Spike Gerrell
@landofspike.bsky.social
Illustrator. Does a bit of sculpture. Makes jewellery. Draws on post-it notes. Balances rocks on top of each other. Builds zoomorphic stuff. Makes stuff. Draws stuff. Paints stuff. And a bit of beekeepery.
Ripley from next door practising tightrope walking in the back garden #caturday #catsofinstagram #opticalillusion
July 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ripley from next door practising tightrope walking in the back garden #caturday #catsofinstagram #opticalillusion
Biscuit couldn't get the lids off his stabilo pens last night so he made himself into a new art installation instead #caturday #catsofbluesky
July 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Biscuit couldn't get the lids off his stabilo pens last night so he made himself into a new art installation instead #caturday #catsofbluesky
First day of the new V&A storehouse Stratford. It's more than a bit good
That's me in the blue
#V&Astorehouse #V&A
That's me in the blue
#V&Astorehouse #V&A
May 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
First day of the new V&A storehouse Stratford. It's more than a bit good
That's me in the blue
#V&Astorehouse #V&A
That's me in the blue
#V&Astorehouse #V&A
Freddie enjoying watching Springwatch this evening #springwatch
May 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Freddie enjoying watching Springwatch this evening #springwatch
May 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Freddie having a little sleep #catsofbluesky
May 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Freddie having a little sleep #catsofbluesky
I've been experimenting with making metal armatures, bunging lumps of air dry clay onto them then wrapping it all in modroc
#sculpture
#sculpture
May 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've been experimenting with making metal armatures, bunging lumps of air dry clay onto them then wrapping it all in modroc
#sculpture
#sculpture
I've been putting a few bends into some steel rods and brazing them into some standalone builds. This is one view of one of them #metalsculpture #sculpture
May 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I've been putting a few bends into some steel rods and brazing them into some standalone builds. This is one view of one of them #metalsculpture #sculpture
A couple of days late for #nationalunicornday. Doesn't really matter though, I'm not expecting a visit from the Unicorn Enforcement Agency anytime soon
#unicorn #illustratorsofbluesky
#unicorn #illustratorsofbluesky
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A couple of days late for #nationalunicornday. Doesn't really matter though, I'm not expecting a visit from the Unicorn Enforcement Agency anytime soon
#unicorn #illustratorsofbluesky
#unicorn #illustratorsofbluesky
I restored and repainted the #weathervane from my parents' 1980s #allotment a couple of years ago. This winter's storms took it down but today it's mended and back up in the sun on the shed roof #continuity #family #gold #cockerel
March 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I restored and repainted the #weathervane from my parents' 1980s #allotment a couple of years ago. This winter's storms took it down but today it's mended and back up in the sun on the shed roof #continuity #family #gold #cockerel
A bit of idle sketchbookery
I thought I'd line the original sketchbook page in Affinity then bung a quick smidge of colour and texture behind it
#sketchbook #pattern
I thought I'd line the original sketchbook page in Affinity then bung a quick smidge of colour and texture behind it
#sketchbook #pattern
March 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A bit of idle sketchbookery
I thought I'd line the original sketchbook page in Affinity then bung a quick smidge of colour and texture behind it
#sketchbook #pattern
I thought I'd line the original sketchbook page in Affinity then bung a quick smidge of colour and texture behind it
#sketchbook #pattern
Partial eclipse now, don't look directly at the sun!
i) with pinhole in card
ii) with welding goggles over lens, you can see the eclipsed sun shape mirrored below the actual sun
#partialeclipse #solareclipse
i) with pinhole in card
ii) with welding goggles over lens, you can see the eclipsed sun shape mirrored below the actual sun
#partialeclipse #solareclipse
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Partial eclipse now, don't look directly at the sun!
i) with pinhole in card
ii) with welding goggles over lens, you can see the eclipsed sun shape mirrored below the actual sun
#partialeclipse #solareclipse
i) with pinhole in card
ii) with welding goggles over lens, you can see the eclipsed sun shape mirrored below the actual sun
#partialeclipse #solareclipse
March 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's tree pruning weekend which means we have fresh sticks.
