing and rubbing her sore back
Text reads: It can be hard to understand if you've never had a chronic affliction that there is no 'getting better' for a lot of us. Decreasing how much it hurts from an 8 to a 3 is the best we can do sometimes. Art depicts: A thoughtful friendbear says "I hope you get well soon!" to a rueful Holly bear who thanks them and rubs her RSI wrist.
Text reads: Compassion fatigue is present even among loving family members. Let alone friends and coworkers. To the point where we don't even mention it unless prompted, even if struggling. Art depicts: A friendly bear asks "How's it goin?" Holly bear looking worn out replies "Oh you know... keeping on keeping on"
Here's a comic for the spoonies, the suffering and the lonesome. Let's take ibuprofen together π»π #TheBearMinimum
I first learnt my stitches when I was around 10, maybe earlier.
My Mennonite grandma taught me and my first creation was a handmade doll with a very asymmetrical face. I am not a trained artist and I am forever grateful for that lack of discipline. Embroidery has allowed me to decorate the mundane.
Madalena Santos Reinbolt β’ Brazilian self-taught painter and textile artist
Ahhh this is so gorgeous!! Hmmm the name Feast or Fish eater comes to mind β€οΈ
Massive caves in Kenya weren't formed geologically, instead created by elephants seeking salt, breaking up rocks with their tusks and licking away the cavern walls. π§ͺ
A pure villian story with profiteering developers.
Please share. We need the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba to halt the cut permits immediately.
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Yay!! So happy to find you on here!
Dogwood seeds grown from my belly, 2023.
Embroidery, leather on merino felt.
About: stories, woven between people. How they grow, change, evolve and serve us.
Those who know me know that my cultural heritage, like so many, is incredibly mixed. That being said the most prominent cultures in my background that have influenced my art growing up are Mennonite, Italian, and French Canadian.
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As a big fan of folk art, be it textiles and whatnot, Iβll be sharing that on this page along with my own creations.
I love folk art so much because itβs steeped in story, and man do I love a good story.
Photo: one of my murals in my hometown called βManitoba Migrationsβ about the people there.
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Rosie Lee Tompkins, quilt maker.
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Harriet Powers in 1901. Photo source: Southern Quilting.
#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
#BlackHistoryMonth
Harriet Powers was a Black folk artist who created quilts that record Bible stories, astronomical events and local legends. Born into slavery in Georgia in 1837, Powers used traditional applique techniques to create stunning works of art. /1
Itβs like looking into the universe. Pretty wild and humbling experience thatβs for sure!
Currently living in Aotearoa/NZ that has no native mammalian predators (although now, many many introduced). It also has the famous Tuatara that thrived during the Jurassic era and are still around today (Iβve had the honour of holding one as well as releasing them into the wild).
AINT that the truth!β€οΈ
Too cute!
Gorgeous! What a little cutie!
Fish eaters, 2022
Gouache paint on archival paper.
About: Simply a show of deep gratitude to the oceans, the rivers and lakes that keep my belly full.
The great return, 2023
Gouache paint on archival paper.
About: Symbolic of the continuation of life through death. Death is both permanent and also a beginning to other life. Three tails on the rat to symbolize birth, death and return to the earth.
Wolverine amongst bluebirds, 2023
Gouache paint on archival paper.
About: Feeling so different you could never possibly fit in. A non native species on new lands, a foreigner. Not so dissimilar, but different enough to feel like the odd one out.
Cease, 2024
Gouache paint on archival paper.
About: Freeing Palestine and all nations, peoples held hostage by shitty governments that use them as canon fodder. We are more than our nations and our governments, we are more than power and greed.
