Clover Makes Things

I do a lot of different crafts and draw and fix stuff and do science / any pronouns / 29

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I made a zine to remind my colleagues how to not break a very expensive and temperamental machine I look after

There are apparently only 3 of these in Australia so you probably won’t find this helpful but who knows

[pansylair]

▫️ “The Dearest Devotion ” ▫️

(air, land, sea)- to self, your loves, and community, on our ever so small yet vast planet.

(cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze) ceramic wall tiles made from my gay and trans perspective :)

extras: The albatrosses stem from the broad number of female same-sex lifelong couples. The bucks and whales stem from documented homosexual behaviour of the species. A kobudai is also featured in the third tile changing sex from female to male.

[everydaylouie]

Church of Whale Fall

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I tried to make one of those fuzzy animal type art dolls, has turned out very floofy

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I made a pretty okay tiny waffle plate though

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I tried to make a miniature kitsune udon but the resin went wild and now it is very haunting

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I am making the 2nd edition of my zine that will not die - Nature is Queer as Fuck

It’s about how biology is actually super weird and queer and the ways nature can inspire the lbgtqia+ community 🌈

The 1st version is over 3 years old but it still sells at like every market so giving it some new art and 9 new critters ‘cause it deserves some love for it’s Sydney debut/Mardi Gras season

Here is some redone art (text not finished) and look at one of the new pages!

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Casually browsing SBS (one of Australia’s public broadcasters) and saw this extremely bad looking movie, being a person of taste, I clicked through

Why is rated MA15+? Is it a parody thing?

Oh no

Oh no, the uploaded film is not-quite-porno of the same name

[hleamii]

This was my greatest triumph in my cursed food dice making phase. I made these about three ish years ago and posted them to Reddit at the time, but now that I'm back on Tumblr I wanted to share them again here! They're made out of UV resin for the sauce and polymer clay for the beans. ^^

[amylouioc]

Father and Son, Lugh & Cú Chulainn || Justice & Strength

[amylouioc]

Just because I got a reply to this post and I haven’t addressed it on tumblr, this is a PSA that I have no time for anyone that promotes racist ideologies when it comes to both my art as well as the broader subject of Irish mythology and folklore. Much like Norse mythology, interest and promotion of Celtic mythology has oftentimes been used as a conduit for racism. This must be tackled head on with upmost severity.

I enjoy creating diverse characters when drawing. The subject matter of Irish mythology and folklore does not and should not limit this because it is fictional, there is no canon interpretation of any story and character and, if you want to be extra pedantic, the Tuatha Dé, Fomorians and Fir Bolgs are different races in themselves, so any assumption that they should abide by a small-minded (and racist) interpretation of how Irish people should look is already null.

My interpretation of Lugh is inspired by how he’s described in “Mór ar bhfearg riot, ri Saxan”, taking the description in the literal sense. But regardless, however I choose to draw him is my business and mine alone and if you disagree, then you need to take a long hard look at yourself and realise that whatever way you gloss it over, you are being racist.

[amylouioc]

Reblogging the above sentiment once more in consideration of last week's events in Dublin. The majority of the country have stuck their heads in the sand for years with regards to the ever-increasing far right in Ireland. We cannot allow fascists and racists to win. If you engage with my art and harbour small-minded and racist ideals of what is and isn't "Irish", I will block you on sight.

[clover-hunter]

I have not had much art energy as my PhD is unending and I work full time but I did make a cosplay and go to a comic con for the first time in like ten years

[cuties-in-codices]

strangely shaped roots

in a book of medicinal plants, bavaria, c. 1520-1530

source: Munich, BSB, Cod.icon. 26, fol. 18v, 15v, 46v and 60v

[clover-hunter]

The winged ox of St Luke, patron of artists and physicians

I love thinking about how saints often also incorporate older stories and traditions, a little bit of insight into some lost mythology. Winged bulls and cows appear in other, older mythology about creation and healing and most explanations of why it is st Luke’s symbol are a pretty big stretch imho…

There is a lot of debate but St Luke probably had nothing to do with art in his life (he was probably a doctor of some sort) but there is still something that ties science and art together and makes it make sense that the same person should look after both of them.

[amylouioc]

Finished my very stupid Cú Chulainn zine!

Full version + printable pdf available on my Patreon for now! Will eventually make it public but idk when

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What is this, a crossover episode?