So this afternoon, as I'm currently reading Blood Meridian, I made this nihilistic wild westerner.
I finished him just in time to take the snap as the sun went down
#sculpture #wood #metal #cats #whiskers#caturday #cowboyhat
So this afternoon, as I'm currently reading Blood Meridian, I made this nihilistic wild westerner.
I finished him just in time to take the snap as the sun went down
#sculpture #wood #metal #cats #whiskers#caturday #cowboyhat
March 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's tree pruning weekend which means we have fresh sticks.
So this afternoon, as I'm currently reading Blood Meridian, I made this nihilistic wild westerner.
I finished him just in time to take the snap as the sun went down
#sculpture #wood #metal #cats #whiskers#caturday #cowboyhat
So this afternoon, as I'm currently reading Blood Meridian, I made this nihilistic wild westerner.
I finished him just in time to take the snap as the sun went down
#sculpture #wood #metal #cats #whiskers#caturday #cowboyhat
Biscuit in the bath #everystepyoutake #catsofbluesky
March 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Biscuit in the bath #everystepyoutake #catsofbluesky
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Four views of the same #sculpture. Spot welded 2.6mm steel #metalsculpture
March 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Four views of the same #sculpture. Spot welded 2.6mm steel #metalsculpture
Sadly, #animalalphabets ends this week
Much of the joy of the twitter drawing challenges was their lovely supportive community.
My thanks & best wishes to everyone who both had fun & made it fun.
Thought this image is from Picture Book Characters was sorta topical #insaneOrangeMonarch
Much of the joy of the twitter drawing challenges was their lovely supportive community.
My thanks & best wishes to everyone who both had fun & made it fun.
Thought this image is from Picture Book Characters was sorta topical #insaneOrangeMonarch
February 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sadly, #animalalphabets ends this week
Much of the joy of the twitter drawing challenges was their lovely supportive community.
My thanks & best wishes to everyone who both had fun & made it fun.
Thought this image is from Picture Book Characters was sorta topical #insaneOrangeMonarch
Much of the joy of the twitter drawing challenges was their lovely supportive community.
My thanks & best wishes to everyone who both had fun & made it fun.
Thought this image is from Picture Book Characters was sorta topical #insaneOrangeMonarch
Expanded the wishbone ring theme this weekend. Used much bigger 4x1.5mm D-shape silver wire this time so had to amend my process. Had enough supplies to make this stacked double ring combo #jewellery #silverring
February 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Expanded the wishbone ring theme this weekend. Used much bigger 4x1.5mm D-shape silver wire this time so had to amend my process. Had enough supplies to make this stacked double ring combo #jewellery #silverring
Rather enjoyed making this little silver wishbone ring at the weekend #jewellery
February 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Rather enjoyed making this little silver wishbone ring at the weekend #jewellery
New sculpture: 3.2mm brazed mild steel rod, cement base #sculpture #metalsculpture
February 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New sculpture: 3.2mm brazed mild steel rod, cement base #sculpture #metalsculpture
This fellow was part of my degree show back in the Olden Days. Having spent quite a long while hibernating in a drawer, it's lovely to have him back up on the wall in the living room #illustratorsofbluesky #illustration
February 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This fellow was part of my degree show back in the Olden Days. Having spent quite a long while hibernating in a drawer, it's lovely to have him back up on the wall in the living room #illustratorsofbluesky #illustration
A new post-it note drawing: PNSQ_013-CN107
7.5 x 7.5mm
It's a bit scruffy but I'm not making these often enough
#postitnote #unipin #fineliner
7.5 x 7.5mm
It's a bit scruffy but I'm not making these often enough
#postitnote #unipin #fineliner
February 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A new post-it note drawing: PNSQ_013-CN107
7.5 x 7.5mm
It's a bit scruffy but I'm not making these often enough
#postitnote #unipin #fineliner
7.5 x 7.5mm
It's a bit scruffy but I'm not making these often enough
#postitnote #unipin #fineliner