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[enchantedbook]

'Girl in a magic Forest' by Sergei Lodygin, 1920s.

[razehider]

mining bees are known for mostly being present during spring, and the severely dry summers i often complain about only serve to make their strict seasonality even stricter, so this sleepy Andrena schencki on a rainy autumn evening was unexpected. they're certainly easier to photograph when sadly clinging to branches than when they're teleporting from flower to flower, at least

(November 1st, 2025)

[polkadotmotmot]

Lihao - The Acquisition of Power, 2025 - Oil on canvas

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

new piece on INFINITE GOSSIP. I HAVE LEFT YOU FOREVER. check it out

[aliceduke]

sunbather - digital painting

A few months ago I saw this female blackbird airing out her feathers on the hot patio, she was doing full rotations and looked really silly

[redlipstickresurrected]

Sun Woo aka 선우 aka Jade Haus (South Korean, b. 1994, Seoul, South Korea)Female Artists - The Vow, 2025, Paintings: Oil on Linen

[polkadotmotmot]

Jenny Kanzler - Doll Army, 2026 - Oil on panel

[aynsasnya]

adoooooptt https://toyhou.se/40466809.open-for-offers

[paintedhorses]

Hair Day

most carousel companies had their own individual style when it came to their horses manes but some shared common labels

today we’ll be talking about the different kinds of manes used on carousel horses

Windswept

also known as wind blown manes, carousel horse carvings were all about showing a horse in motion! this was the perfect mane to do the job

Peekaboo Mane

just as it sounds, this mane has a gap that you can look through!

peekaboo manes were an incredible flex in the carousel world, it proved that a company could carve thin pieces of wood without the risk of it snapping

Trojan Mane

also known as roached or chopped manes, this style of hair was given its name for its trojan-helmet resemblance

allan hershell is my personal favorite when it comes to trojan manes. sometimes they blend the trojan mane & peekaboo mane as seen in the first photo below

Side Swept

these manes bring a softer/elegant side in contrast to their energetic counterparts

it also brought great emphasis to the romance side, the side of a carousel horse that always faces the crowd

Flying Mane

similar to the windswept mane but with more volume and exaggeration

sometimes carvers such as parker would combine the peekaboo mane with the flying mane as shown below to the left

Top Knot

this mane is styled as if the bangs are floating or curled into a knot on top of the horses head, giving an energetic appearance

introduced in the 1920s, this style was used by the dentzel/muller company the most

remember that many carousel companies differ from eachother! some may share terms while others do not, thank you for reading!

[le-tas-d-art]

Green Town by Friedensreich Hundertwasser

[enchantedbook]

"There Sleeps Titania" by John Simmons, 1872

[throatoftheworld]

Encounter by Remedios Varo, 1959

[polkadotmotmot]

Annieo Klass - Daydream no. 5, 2025 - Oil on canvas

[weepingwidar]

Esther Sarto (Danish, 1992) - Long Winter (2021)

[cryptic-forge]

after i made my wooden doll, i was musing about what other unusual materials i might use for a bjd. my partner suggested paper, and also gave me access to their craft paper collection -> i made this.

she is almost entirely made of paper & cardboard. the joints are wooden beads & worbla, because i did figure out a way to make ball joints out of paper, but it really was not worth the effort. all her limbs have tubes of rolled-up cardboard in them to keep the structure sturdy, and the origami flowers are glued around those.

this is extremely different from any doll i've made before, and i had so much fun working with pretty papers & figuring out how to turn them into a poseable 3d object.

[iamwizzzzz]

[unehistoiredelart]

Kwame Akoto

[asoi00]