robin ilex studio
@robinilexstudio.bsky.social
Hand embroidery and other stuff made by Robin (he/they) in Glasgow 🧵🏳️⚧️ inspired by nature, football, music and more
Trying to create as sustainably as possible using remnants, scraps, second hand and repurposed materials 🪡
Trying to create as sustainably as possible using remnants, scraps, second hand and repurposed materials 🪡
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Hi! My name is Robin. I am a hand embroidery artist who also makes scrunchies and other accessories from remnant and repurposed materials. Link below for insta, Etsy and patchy shop 🪡 #craftsky #embroidery #transartist
robinilexstudio.carrd.co
robinilexstudio.carrd.co
Stitching in my favourite cafe is just the best 🌸
August 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Stitching in my favourite cafe is just the best 🌸
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The embroidery kit I collaborated on is available! Design by Handmade Nottingham & instructions by Flowing Fibres. I’m so grateful to be chosen for this project!
£5 of each sale goes to Pastel Project Nottingham 🏳️⚧️💖
www.handmadenottingham.com/products/trans-rights-are-human-rights-embroidery-kit
£5 of each sale goes to Pastel Project Nottingham 🏳️⚧️💖
www.handmadenottingham.com/products/trans-rights-are-human-rights-embroidery-kit
August 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The embroidery kit I collaborated on is available! Design by Handmade Nottingham & instructions by Flowing Fibres. I’m so grateful to be chosen for this project!
£5 of each sale goes to Pastel Project Nottingham 🏳️⚧️💖
www.handmadenottingham.com/products/trans-rights-are-human-rights-embroidery-kit
£5 of each sale goes to Pastel Project Nottingham 🏳️⚧️💖
www.handmadenottingham.com/products/trans-rights-are-human-rights-embroidery-kit
Sat on this bench and there is a gorgeous little common corn-cockle (Agrostemma githago) growing underneath 🌸
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
June 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sat on this bench and there is a gorgeous little common corn-cockle (Agrostemma githago) growing underneath 🌸
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
Trans ally badges coming soon! I have ordered some badges with my embroidery on them, and here is the mock-up. They should arrive next week, when I will list them on my shop 🌸🏳️⚧️
May 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trans ally badges coming soon! I have ordered some badges with my embroidery on them, and here is the mock-up. They should arrive next week, when I will list them on my shop 🌸🏳️⚧️
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Behold! A picture-perfect swan family! Six cygnets. 🥰
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Behold! A picture-perfect swan family! Six cygnets. 🥰
Very excited to have been asked to work on this collaboration with Handmade Nottingham, developing the stitches and stitching a sample of their new kit! The kit will be sold to raise money for a trans charity 🏳️⚧️🪡
May 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Very excited to have been asked to work on this collaboration with Handmade Nottingham, developing the stitches and stitching a sample of their new kit! The kit will be sold to raise money for a trans charity 🏳️⚧️🪡
For world bee day, here’s an older embroidered patch I made of a garden bumblebee (Bombus hoturum)
🐝 #embroidery #handembroidery
🐝 #embroidery #handembroidery
May 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
For world bee day, here’s an older embroidered patch I made of a garden bumblebee (Bombus hoturum)
🐝 #embroidery #handembroidery
🐝 #embroidery #handembroidery
Attempting to make dandelion ‘honey’, with some added apple and cherry blossoms 🌸 the blossom tea is now gonna steep overnight before I reduce it with sugar tomorrow.
April 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Attempting to make dandelion ‘honey’, with some added apple and cherry blossoms 🌸 the blossom tea is now gonna steep overnight before I reduce it with sugar tomorrow.
April 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Everyone remember that Tony Blair's son is an AI billionaire. With a B.
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Everyone remember that Tony Blair's son is an AI billionaire. With a B.
The finished orange patched to mend a rip on my orange cords 🍊
#visiblemending #embroidery #handembroidery
#visiblemending #embroidery #handembroidery
April 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The finished orange patched to mend a rip on my orange cords 🍊
#visiblemending #embroidery #handembroidery
#visiblemending #embroidery #handembroidery
I couldn’t figure out how to download an Instagram reel after posting it, so here’s a screen recording of my most recent mend 😅 orange patch on orange cords. 🍊
#embroidery #visiblemending
#embroidery #visiblemending
April 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I couldn’t figure out how to download an Instagram reel after posting it, so here’s a screen recording of my most recent mend 😅 orange patch on orange cords. 🍊
#embroidery #visiblemending
#embroidery #visiblemending
My orange patch on my orange chords is nearly finished !! 🍊 just outlining it now, and plan to add some little stars
#visiblemending
#visiblemending
March 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My orange patch on my orange chords is nearly finished !! 🍊 just outlining it now, and plan to add some little stars
#visiblemending
#visiblemending
As I was stitching this on the train someone started eating an orange, so I got a full sensory experience 🍊
March 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As I was stitching this on the train someone started eating an orange, so I got a full sensory experience 🍊
Currently patching a hole in my favourite orange cords
March 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Currently patching a hole in my favourite orange cords
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March 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This tree has been bringing me a lot of joy recently
March 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This tree has been bringing me a lot of joy recently
Went for a walk in the sun today. I was watching a group of 20 goosanders on the river, looked up and saw three foxes chilling on the opposite Bank in the sunshine 🥹
February 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Went for a walk in the sun today. I was watching a group of 20 goosanders on the river, looked up and saw three foxes chilling on the opposite Bank in the sunshine 🥹
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We had pouring rain yesterday so the moss has gone from crispy to lush. I went to visit the wood that's teeming with one of my favourite species, Hookeria lucens and it looked gorgeous. The leaves are a single cell thick & transparent. You can see each cell.
#moss #botany #macrophotography #nature
#moss #botany #macrophotography #nature
February 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We had pouring rain yesterday so the moss has gone from crispy to lush. I went to visit the wood that's teeming with one of my favourite species, Hookeria lucens and it looked gorgeous. The leaves are a single cell thick & transparent. You can see each cell.
#moss #botany #macrophotography #nature
#moss #botany #macrophotography #nature
This Valentine’s Day scrunchie set is available in my Etsy shop now ❤️
robinilexstudio.etsy.com/listing/1869...
robinilexstudio.etsy.com/listing/1869...
Valentines Day Scrunchie Set 2 Pink Scrunchie Gift Set - Etsy Australia
This Hair Ties & Elastics item is sold by RobinIlexStudio. Dispatched from United Kingdom. Listed on 04 Feb, 2025
robinilexstudio.etsy.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This Valentine’s Day scrunchie set is available in my Etsy shop now ❤️
robinilexstudio.etsy.com/listing/1869...
robinilexstudio.etsy.com/listing/1869...
Current #WIP is a moss and lichen covered twig. I used to do moss and lichen all the time when I started hand embroidery almost 10 years ago, and often come back to it. It’s a bit of an obsession. I don’t quite like how this is looking but it’s all part of the process 🙃
February 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Current #WIP is a moss and lichen covered twig. I used to do moss and lichen all the time when I started hand embroidery almost 10 years ago, and often come back to it. It’s a bit of an obsession. I don’t quite like how this is looking but it’s all part of the process 🙃
Here’s another older piece, based on an iconic Simpson’s scene that also captures some of my politics 😅
January 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here’s another older piece, based on an iconic Simpson’s scene that also captures some of my politics 😅
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.