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canidfigures

☆ athenian vase of dog, 510-500 bce

havinghorns

Looking at some beautiful quilts by Michael James to cheer me up

katenepveu

Most of these appear to be from 1974-1983 per his website, but one's from 1989:

art and studio quilts by michael f. james

First row:

Aurora 1978 108" h x 96" w assorted fabrics; hand-sewn Collection, the International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Moonshadow 1979 100" h x 80" w assorted fabrics; hand-sewn

Private collection

Second row:

Double Cascade; Yang, Yin 1989 51" x 102" cotton & silk; machine-sewn

Collection, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC

Third row:

Rhythmetron 1980 68" h x 68" w cotton; hand- and machine-sewn

Private collection

Interweave 2 1982 68" h x 68" w cotton; machine-sewn

Private collection

Fourth row

Blue Undercurrents 1983 70.5" h x 69" w cotton; machine-sewn

Collection, the International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

His more recent work has moved into a more mixed-media collage direction; I particularly like this:

Lament on a wide expanse of plain 2014 25" h x 52.75" w; 32" h x 60" w framed constructed textile (machine stitched); cotton & reactive dyes, pigment Artist's collection

hyydraworks

When it’s time to take out the fine china 👌🐴

These guys will be in the 7/24 drop at 5 pm ET!

littlestpersimmon

Free Ornamentation VI. This work is dedicated to the public domain 🐇

heyheyrenay

Issue 62 of Intergalactic Mixtape is out, featuring:

a podcast about Sunshine by Robin McKinley!

an essay from The Lord of the Rings recaps by Abigail Nussbaum (she is one of many doing a re-read/analysis this year)

various book lists, including Book Riot's best science fiction of the 21st century (so far)

links to some of the things I saw this week, like the Stardew Valley crochet book? I would go into battle for Concerned Ape, truly.

art recs

ehyde

WIP Wednesday -- one copy of the book sewn together!

Also, I finally remembered to upload the model for the 3d printed parts of my sewing frame! You can use it to build a sewing frame with minimal woodworking.

baleful-meat-worm

apologies to anyone who followed me for tma. cow studies :) ❤️

heyheyrenay

Let's Get Literate! Mid-Year Reading Check In

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman: in a far-future, post-climate collapse New York City, a trans man discovers the complicated revolutionary past of his parents, or, Don't Let Billionaires Become Immortal

The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang: Ro, a non-human member of a hive culture, uses the language of another species to discover truths about them he never expected, or Bad Spy Adventures

Slow Gods by Claire North: Maw, an accidental immortal, struggles with interpersonal connections as the galactic community attempts to survive the consequences of an exploding star, or Immortality Not All It's Cracked Up To Be

Platform Decay by Martha Wells: Murderbot goes to rescue some critical hostages from the Corporation Rim...and also goes to therapy, or Being Annoyed by Humans on a Planetary Torus

The Faith of Beasts by James S.A. Corey: humanity begins finding ways to survive and build infrastructure needed to hopefully one day free themselves from their enslavers, or Don't Get Attached To Anyone Because These Giant Cockroaches Love Murder

heyheyrenay

Issue 61 of Intergalactic Mixtape is out, featuring:

excellent essays, plus one video essay that maybe rewired my brain?

reviews of other SFF titles going around

July book releases

lots of SFF short fiction recs

art recs from Bluesky

kafkasapartment

Rare figural lamp screen. Created by Tiffany Studios, c.1905.Leaded glass, gilt bronze

spicymochi

pick a tiny bird friend!

hyydraworks

Another Thursday another little throwback, this time for cows. Truly my cow designs hasn't changed terribly much other than reigning in those ears over the years 😅.