Johanna
@silverandindigo.bsky.social
I make things. Jewelry, music, food, clothes, community.
Exciting Travel Times: in addition to traveling with suspicious science shit, travel department got my birthdate wrong in my reservation so despite spending hours yesterday where they said they fixed it, they had not fixed it. Was turned back at TSA twice.
February 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Exciting Travel Times: in addition to traveling with suspicious science shit, travel department got my birthdate wrong in my reservation so despite spending hours yesterday where they said they fixed it, they had not fixed it. Was turned back at TSA twice.
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Move intentionally and build things.
February 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Move intentionally and build things.
Sometimes instead of screaming I make art.
…sometimes in addition to screaming I make art.
…sometimes in addition to screaming I make art.
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sometimes instead of screaming I make art.
…sometimes in addition to screaming I make art.
…sometimes in addition to screaming I make art.
Ended up with a somewhat vain conference embroidery project. Unfortunately for fine outline embroidery, sulky fabrisolvy gives unacceptable results once it’s washed away (compare before/after). I’ll have to try remaking this with another transfer method. (Based on artwork by
Tawatchai Khid-arn)
Tawatchai Khid-arn)
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Ended up with a somewhat vain conference embroidery project. Unfortunately for fine outline embroidery, sulky fabrisolvy gives unacceptable results once it’s washed away (compare before/after). I’ll have to try remaking this with another transfer method. (Based on artwork by
Tawatchai Khid-arn)
Tawatchai Khid-arn)
Fashion = self expression = art.
Is literally anyone else at this conference wearing a tie? No.
Do I enjoy looking fancy and somewhat gender non-conforming? Absolutely.
Is literally anyone else at this conference wearing a tie? No.
Do I enjoy looking fancy and somewhat gender non-conforming? Absolutely.
January 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Fashion = self expression = art.
Is literally anyone else at this conference wearing a tie? No.
Do I enjoy looking fancy and somewhat gender non-conforming? Absolutely.
Is literally anyone else at this conference wearing a tie? No.
Do I enjoy looking fancy and somewhat gender non-conforming? Absolutely.
I embroider so I can pay attention in meetings. At conferences it’s extra fun if it’s nerdy/on topic. looking for your favorite beautiful #biology (preferably molecular biology) illustration that you think would be fun to embroider. @lianafaye.bsky.social @aldertree.bsky.social @igrrrl.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I embroider so I can pay attention in meetings. At conferences it’s extra fun if it’s nerdy/on topic. looking for your favorite beautiful #biology (preferably molecular biology) illustration that you think would be fun to embroider. @lianafaye.bsky.social @aldertree.bsky.social @igrrrl.bsky.social
Well if I want to (re)start posting in places that are less-terrible, I guess now is as good a time to start as any. Work in progress, colors chosen by me. I’m a sucker for a gradient.
January 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well if I want to (re)start posting in places that are less-terrible, I guess now is as good a time to start as any. Work in progress, colors chosen by me. I’m a sucker for a gradient.
I’m at Nikki Luparelli’s “David Boobie” burlesque show. This year the show opener was the whole cast stripping down to American flag bikinis to the tune of “I’m afraid of Americans” and if that isn’t the mood for November I don’t know what is.
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 AM
I’m at Nikki Luparelli’s “David Boobie” burlesque show. This year the show opener was the whole cast stripping down to American flag bikinis to the tune of “I’m afraid of Americans” and if that isn’t the mood for November I don’t know what is.
Gosh what gender does the AI think a scientist is? @museumofscience.bsky.social I was disappointed.
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Gosh what gender does the AI think a scientist is? @museumofscience.bsky.social I was disappointed.
Orchestra dress is “black with autumn accents”. Turns out I don’t own any Autumn colored accessories so i took 20m and threw this together this morning. Pleased with how it came out.
November 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Orchestra dress is “black with autumn accents”. Turns out I don’t own any Autumn colored accessories so i took 20m and threw this together this morning. Pleased with how it came out.
First day it didn’t break 40 by the time I left for work, broke out the big puffy coat. Now it feels like November.
November 13, 2024 at 2:37 PM
First day it didn’t break 40 by the time I left for work, broke out the big puffy coat. Now it feels like November.
Oh right. And also: DON’T PANIC.
(Hitchhiker’s Guide themed 42nd birthday cake. Masala chai spiced cake, brown butter brown sugar frosting, whipped ganache filling. Cut the stencil on my plotter cutter and used culinary spray paint.)
(Hitchhiker’s Guide themed 42nd birthday cake. Masala chai spiced cake, brown butter brown sugar frosting, whipped ganache filling. Cut the stencil on my plotter cutter and used culinary spray paint.)
November 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Oh right. And also: DON’T PANIC.
(Hitchhiker’s Guide themed 42nd birthday cake. Masala chai spiced cake, brown butter brown sugar frosting, whipped ganache filling. Cut the stencil on my plotter cutter and used culinary spray paint.)
