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This is another very, very marine piece from the Iris van Herpen exhibition which made me think of calcareous nannoplankton the moment I saw it.

Could you wear any of this stuff to dinner? No. Would I try anyway? Absolutely.

#FashionSky #Fashion #Plankton
Photograph of a top by designer Iris van Herpen, made from creamy white laser cut plastic which is arranged into concentric circular plates. Close up of the same top by designer Iris van Herpen, made from creamy white laser cut plastic which is arranged into concentric circular plates. Scanning electron microscope image of calcareous nannoplankton Gephyrocapsa huxleyi. It's made up of many oval calcareous plates with radial structures the lead to the centre of the individual plates.
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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I am also kind of obsessed with this dress and spent a long time looking at it.

Van Herpen draws her inspiration from the natural world, so there's lots of marine stuff going down.

This one made me think of jellyfish.

#FashionSky #Fashion
Photograph of a cap sleeved, full length dress by haute couture designer Iris van Herpen. The bodice of the dress is made from lustrous fabric in marbled shades of green, pink and grey, draped elegantly in long flowing lines that evoke tendrils. The lower part of the dress is made of organza, printed in the same colours and stitched into large blooming ethereal flounces which give a sense of floating. Twists of grey organza follow the draping of the bodice to join the skirts, giving a sense of flow. The back of the same dress, with perfect pattern matching in the marbled fabric. More draping over the shoulders and hips add to the sense of flowing and floating. Close up of the organza floaty flounces at the front of the dress, the light fabric is sometimes solid grey and more commonly printed in shades of pink, green, grey and black.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The Iris van Herpen exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam was pretty great.

I present some of the bits I liked the most. First is this water splash dress, which was one of the first exhibits.

#FashionSky #Fashion
Photograph of a sleeveless, v-neck mini-dress by haute couture designer Iris van Herpen. The dress is made of clear plastic and moulded in such a way that it evokes a splash of water. Close up detail of the skirt of the same dress, showing the clear plastic moulded and sculpted upwards, like a splash of water. Another close up detail of the skirt of the same dress by Iris van Herpen, showing the clear plastic moulded and sculpted upwards, like a splash of clear water.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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I got the beading done on mine and then tried to iron out the creases from the hoop.

Now half of it is shrunk 💀💀💀.

Looks great, don't take a hot iron to it when you're done lol.
Photograph of a completed bead embroidery on canvas depicting a large blooming flower. Looking rather wonky because it's shrunk on its left side. Oops.
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Fuck yeah alt text.
Image alt text stats for 2025: 202 total images, 100% have alt text, 0 missing alt text, 163 character average alt text length (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest)
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Dear Santa,
Screenshot of a scene in back and white television depicting 4 ballerinas dancing Swan Lake, broadcast on russian state television during the collapse of the USSR.
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Bedroom 4 Full Bsth43 looks like a room for rent in Amsterdam for €1200 pcm.
Zoomed in screenshot of the most cursed AI generated floor plan you've ever encountered. There's a tiny room with a sink in one end. It is labelled Bedroom 4 Full bsth 43.
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I got home from work to find my goodies from @anatomoth.bsky.social had arrived in perfect condition. They also sent me this perfect little miniature original which was such a wonderful and generous surprise.

Find their Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com/anatomoth

#ArtSky
Photograph of print artworks by artist Suzanne Kobela depicting two moths in a dark surreal style, one has anatomically correct hearts for wings and the other has anatomically correct lungs for wings. There's also a small sticker of a moth with brain lobes for wings and a miniature original artwork of a blue dog against an orange gradient background, also in dreamlike dark surreal style. Photograph of a miniature painted original artwork by Suzanne Kobela, in a dreamlike dark surreal style depicting a blue dog resting on orange ground with white grass behind it. The sky is a wash of orange and maroon clouds.
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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For me, the sea is at it's most beautiful at it's wildest. But the dawn before the weather comes in is still a glorious opening act.
Photograph of the golden sun rising over a calm dark blue sea, with ominous grey storm clouds overhead.
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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I think #Netflix got an AI to write their content descriptions for them and holy shit, it's a mess.

"Pure dead brilliant."

"On the tail of Edinburgh's cold cases."

