Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi
@specsowlart.bsky.social
🦉Oddball from Scotland
☠ Making weird/cute fings, mostly with found animal bones and wool
🏳️🌈 Also loves music, my lizard Pan, and being autistic
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☠ Making weird/cute fings, mostly with found animal bones and wool
🏳️🌈 Also loves music, my lizard Pan, and being autistic
linktr.ee/SpecsOwlArt
#Edinburgh friends, I will be in your city on Saturday, holding a stall at the market for the #ScottishPaganFedaration annual conference! The conference is 9.30-23.00, but the market finishes at 17.00. I'll be sharing a stall with the wonderful artist Rachel Mills.
The Pleasance, Edinburgh.
#pagan
The Pleasance, Edinburgh.
#pagan
October 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#Edinburgh friends, I will be in your city on Saturday, holding a stall at the market for the #ScottishPaganFedaration annual conference! The conference is 9.30-23.00, but the market finishes at 17.00. I'll be sharing a stall with the wonderful artist Rachel Mills.
The Pleasance, Edinburgh.
#pagan
The Pleasance, Edinburgh.
#pagan
Here is Wee Aliya with just some of Linda's pigs! Wooden pigs, glass pigs, ceramic pigs, stone pigs, you name it!
#pigs #pig #CuteAnimals #NeedleFelting #felting #cute #nadelfilzen #ScottishArtist #QueerArtist #AutisticArtist
#pigs #pig #CuteAnimals #NeedleFelting #felting #cute #nadelfilzen #ScottishArtist #QueerArtist #AutisticArtist
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here is Wee Aliya with just some of Linda's pigs! Wooden pigs, glass pigs, ceramic pigs, stone pigs, you name it!
#pigs #pig #CuteAnimals #NeedleFelting #felting #cute #nadelfilzen #ScottishArtist #QueerArtist #AutisticArtist
#pigs #pig #CuteAnimals #NeedleFelting #felting #cute #nadelfilzen #ScottishArtist #QueerArtist #AutisticArtist
More photos of Wee Aliya.
If you're wanting a felted pet or other animals to give for Christmas, get your requests in soon, as i tend to get snowed under with commissions in November and December!
#pigs #pets #cute #animals #NeedleFelting #ChristmasGifts #GiftIdeas #CuteAnimals #dogs #cats
If you're wanting a felted pet or other animals to give for Christmas, get your requests in soon, as i tend to get snowed under with commissions in November and December!
#pigs #pets #cute #animals #NeedleFelting #ChristmasGifts #GiftIdeas #CuteAnimals #dogs #cats
October 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
More photos of Wee Aliya.
If you're wanting a felted pet or other animals to give for Christmas, get your requests in soon, as i tend to get snowed under with commissions in November and December!
#pigs #pets #cute #animals #NeedleFelting #ChristmasGifts #GiftIdeas #CuteAnimals #dogs #cats
If you're wanting a felted pet or other animals to give for Christmas, get your requests in soon, as i tend to get snowed under with commissions in November and December!
#pigs #pets #cute #animals #NeedleFelting #ChristmasGifts #GiftIdeas #CuteAnimals #dogs #cats
When Linda (one half of Recordsville, and co-organiser of Pop At The Lock) asked me to make a piggy to add to her vast collection, how could I possibly refuse?
She named this feltie Wee Aliya, which is quite an honour!
#pig #animals #NeedleFelting #felting #CuteAnimals #ScottishArtist #pigs #cute
She named this feltie Wee Aliya, which is quite an honour!
#pig #animals #NeedleFelting #felting #CuteAnimals #ScottishArtist #pigs #cute
October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When Linda (one half of Recordsville, and co-organiser of Pop At The Lock) asked me to make a piggy to add to her vast collection, how could I possibly refuse?
She named this feltie Wee Aliya, which is quite an honour!
#pig #animals #NeedleFelting #felting #CuteAnimals #ScottishArtist #pigs #cute
She named this feltie Wee Aliya, which is quite an honour!
#pig #animals #NeedleFelting #felting #CuteAnimals #ScottishArtist #pigs #cute
September 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am a mole and I live in a hole!
Meet my wee Zombie Mole! A real #mole skull, with a felted body, coming out of a felted molehill!
It was very fiddley gluing aw the wee teefs back in exactly the right sockets!!
The skull is from a mole i found dead in Dumbarton #Scotland
#needleFelting #mammals
Meet my wee Zombie Mole! A real #mole skull, with a felted body, coming out of a felted molehill!
It was very fiddley gluing aw the wee teefs back in exactly the right sockets!!
The skull is from a mole i found dead in Dumbarton #Scotland
#needleFelting #mammals
September 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I am a mole and I live in a hole!
Meet my wee Zombie Mole! A real #mole skull, with a felted body, coming out of a felted molehill!
It was very fiddley gluing aw the wee teefs back in exactly the right sockets!!
The skull is from a mole i found dead in Dumbarton #Scotland
#needleFelting #mammals
Meet my wee Zombie Mole! A real #mole skull, with a felted body, coming out of a felted molehill!
It was very fiddley gluing aw the wee teefs back in exactly the right sockets!!
The skull is from a mole i found dead in Dumbarton #Scotland
#needleFelting #mammals
For context, this is the triptych I got the inspiration from.
September 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
For context, this is the triptych I got the inspiration from.
More photos of my wee felted Bosch critter
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
More photos of my wee felted Bosch critter
New Hieronymus Bosch demon! This jolly friend is playing a jaunty tune atop a haystack. This is from the Bosch painting The Haywain.
Let me know if youd like this wee weirdo
#HieronymusBosch #MedievalArt #WeirdMedievalArt #WeirdMedievalCreatures #WeirdArt #GothicArt #AutisticArtist #NeedleFelting
Let me know if youd like this wee weirdo
#HieronymusBosch #MedievalArt #WeirdMedievalArt #WeirdMedievalCreatures #WeirdArt #GothicArt #AutisticArtist #NeedleFelting
September 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New Hieronymus Bosch demon! This jolly friend is playing a jaunty tune atop a haystack. This is from the Bosch painting The Haywain.
Let me know if youd like this wee weirdo
#HieronymusBosch #MedievalArt #WeirdMedievalArt #WeirdMedievalCreatures #WeirdArt #GothicArt #AutisticArtist #NeedleFelting
Let me know if youd like this wee weirdo
#HieronymusBosch #MedievalArt #WeirdMedievalArt #WeirdMedievalCreatures #WeirdArt #GothicArt #AutisticArtist #NeedleFelting
More photos of it from different angles
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
More photos of it from different angles
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the sheep leaped over the bone.
This wee sheepy is jumping over a sheep humerus a friend found near Bannockburn.
I made it with curly Wensleydale locks 🤗
#NeedleFelting #sheep #CuteAnimals #animals #WeirdArt #BoneArt #nadelfilzen
This wee sheepy is jumping over a sheep humerus a friend found near Bannockburn.
I made it with curly Wensleydale locks 🤗
#NeedleFelting #sheep #CuteAnimals #animals #WeirdArt #BoneArt #nadelfilzen
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the sheep leaped over the bone.
This wee sheepy is jumping over a sheep humerus a friend found near Bannockburn.
I made it with curly Wensleydale locks 🤗
#NeedleFelting #sheep #CuteAnimals #animals #WeirdArt #BoneArt #nadelfilzen
This wee sheepy is jumping over a sheep humerus a friend found near Bannockburn.
I made it with curly Wensleydale locks 🤗
#NeedleFelting #sheep #CuteAnimals #animals #WeirdArt #BoneArt #nadelfilzen
More photos of these wee birbs.
Look how long the daddy's tail is compared to the mama. Male pheasants have such showy plumage, whereas the hens just blend into the nest so she isn't seen.
#birds #bird #birdwatching #pheasant #cute #CuteAnimals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishArtist
Look how long the daddy's tail is compared to the mama. Male pheasants have such showy plumage, whereas the hens just blend into the nest so she isn't seen.
#birds #bird #birdwatching #pheasant #cute #CuteAnimals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishArtist
August 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
More photos of these wee birbs.
Look how long the daddy's tail is compared to the mama. Male pheasants have such showy plumage, whereas the hens just blend into the nest so she isn't seen.
#birds #bird #birdwatching #pheasant #cute #CuteAnimals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishArtist
Look how long the daddy's tail is compared to the mama. Male pheasants have such showy plumage, whereas the hens just blend into the nest so she isn't seen.
#birds #bird #birdwatching #pheasant #cute #CuteAnimals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishArtist
Cute wee #pheasants on a #pheasant breastbone. I found the bone in South Ayrshire, summer 2021. The wee felties were very delicate to make. The male has shimmering gold and blue "feathers", and the female has cute speckles on her back and wings.
#NeedleFelting #animals #VultureCulture #birds
#NeedleFelting #animals #VultureCulture #birds
August 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Cute wee #pheasants on a #pheasant breastbone. I found the bone in South Ayrshire, summer 2021. The wee felties were very delicate to make. The male has shimmering gold and blue "feathers", and the female has cute speckles on her back and wings.
#NeedleFelting #animals #VultureCulture #birds
#NeedleFelting #animals #VultureCulture #birds
Teensy weensy #jackdaws on a #jackdaw breastbone! The bone is from a bird I found dead at Knowetop, #Dumbarton. It was awfy fiddly to make these wee tiddlers but I'm happy with how they turned out 🤗
#NeedleFelting #animals #birds #ScottishWildlife #ScottishBirds #UKbirdwatching #BritishBirds
#NeedleFelting #animals #birds #ScottishWildlife #ScottishBirds #UKbirdwatching #BritishBirds
August 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Teensy weensy #jackdaws on a #jackdaw breastbone! The bone is from a bird I found dead at Knowetop, #Dumbarton. It was awfy fiddly to make these wee tiddlers but I'm happy with how they turned out 🤗
#NeedleFelting #animals #birds #ScottishWildlife #ScottishBirds #UKbirdwatching #BritishBirds
#NeedleFelting #animals #birds #ScottishWildlife #ScottishBirds #UKbirdwatching #BritishBirds
Just a beautiful #PeacockButterfly I found at #Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve. Out in the rain, tryna warm up. I put them in a more sheltered bit so they could dry off.
#butterfly #butterflies #insects #animals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishNature #invertebrates
#butterfly #butterflies #insects #animals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishNature #invertebrates
August 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just a beautiful #PeacockButterfly I found at #Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve. Out in the rain, tryna warm up. I put them in a more sheltered bit so they could dry off.
#butterfly #butterflies #insects #animals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishNature #invertebrates
#butterfly #butterflies #insects #animals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishNature #invertebrates
August 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I've made some of these sheep wall hangings before, but this one has a twist - literally! I've made the sheep with curly Wensleydale locks. Herdwick, Hebridean, and Scottish blackface sheep all hanging from a sheep rib I found in Renfrewshire.
Let me know if you'd like it
#animals #NeedleFelting
Let me know if you'd like it
#animals #NeedleFelting
August 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've made some of these sheep wall hangings before, but this one has a twist - literally! I've made the sheep with curly Wensleydale locks. Herdwick, Hebridean, and Scottish blackface sheep all hanging from a sheep rib I found in Renfrewshire.
Let me know if you'd like it
#animals #NeedleFelting
Let me know if you'd like it
#animals #NeedleFelting
August 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
August 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
OH LAWD SHE COMIN
Of course, I HAD to make a felted version of the "mammoth sized marmot" of Internet fame, photographed by Taylor Borth in Kamloops, Canada.
I've named her Marmoti (moti is Urdu for fatty!)
What do you think? Let me know if you'd like to adopt her!
#animals #mammals #NeedleFelting
Of course, I HAD to make a felted version of the "mammoth sized marmot" of Internet fame, photographed by Taylor Borth in Kamloops, Canada.
I've named her Marmoti (moti is Urdu for fatty!)
What do you think? Let me know if you'd like to adopt her!
#animals #mammals #NeedleFelting
August 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
OH LAWD SHE COMIN
Of course, I HAD to make a felted version of the "mammoth sized marmot" of Internet fame, photographed by Taylor Borth in Kamloops, Canada.
I've named her Marmoti (moti is Urdu for fatty!)
What do you think? Let me know if you'd like to adopt her!
#animals #mammals #NeedleFelting
Of course, I HAD to make a felted version of the "mammoth sized marmot" of Internet fame, photographed by Taylor Borth in Kamloops, Canada.
I've named her Marmoti (moti is Urdu for fatty!)
What do you think? Let me know if you'd like to adopt her!
#animals #mammals #NeedleFelting
More photos showing the back and the size of it. Let me know if you want this wee frame.
#ScottishArtist #NatureArt #goth
#ScottishArtist #NatureArt #goth
August 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
More photos showing the back and the size of it. Let me know if you want this wee frame.
#ScottishArtist #NatureArt #goth
#ScottishArtist #NatureArt #goth
This took me so long to make because it made me so emotional. Moroccan uromastyx lizard tail skin. I painted the background many of the colours you can find on uros, in prime paint that dries like scales!
I got the specimen from a pet shop in Ayr
#Uromastyx #lizard #reptiles #WeirdArt #GothicArt
I got the specimen from a pet shop in Ayr
#Uromastyx #lizard #reptiles #WeirdArt #GothicArt
August 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This took me so long to make because it made me so emotional. Moroccan uromastyx lizard tail skin. I painted the background many of the colours you can find on uros, in prime paint that dries like scales!
I got the specimen from a pet shop in Ayr
#Uromastyx #lizard #reptiles #WeirdArt #GothicArt
I got the specimen from a pet shop in Ayr
#Uromastyx #lizard #reptiles #WeirdArt #GothicArt
This is not the exact haggis i gave him, but it's the first Soup Dragons haggis I made 🤗
#NeedleFelting #WeirdArt #cute
#NeedleFelting #WeirdArt #cute
August 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is not the exact haggis i gave him, but it's the first Soup Dragons haggis I made 🤗
#NeedleFelting #WeirdArt #cute
#NeedleFelting #WeirdArt #cute
Sushil Dade from The Soup Dragons gets his wee woolly haggis! I gave it to him at the Glad Cafe where his equally cool daughter Radhika was supporting Autocamper 😎
#ScottishPop #TheSoupDragons #ScottishMusic #BMXBandits #FuturePilotAKA #Radhika #scotland #IndiePop #JanglePop #c86
#ScottishPop #TheSoupDragons #ScottishMusic #BMXBandits #FuturePilotAKA #Radhika #scotland #IndiePop #JanglePop #c86
August 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sushil Dade from The Soup Dragons gets his wee woolly haggis! I gave it to him at the Glad Cafe where his equally cool daughter Radhika was supporting Autocamper 😎
#ScottishPop #TheSoupDragons #ScottishMusic #BMXBandits #FuturePilotAKA #Radhika #scotland #IndiePop #JanglePop #c86
#ScottishPop #TheSoupDragons #ScottishMusic #BMXBandits #FuturePilotAKA #Radhika #scotland #IndiePop #JanglePop #c86