(Hitchhiker’s Guide themed 42nd birthday cake. Masala chai spiced cake, brown butter brown sugar frosting, whipped ganache filling. Cut the stencil on my plotter cutter and used culinary spray paint.)
Oh right there are people over here. Hi.
Chop wood, carry water, make art. Or at least keep your hands busy so you’re not doomscrolling.
Chop wood, carry water, make art. Or at least keep your hands busy so you’re not doomscrolling.
November 11, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Oh right there are people over here. Hi.
Chop wood, carry water, make art. Or at least keep your hands busy so you’re not doomscrolling.
Chop wood, carry water, make art. Or at least keep your hands busy so you’re not doomscrolling.
By HARVARD???
Good evening, the internet was a 41-year sociological study by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you.
March 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM
By HARVARD???
Happy new years! I made a fancy dress :)
January 1, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Happy new years! I made a fancy dress :)
Went to a holiday party and they gave us all geodes to crack! This fragment called out to become jewelry. The soldering job is obviously a complete botch but I’m still proud of a couple new techniques and the fact that it captured the feel I was going for when I first saw the stone.
December 29, 2023 at 12:21 AM
Went to a holiday party and they gave us all geodes to crack! This fragment called out to become jewelry. The soldering job is obviously a complete botch but I’m still proud of a couple new techniques and the fact that it captured the feel I was going for when I first saw the stone.
So far so not terrible? Definitely Learning Things about things i should have done with the lining seams when working with outside lace but…
December 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM
So far so not terrible? Definitely Learning Things about things i should have done with the lining seams when working with outside lace but…
This fabric is bullshit that should be left to professionals. But we’re trying it anyways.
December 27, 2023 at 2:26 AM
This fabric is bullshit that should be left to professionals. But we’re trying it anyways.
…. How did i end up the sort of person who is flat-felling all the seams on her blouse by hand and enjoying it? I love the fact that i am growing and changing but sometimes it’s also Very Weird.
November 27, 2023 at 9:33 PM
…. How did i end up the sort of person who is flat-felling all the seams on her blouse by hand and enjoying it? I love the fact that i am growing and changing but sometimes it’s also Very Weird.
It has been years since I’ve done chain mail, so it’s nice to have an excuse to come back to it for this commission. Stainless links from “weave got maille” and pattern from SpiderChain’s gallery.
November 19, 2023 at 12:08 AM
It has been years since I’ve done chain mail, so it’s nice to have an excuse to come back to it for this commission. Stainless links from “weave got maille” and pattern from SpiderChain’s gallery.
Work paid me to make SCIENCE ART for our networking event with OUTbio! I got to download organs from the Internet and print them in shiny candy colors on our Very Fancy Printer. I’m pretty pleased with how they came out.
November 17, 2023 at 3:23 AM
Work paid me to make SCIENCE ART for our networking event with OUTbio! I got to download organs from the Internet and print them in shiny candy colors on our Very Fancy Printer. I’m pretty pleased with how they came out.
Somehow it’s particularly funny to have the conductor say “what matters is you start at the right time and end in the right place, not what happens in between” when one is playing music based on Nietzsche. (Which the conductor also just compared to 50 shades of gray).
Also, fuck you Strauss.
Also, fuck you Strauss.
November 11, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Somehow it’s particularly funny to have the conductor say “what matters is you start at the right time and end in the right place, not what happens in between” when one is playing music based on Nietzsche. (Which the conductor also just compared to 50 shades of gray).
Also, fuck you Strauss.
Also, fuck you Strauss.
The six inches of hair i cut a couple weeks ago seems to be the difference between “manageably long” and “unmanagably long” for me. I love having longer hair than this, but i just discovered at this length i can trivially French braid it?? As well as wear it down more easily…
November 10, 2023 at 8:19 PM
The six inches of hair i cut a couple weeks ago seems to be the difference between “manageably long” and “unmanagably long” for me. I love having longer hair than this, but i just discovered at this length i can trivially French braid it?? As well as wear it down more easily…
Finished the Coatigan!
Love the pattern (once I figured out some missing/unclear bits in the instructions) but still not sold on this fabric. Maybe it will loosen up if i wash it a few more times? Also the silver is SO glam it feels like it’s clashing with the slouchy informality of the pattern.
Love the pattern (once I figured out some missing/unclear bits in the instructions) but still not sold on this fabric. Maybe it will loosen up if i wash it a few more times? Also the silver is SO glam it feels like it’s clashing with the slouchy informality of the pattern.
November 4, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Finished the Coatigan!
Love the pattern (once I figured out some missing/unclear bits in the instructions) but still not sold on this fabric. Maybe it will loosen up if i wash it a few more times? Also the silver is SO glam it feels like it’s clashing with the slouchy informality of the pattern.
Love the pattern (once I figured out some missing/unclear bits in the instructions) but still not sold on this fabric. Maybe it will loosen up if i wash it a few more times? Also the silver is SO glam it feels like it’s clashing with the slouchy informality of the pattern.