The fucking tail?
Photograph of a television with Netflix running, showing a card for a detective show called Dept Q. It reads "arrogant, angry, yet pure dead brilliant, DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) is exiled to his own department of one, on the tail of Edinburgh's cold cases."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Initially a bit worried bead embroidery wasn't going to lend itself well to air travel, but actually the tray tables have this handy-dandy little dish for the beads!

#embroidery #BeadEmbroidery
Photograph of a grey airline tray table, with small orange and red glass beads in the cup holder. Next to the beads there is a partially completed bead embroidery on a black canvas
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It's #WIPWednesday and so I present for your consideration my first foray into bead embroidery.

It is going.... slowly.

It looks better in the daylight but there's not much of that this time of year over here.

#embroidery #BeadEmbroidery
Photograph of a partially completed bead embroidery on a black canvas background. It's printed with a flower and only the leaves are beaded in blues, purples and reds.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Also, check out this great fungus I found yesterday. I don't know what it is but I love that it's sheltering its lil buddy.
Photograph of two white toadstools, one tucked under the other, on a forest floor surrounded by brown oak leaves, acorns and bold green ivy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Nothing gets my cat's attention like the distinct rustle of a crinkly packet.

#CatsOfBluesky #cats
Photograph of a grey cat with wide green eyes looking very alert on a cream fleece blanket.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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My frames for my @anatomoth.bsky.social prints arrived!

Love my little brain moth so much 😍, I'm going to get him some friends.

You can find their very reasonably priced prints and other artwork at ko-fi.com/anatomoth/shop
Photograph of a framed print of a moth in a dark surreal style by artist Suzanne Kobela. The wings of the moth are deep pink lobes of brain. Photograph of a framed print by in a dark surreal style by artist Suzanne Kobela. The print depicts a double headed crow with two small houses tucked behind it's wing. One of the house gables is covered in human looking eyes.
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Also it's #WIPWednesday and I'm in good enough health to have one going! This is Noctiflora Designs Prophetic Poppy.

Find her designs at www.noctifloradesigns.com/shop

#CrossStitch #Embroidery
Photograph of a partially completed cross stitch on marbled cream Aida fabric depicting a stylised red poppy with a big purple eyeball in the middle of the bloom.
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Busted out the electric blanket tonight, Lilith enjoyed it too.

#CatsOfBluesky #Cats
Photograph of a grey cat, snoozing peacefully on a cream coloured blanket.
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I'm in Istanbul. It's pretty cool.
Photograph of the cistern of the basilica in Istanbul with long rows of roman columns and vaulted ceilings reflected in shallow water that's collected on the floor.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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My exquisite @anatomoth.bsky.social haul was waiting for me when I got home from work (also some bonus goodies)!

They are all so beautiful and the print quality is excellent. I'm so happy ❤️.

#ArtSky
Photograph of a dark anatomy style print by depicting a two headed crow, surrounded by vinyl stickers in the same art style depicting a stag beetle, a main coon cat, a moth with lung wings and a crow. Photograph of four surreal vinyl stickers by artist Anatomoth, three are of aeroplanes and one is a moth with degloved hands for wings
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Have had a bit of a hiatus with my needlework for health reasons and it's been months since I felt well enough to pick up a project.

But today, I finally finished my #blackwork from @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social
Photograph of a blackwork embroidery depicting a stem of pink and white orchids, with green buds at the top of the stem. The blackwork is stitched on deep green Aida fabric.
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Jesus Christ, Spotify.
Screenshot of an auto-generated Spotify playlist header. It reads: Daylist. Drained, sleep deprived Sunday early morning. Here's some drained, soul crushing, sleep deprived feels, sad girl, overthinking - inspired by your listening on Sundays early in the morning.
September 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Incredibly disappointed to find this was the gym and not where we go to fight the alien invasion.
Stylised gold sign on a black door that looks either like a person fighting an alien or a person on an air bike, depending on how sleep deprived you are.
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Look, I know our collective inability to insert a USB the right way up the first time makes us all feel kinda stupid but even the port doesn't know which way up it's supposed to be.

What chance do we have?
Photograph of a USB port in an airline seat. USB is written both upside down and the right way up on either side of the port.
July 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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My heart. It's so full and so broken.
Crying in a puddle meme, in which a line drawn figure wearing headphones is lying in a pool of their own tears, staring at the ceiling.
July 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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There is also a grasshopper!
A small green grasshopper nestled amongst similarly green marigold leaves.
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM