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Handcrafted paper, ink, and multimedia mandalas + observations by T Jacobs in AZ.
Graphic designer in real life.
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Happy #Caturday from Jack and his whiskers!
White Flame Point Siamese cat looking up toward the camera. His whiskers are white and long. He’s sitting on an orange cushion. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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#acrylics #acrylicart #art #artist #abstractart #absract #perspective
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Happy #Caturday! I hope your week is filled with joy, light, and love. ❤️
Tabby cat wearing a red collar with gold bells and a red Santa hat with white trim. She’s not the biggest fan of dressing up for occasions but she doesn’t hate it either. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#EastCoastKin #3DMandala
#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse
#Mandala #UpcycledArt #CutPaperArt

This is one of my favorite 3D mandalas I’ve made so far. There’s a lot of texture and detail and I love the color combination. These are fun to make but they take a lot of time!
Three dimensional mandala made with cut paper, metal coffee pod pieces, can pull tabs, a silver-lined cardboard canister, and a spice jar lid. Details are drawn with black ink and acrylic paint. Art by T Jacobs.
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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“While we breathe, we will hope.”
- Barack Obama

#Scape #EastCoastKin #Yavapai #GraniteDells #AZ #December #Sky
The Granite Dells near Watson Lake in Prescott, Arizona. The rounded granite outcrops sit above two man made lakes with a long band of mountains in the distance. Blue December skies with wispy clouds and contrails are overhead. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true."
- Rob Reiner

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Sadness #Loss #Life
Arizona evening sky. The fiery red horizon bleeds into pale yellow, to light blue, and finally through sparse clouds into deep blue night stars. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project.

I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
Abstract landscape: swirling storm clouds with a wall cloud and rain underneath, yellow field and trees
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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“Everything comes to pass, nothing comes to stay.”
- Matthew Flickstein

#ArtAdventCalendar #Mandala #EastCoastKin #Art #Refresh #PaintedFurniture #Art #Repurpose
We had a single very tall wooden stool we sometimes used as a plant stand but it spent most of its time in storage. I cut off the legs and painted a mandala on the seat and now use the 18” stool for all kinds of things every day. Painted mandala by T Jacobs.
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar

“Falling Leaves”
Quilted fiber art
2012

#beauty #fiberart #quiltsky
#nature #leaves
Quilted leaves in various shades of green, with sunrise, color background, and a green border.
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Lucid Dreaming, Ink on Yupo, 2025
blue and gray ink painting with swirly neuron shape
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Day 13 #ArtAdventCalendar • This #SciArt #anatomy #embroidery is of the venations of the eye and includes a poem that can be read starting on any word.
An embroidery of the venations of the eye stitched in blues, greens, and purples on bone coloured cloth. In a circle outlining the eye is a poem that can be read starting on any word: behind her blue green eyes were fine lace webs so she could see purple mist opening. 
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #ArtAdventCalendar #Mandala #3DMandala #Art #EastCoastKin #UpcycledArt
3D mandala in progress. Pieces of the mandala are on a cutting mat: cut paper with painted details sit under assembled cardboard, metal pull tabs, and a spice jar lid. Art in progress by T Jacobs.
December 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
- James M. Barrie

#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Sunshine #Cat
Sun-drenched white Flame Point Siamese sitting in front of a window. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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This year’s handmade holiday card is a star consisting of four layers of cut, stacked paper. I make about 50 cards each year for friends, family, and clients.

#ArtAdventCalendar #EastCoastKin #Cards #Star #CutPaperArt #ZoomIn #Wishing #Joy #Light #Love
A complex star design made of metallic gold, deep red, and white cut paper mounted on a cream colored card. The custom design was created in Adobe Illustrator then each layer is cut using a Cameo cutting machine. Each layer is carefully positioned and glued into place. If I had to cut these by hand, it would never get done because my fingers would be bleeding by the tenth card! Art by T Jacobs.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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“It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.”
- Brian Tracy

#Scape #FridayFlow #Seattle #Ferry #PNW #EastCoastKin #Clouds
Seattle skyline from the back of a ferry on an overcast day. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A long walk home yesterday in a delightful snowstorm. I passed this person on their own walk going the opposite way. After they passed I turned and took this photograph .

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10

#Photography #Snowing #StoneArchBridge #Minneapolis
A black and white photograph of a person walking across an old bridge lined with curved lights toward a city scape in falling snow.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar Pink Donut. Paper clay, acrylic, vintage frame.
A donut with frosting and sprinkles, made of clay,centered in a carved round wood frame
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar

Night Sky

Gorgeous, long drop lapis with beautiful star speckled pyrite inclusions. It looks like a drop of liquid night, so I simply complemented it with clouds, keum boo star and golden madeira citrines.

#Art #artyear #handcrafted #handmadejewellery #artjewellery
Night sky pendant. Sterling silver pendant with silver clouds, keum boo star, golden madeira citrines and a long drop piece of lapis lazuli with pyrite inclusions.
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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“Nothing ever really goes away, it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.”
- Sarah Ockler

#ArtAdventCalendar #3DMandala #Mandala #RecycledArt #UpcycledArt #EastCoastKin #CutPaperArt
Three-dimensional mandala made of cut paper, can pull tabs, a silver-lined cardboard canister, and a metal canister base. Details are drawn in black ink and paint. Art by T Jacobs.
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
- Thomas Merton

#ArtAdventCalendar #Mandala #Art #EastCoastKin #CutPaperArt
Teal, blue, orange, and cream colored mandala made of cut and stacked paper detailed with black ink and gold, cream, and orange paint. Art by T Jacobs.
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Flashback to warmer days last spring when we had a burst of rose blooms.

#Stunday #Flowers #Roses #EastCoastKin
Yellow and blush pink roses in morning sun. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Happy #Caturday. ‘Tis the season.

#HerdingCats #StopTouchingThat #LeaveTheTreeAlone
Tabby cat in three-quarter bread loaf position under a Christmas tree. She is laying on red fabric with the boughs of the tree and ornaments hanging above. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.”
- Bill Watterson

#BlueskyArtShow #Sky #Moon #Stars #NightSky #EastCoastKin
The moon is a bright light with a few wispy clouds and stars in the blue-black night sky. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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“Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill.”
- John Muir

#ForestFriday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Trees #Woods #PNW #StoneSteps
Stone stairway into a forest of green trees and dense ground cover. These steps are near Moulton Falls in Washington state near Vancouver. Photo by T Jacobs.
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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“For my part I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
- Vincent Van Gogh

#ArtAdventCalendar #Stars #EastCoastKin #Dreams #Art #CutPaperArt
Woman blowing stars into the deep blue night sky bordered by vibrant orange and flowers. This piece has been damaged in transport over the years and desperately needs repair, thus the bottom portion being cut off in the image. I still love it, though. The cut paper stars are mounted on torn textured paper painted deep blue. The flowers and woman are also cut paper that have been painted with acrylics. Art by T Jacobs.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM