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[its-a-mimc]

Colored versatile! They will take the place of Frisk in my au Underchage!

[mspaintlover]

I can't help you with time or materials but as for skills u gotta do it bad. You gotta do it scared.

🫵 you're the only one that can improve your skills!

SIIIIGH i know it to be true....... a tragedy

i think i mostly get locked in place because im afraid of wasting physical materials (costs money) so i just don't do anytihng. but the swaw......

[delicourse]

Another year, Another lesbian pride gown moment🌸

[Prints]

[corruptedbunny-multimuse]

@deisbookofdemons

Smithy blinked when one of his underlings brought him... what... looked like a baby? He blinked in confusion, looking at the tiny infant in his hands.

[cannibalchicken]

[screwpinecaprice]

Infinite kisses

[tenspontaneite]

fancy pibble having a big think

[linoyes]

jeongin in kitten interview for @strayklds 💛

[heynhay]

hey ive had a couple ppl say they like the way i do colors and some others say they dont know HOW i apply weird palettes would anyone be interested in a tutorial. because i find a palette i like before i even lay out base color usually.

[bestagons]

swap

[skylarkspinner]

fiber art adventures in egypt

I recently got back from a trip to Egypt & finally got around to organizing some pictures to share. One of the things I was most excited about was seeing what I could find on fiber arts and textiles.

Dropping everything under a read more, 'cause this will be a long post haha

first visit: the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)

At the time of visiting, they had a special textiles exhibit. It covered Pharonic Egypt all the way up to modern times, although I only had time to check out the dynastic & a bit of the Coptic portion of the exhibit (which was what I was really hoping to see anyways)

Was super excited to see this diorama in person. I knew about it but had never seen good pictures of it. From the little I've seen of ancient Egyptian spinning, spinning with two spindles seems to be the norm rather than a master technique? It also shows up in tomb art, which the exhibit also shared:

They also used a different fiber preparation (splicing to create a rove of fiber, no traditional drafting to my understanding) so that probably made a difference? Regardless I really want to see if I can replicate the technique, especially because their spindles look so similar to modern spindles??

I took so many pictures of spindles, guys, and I fully intend to either have a few replicas made or to learn to make some myself. Also, although they were unlabeled... I'm pretty sure those are beaters for weaving? That was a bit of a trend with this trip, so much stuff was unlabeled :( I would've killed to at least get some date estimates for some of the stuff they had on display. I was nerding out in here though, and my family took a few pictures of how excited I was getting. A bit embarrassing, but eh haha

The exhibit also had a section on natural dyes used with a fun visual;

There was several diagrams specifically describing each dye source, but in the interest of not overloading on pictures I'll just list them out. For blues; woad, Yellows; turmeric, safflower, saffron, or yellow ochre; reds; madder, henna, pomegranate, and kermes. I originally thought kermes was another way to say cochineal, but it only seems to be distantly related.

next visit: Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center

A small art center dedicated to hand-weaving wool and cotton tapestries. All of their work was museum quality & awe inspiring!!

Was even invited to their back rooms to watch a few of their weavers working; no I don't have room to put a room-sized loom anywhere but heck do I want one now

Our guide that took us through talked a bit about the natural dyes they use (all of their dyes are dyed in house with what they grow in their dye garden!!!) and got excited to hear I was also interested in natural dyes! He seemed a bit disappointed I'd never worked with indigo and. while indigo scares me, I'll take it as a sign that maybe I should try some time this year haha.

final visit; the Egyptian Museum

we really had to rush through this one which was a huge shame because it's packed full of artifacts. Also, the lighting in there is atrocious, so apologies for the not great pictures ahead.

They had a fascinating display of textile tools, more than what the NMEC had;

(Hand for size reference) I want all of these spindles! So badly! But a few of them look so much like a few of the spindles I own already?? A few of them had a spiraling notch, that's so cool? But also, what's going on with the one with two whorls? I have no idea. I'm fascinated.

Look at these whorls!! Although again, I'm a bit confused; the lack of labeling strikes again. Unsure why some of these "whorls" have two holes, or what the metal object with the wooden handle is. The display implies sewing needles, and some of them do look like it, but others.... really don't look like sewing needles. I'm absolutely enchanted by this little whorl though. I think it has birds on it?

More objects that I'm baffled by- the signage doesn't really indicate what some of this stuff is, if it's even known. Also confused by the object wrapped in white string in the right pic; it looks like a distaff but to the best of my knowledge the (ancient at least) Egyptians didn't use distaffs. It probably popped up in later times and was put in this display since it was still relevant, but I'm still not sure.

I have so many more pictures & thoughts but I'll save those for more specific future projects. I've been doing research outside this trip on ancient Egyptian spinning techniques and desperately want to go deeper into that, this trip just solidified how excited it makes me. If you made it all the way through this, many thanks for reading!

Bonus; look at this ancient linen 🥺

[mspaintlover]

kite emoji!!

🪁: does your child enjoy learning about their parents' hobbies, or do they prefer to find their own?

OUH both Raster and Vector take after both of them in having strong artistic tendencies (of course) but go about in their own unique ways.. Raster takes a less structured no-wrong-way sort of approach with a variety of different things and Vector prefers more methodical rules and perfecting a singular thing. i can also see Raster learning to enjoy more physical crafts like sewing & sculpting etc because she likes to try new things all the time. Vector is more similar to Palette in that they both prefer to focus on one thing even if Raster shares more taste with her in like visuals.... Vector is probably the one who develops more non-artistic hobbies. kind of kid who actually enjoys doing math. puzzle enjoyer

[aychama]

Narinder is VERY much the maiden Lamb wants to rescue (I’m so glad you liked it!! Your Lamb’s knight armor was SO fun to draw!)

Im happy you had fun! Have this little sketch I was working on as a treat!

[corruptedbunny-multimuse]

@deisbookofdemons

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The Auditor looked up as his Agents brought something in. Something tall and... sunny? What? The fiery creature blinked a few times.

[beanwood]

happy linnell

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[peonypyxels]

i girl bossed just the right amount tonight & learned how to make loading screens