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Tyler Smith
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Love Books & Museums | Collections & House Officer at Coleton Fishacre House | Northerner stranded in Devon | Frustrated Arsenal fan | Cultural heritage management at UniOfYork | Views my own
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Bit much?

#MosaicMonday
(Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna)
A ceiling mosaic, viewed from the ground. The central motif is of various biblical characters. However, the wider mosaic is highly decorated, with no shortage of gold, bright colours and complex and intricate patterns. The quality is very high and the general impression is quite overwhelming.
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️

Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the “Marine Style” with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in “Marine Style” which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in “Marine Style” with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Seductive Scarborough, Yorkshire, "The Glory of the English Coast" : seen here in an advert on the covers of a 1930 London & North Eastern Railway holiday guide; artwork of the castle rising above the town & bay, is by Picking. #yorkshire #holidays #graphicdesign #seaside

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Holiday Guide to North Eastern England : booklet No. 3 : London & North Eastern Railway : nd [1930] : back cover : Scarborough by Picking. For several years the London & North Eastern Railway re-issued the relevant pages from their many "Holiday Guide", a vast annual tome, inserted into regional covers such as this; the Holiday Guide to North East England that covers Yorkshire, Co. Durham, Northumberland, Tynedale, Teesdale & the Eden Valley and the Lake District. The colourful back cover is of Scarborough, from the bay, and is by the artist "Picking"; some one I can find little about but who was commissioned by the LNER and the London Midland & Scottish Railway for handful of posters. This would have been an advert paid for by the Borough's Corporation to attract tourists to "The Glory of the English Coast". The artwork covers the top two-thirds of the page and shows in shades of purple, black for the bulk of the castle hill topped by the stylised castle in gold/yellow and with reflections of the lights of the town on the water in the same colour. The lettering is in a sans serif, similar to the Gill Sans typeface that the LNER was starting to use about that year.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Winter sun by the beach!
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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✨ November so far ✨

Getting ready for my first ever Christmas ornament launch

Available from: 1st Dec 5pm (GMT)

#christmas #handmadechristmas #ornaments #decorations #handmade #feltcrafts #handembroidery
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Cards drawn ✔️
Clips attached ✔️
Ready to send tomorrow ✔️

A lovely way to spend a Sunday!

#embroidery #mixedmedia #abstractart #handembroidery #art #hairclip #wearableart
August 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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New assistant that I haven’t introduced yet on here, meet Leonard who is doing a great job so far in his new role!
His strong points are:
•Cuteness
•Natural white noise maker (snoring)
•Feet warmer
#artassistant #doggy #lab #embroideryart
September 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I’ve been working on something new for the past couple of months and they went live today on my shop…Hair Clips! I am super happy with them and hope to make more for future shop updates 💚
If you would like a closer look, then check them out on my Etsy
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August 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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✨It’s always about the details✨
All hair clips come on a hand drawn backing card, and of course they will be matching

#embroidery #abstractart #hairclip #wearableart #details
August 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Agate inspired brooches

✨Available ✨
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I love using hand embroidery combined with beads to create my abstract interpretation of banded agate

#handembroidery #agate #brooch #handmade #mixedmedia
Three hand made brooches inspired by banded agate. Made with vibrant coloured beads and thread.
June 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Ready for her new home 🏠

#mixedmedia #abstractembroidery #art #hoopart
June 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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The sun was shining in all the right places today so here’s a picture of my rainbow piece which is at 25% off at the moment on my shop

vellaannmarie.etsy.com/listing/1867...

#embroidery #rainbow #abstractembroidery #handembroidery #art
June 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Sunset in St Agnes, Cornwall
A photo showing a red sky and the sun setting over St Agnes Beach, Cornwall
June 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Shepherds Delight catching some rays today in its new floating frame.
(Now Available)
#art #embroidery #abstractart #handstitched #sunset
Sunset inspired embroidery piece laying out catching some rays today surrounded by yellow spring flowers
March 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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So happy to say this collection of brooches is SOLD OUT! 💚 Thank you so much
I will be on my way with a few more soon
#HandmadeBrooch #Embroidery #Abstractembroidery #Mixedmedia #BeadArt
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Magical rainbow piece, pictures taken amongst the spring flowers

#rainbow #embroidery #abstractembroidery #mixedmedia #art
April 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Some brooches that I’ve been working on this month which are available over on my Etsy shop

It was so lovely getting out in the sunshine today to get these enchanting shots in nature 🌿

#embroidery #handmadebrooch #handembroidery #abstractembroidery #slowstitchimg #textileart #mixedmedia #beads
May 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I’ve sneakily added this one to my shop after finishing it over the weekend, it is the first multi-colour of 2025.
Hope you all like it, if interested then go check it out on my Etsy shop ❤️

vellaannmarie.etsy.com/listing/4314...

#handembroidery #multicolour #beadwork #mixedmedia #hoopart
Abstract mixed media embroidery hoop captured amongst some beautiful purple flowers. A vibrant mix of sequins, beads and hand embroidery techniques stitched onto hand dyed teal cotton fabric.
June 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Delicate fading with negative space in between to give it a clean look 💜 what a dreamy palette

#embroidery #art #abstractembroidery #beadwork #contemporaryembroidery
April 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Going back into this piece to add some extra fine details, I wanted it busy and ordered and I’m finally seeing that, how did I think this was finished before 😅

#embroidery #abstractart #mixedmedia #handembroidery #watercolour #art
A new style from me, more manic and chaotic but so fresh with the watercolour marks alongside the textures.
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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“Shepherd’s Delight” 6x6
Inspired by all the sunsets that have fallen across the sky 🌅

#handembroidery #abstractart #mixedmedia #art
Today I finished this embroidery piece “Shepherd’s Delight” Sunset vibes The sky in all its glory looking over the river Dart.
March 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Some lovely #sunset colours I’m working with this week🌅

#embroidery #art #abstract
This is my setup for this weeks stitching, lots of warm tones to bring out the sunset vibes.
March 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Hello I’m Ann-Marie, the artist behind AMV Embroidery, I thought I’d jump over here to share my embroidery journey with you all! 💚
Here’s me in my favourite shop ever choosing my next colour palette of beads. A commissioned piece I made in 2024, a beautiful textural green/teal hand embroidered fabric. A square framed hand embroidery piece inspired by flowers in bloom over summer last year, with my twist of abstract colour and shape placement with textured embroidery techniques accompanied with beads and sequins. A commissioned piece that was made to mirror a matching existing hoop so a mum and daughter could have that shared beauty of luscious greens and blues. Photographed here amongst some hydrangeas in full bloom.
March 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Perhaps the owner is a bit over-extended.
March 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🌅
A sunset over the cliffs in south devon
March 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM