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Beetles from French artist E. A. Séguy's "Insectes" portfolio of pochoir prints, published in 1929. Pochoir is a labor intensive process where each color is applied through a stencil. Séguy's prints require many different layers.
Milwaukee Public Library 🪲.
#pochoir #insectart
Milwaukee Public Library 🪲.
#pochoir #insectart
June 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Beetles from French artist E. A. Séguy's "Insectes" portfolio of pochoir prints, published in 1929. Pochoir is a labor intensive process where each color is applied through a stencil. Séguy's prints require many different layers.
Milwaukee Public Library 🪲.
#pochoir #insectart
Milwaukee Public Library 🪲.
#pochoir #insectart
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Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
December 11, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
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I need authors to stop writing things like “she brushed her thick curly hair” & “she pulled a comb through her curls,” because no she didn’t. Unless the next sentence is “and it frizzed up like backcombed poodle,” she did not do that. This is not how curly hair works, so stop it. #NicheGripe
July 20, 2024 at 8:16 AM
I need authors to stop writing things like “she brushed her thick curly hair” & “she pulled a comb through her curls,” because no she didn’t. Unless the next sentence is “and it frizzed up like backcombed poodle,” she did not do that. This is not how curly hair works, so stop it. #NicheGripe
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Streptocarpus caulescens var. pallescens. No idea why caulescent streptocarpus aren't more popular.
November 17, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Streptocarpus caulescens var. pallescens. No idea why caulescent streptocarpus aren't more popular.
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Have added my name to a couple of open letters calling for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow humanitarian aid to enter unhindered.
Links here for other artists and writers who would like to sign:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Links here for other artists and writers who would like to sign:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Artists for Palestine UK: Gaza, October 2023
OPEN LETTER - TO BE SIGNED BY ARTISTS AND CULTURAL WORKERS ONLY, THANK YOU.
We are witnessing a crime and a catastrophe. Israel has reduced much of Gaza to rubble, and cut off the supply of water, pow...
docs.google.com
October 20, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Have added my name to a couple of open letters calling for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow humanitarian aid to enter unhindered.
Links here for other artists and writers who would like to sign:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Links here for other artists and writers who would like to sign:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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AND HERE IT IS!!
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
October 11, 2023 at 5:51 AM
AND HERE IT IS!!
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!
Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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Kohleria HCY's Jardin de Monet. Probably a lot of k. Warszewiczii in this one. Incredibly velvety leaves.
October 2, 2023 at 6:40 PM
Kohleria HCY's Jardin de Monet. Probably a lot of k. Warszewiczii in this one. Incredibly velvety leaves.
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I’m a textile artist and lately I’ve been making giant crochet bug sculptures!
September 29, 2023 at 3:57 AM
I’m a textile artist and lately I’ve been making giant crochet bug sculptures!
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A more typical 'gloxinia', in this case Sinningia speciosa hybrid 'Kaiser Wilhelm'
September 27, 2023 at 6:47 AM
A more typical 'gloxinia', in this case Sinningia speciosa hybrid 'Kaiser Wilhelm'
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Gloxinia erinioides; not typically what is thought of when people hear the name. Rhizomatous, slightly sensitive to overwatering 🌱
September 26, 2023 at 6:57 AM
Gloxinia erinioides; not typically what is thought of when people hear the name. Rhizomatous, slightly sensitive to overwatering 🌱
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Aeschynanthus speciosus, with a full crown of flowers 🌱
September 24, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Aeschynanthus speciosus, with a full crown of flowers 🌱
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Codonanthe gracilis, grown from plug and suspended in west facing window.
September 20, 2023 at 10:54 AM
Codonanthe gracilis, grown from plug and suspended in west facing window.
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Seemannia nematanthioides 'evita'. Puchased as rhizomes from ebay, so please verify ID. This cultivar produces a lot of stringy propagules
September 19, 2023 at 7:43 AM
Seemannia nematanthioides 'evita'. Puchased as rhizomes from ebay, so please verify ID. This cultivar produces a lot of stringy propagules
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Achimenes erecta 'tiny red' from seed. These went dormant earlier tis week due to irregular watering, so I've now collected the rhizomes for next season.
September 18, 2023 at 8:04 AM
Achimenes erecta 'tiny red' from seed. These went dormant earlier tis week due to irregular watering, so I've now collected the rhizomes for next season.
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Streptocarpus (saintpaulia sect.) Hybrid 'Pixie Blue', growing in an open-topped terrarium. This variety is easy to reproduce from leaf cuttings and seems resistant to fungal diseases.
September 14, 2023 at 8:37 AM
Streptocarpus (saintpaulia sect.) Hybrid 'Pixie Blue', growing in an open-topped terrarium. This variety is easy to reproduce from leaf cuttings and seems resistant to fungal diseases.
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Streptocarpus johannis 'Falling Stars'. An eady an floriferous variety
September 13, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Streptocarpus johannis 'Falling Stars'. An eady an floriferous variety
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UNID caulescent streptocarpus, possibly Ohio's Blue Skies.
September 12, 2023 at 1:16 PM
UNID caulescent streptocarpus, possibly Ohio's Blue Skies.
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Unidentified Primulina species or hybrid, possibly P.dryas
September 12, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Unidentified Primulina species or hybrid, possibly P.dryas
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Unidentified Episcia hybrid growing in a pasta jar, sealed with clingfilm. Any ID help welcomed...I suspect Pink Panther
September 10, 2023 at 8:37 PM
Unidentified Episcia hybrid growing in a pasta jar, sealed with clingfilm. Any ID help welcomed...I suspect Pink Panther
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Second flowering of Aeschynanthus 'Hot Flash' vs current flowering.
September 11, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Second flowering of Aeschynanthus 'Hot Flash' vs current flowering.
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Codonanthe gracilis in a west facing window
September 10, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Codonanthe gracilis in a west facing window
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Streptocarpus 'Crystal Ice', an all-year flowering hybrid with thick, strappy leaves containing S. kentaniensis heritage
September 8, 2023 at 12:08 PM
Streptocarpus 'Crystal Ice', an all-year flowering hybrid with thick, strappy leaves containing S. kentaniensis heritage