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im in the midst of finals season so all yall will be getting from me is shit i did for school enjoy!!
Me: *complaining about the loss of the muppets on a large scale*
Mom: *sends me a picture of a crochet hat that looks like a muppet*
Me: *starts crocheting puppets to fill a void in my heart*
First stage in a multi-step project. Hand-weaving fabric which I will then use to sew the body and limbs of a marionette doll.
"To More Rarified Air (For Dorothy in 7th Grade)"
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Experiment with making small squares and then weaving them together. MAJOR practice piece. May do more with this, may leave it as-is. Designs based on Paracas textiles.
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Howdy! I’m still alive.
I’m fortunate, in that my day job is being done remotely, but it’s a very difficult change and I really don’t like it, so the stress has been getting to me. I was invited to be part of a really cool thing but it may have completely fallen through due to the stay at home order, I have no idea, so that kind of kneecapped my motivation, art-wise.
Hard copy version of my comics aren’t in my etsy store at the moment, as I’d been sneakily printing them on the printers at my office and I don’t have a printer at home. PDF versions are still up for sale.
At this time, I struggle to see the point of making art that doesn’t “do something.” Here are two tapestries I’ve made (I’m working on getting the edges even and reducing the amount of hour-glassing before I go totally nuts and invest in a rigid heddle loom) and some socks I darned for my boyfriend.
Completed my first “useful” weaving — a rag rug made of four panels woven together.
A Bright Banner
Handwoven on my "trash loom" with cotton and acrylic fiber.
Practicing with patterns on my loom; this thing make me think of a cheerful cuttlefish.
From the dowel to the bottom of the fringe it is 12 inches long, the tapestry itself is roughly 10 inches long and 8 inches wide. The dowel is 12 inches. .
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Hamsa
Handwoven on my "trash loom" with cotton and acrylic fiber.
The Hamsa is a symbol of protection, popular in the Middle East and North Africa, in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian groups.
Fom the dowel to the bottom of the fringe it is 14 inches long, the tapestry itself is roughly 9 inches long and 7 inches wide. The dowel is 12 inches.
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hot damn!
These are my breasts and nipples, complete with acne, moles, and hair. Will this image violate tumblr’s new content rules?
Examples of exceptions that are still permitted are exposed female-presenting nipples in connection with breastfeeding, birth or after-birth moments, and health-related situations, such as post-mastectomy or gender confirmation surgery.
I am a transgender man. I have not had the opportunity or the money to have top surgery. I am excruciatingly aware that the “gender presentation” of my nipples is in the eye of the beholder. Disconnected from the context of the rest of my body and gendered presentation, they look like “female-presenting” nipples. Hell, there are plenty of cisgender women with more chest hair than me.
Are we going to determine the “gender presentation” of my nipples based on my legal gender? That’s debatable too. My most recent legal IDs list my gender as “male,” but my birth certificate lists my gender as “female.” I cannot change the gender on my birth certificate without going back to the state where I was born and getting an order from a judge, and paying a fee. Until I have the time to and money to do that, there will always be at least one legal document where I am still considered female.
Written content such as erotica, nudity related to political or newsworthy speech, and nudity found in art, such as sculptures and illustrations, are also stuff that can be freely posted on Tumblr.
I would say this painting has artistic merit, at the very least from a technical standpoint. I’m sure there are plenty of people who would see no artistic merit in this painting, regardless of technical skill. The line between “nudity found in art” and “adult content” is as indistinct as the line between “naked” and “nude.” Tumblr and Facebook’s new policies stem from SESTA/FOSTA [LINK] and corporate monopolies [LINK].
Policies meant to curtail sex work always hurt more than they help, whether the sex work is voluntary, coerced, or forced. Example: NYC, LA, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. have all had/have laws that allow possession of multiple condoms to be considered evidence of prostitution, resulting in arrest or the confiscation of the condoms. So, no safe sex if you’re doing sex work, I guess?
Policies like these disproportionately effect people and communities who are viewed as being “inherently sexual” or “overly sexual.” Facebook’s overzealous new policy prohibits reference to “sexual preferences.” I will bet money that policy won’t be enforced when a cis het man makes a status update about “I like girls with [insert physical attribute here],” but it will be enforced when a queer person refers to a top, a bottom, a switch, a Daddy, a [insert relational attribute here].
As to what constitutes art and how that concept gets weaponized against LGBTQ people (and other oppressed groups, I’d argue), just read about the history of conservative loathing for the National Endowment for the Arts [LINK].
I don’t think my little protest painting will make tumblr and their corporate overlords change their minds. But I couldn’t not express my opinion on this.
I don’t know if this blog will get flagged or deleted or whatever. I’ll keep using tumblr until I no longer have a reason to. But, just in case, I’ll be setting up a pillowfort, and maybe a poizen. In the meantime, you can keep up with my shitpost tweets HERE.
Here’s my first ever tapestry. Woven as a birthday gift for my lovely boyfriend, on my trash loom that I made from a thrift store picture frame.
It’s the sunset over southern prairie land.
I have got Ideas about fiber art so expect more in the future.
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Embroidery piece for my mom.
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What I’ve been working on lately – my first ever piece of embroidery!
It’s for my grandmom.
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Clay loom weight decorated with an owl, Greek, 5th Century BCE
From the Acropolis Museum
Bedroom - Rustic Bedroom Example of a large mountain style guest carpeted bedroom design with gray walls and no fireplace