Sphinxfeather

I love costuming, textile arts, history (esp. fashion history) and nature. There will be many reblogs of pretty dresses: you have been warned.

[beemovieerotica]

[lostinhistory]

Wake up babe, new octopus just dropped

He's such a little guy!

[enchantedbook]

"St. Catherine of Siena besieged by demons" c. 1500 Unknown Artist

[memories-of-ancients]

St. Catherine seems very chill given the circumstances and those demons sure look pretty goofy considering they are minions of Satan.

[shattersaurus]

Hello everyone!

Last year I started designing a series of Coat of Arms, themed in the spirit of Pride Month and using different mythological creatures as heraldic animals. I now aim to turn these designs into wearable pins and will be running a Kickstarter in July to fund this endeavor! I have found a very trustworthy local manufacturer, who has already shown the quality of their craftsmanship with the first batch of test pins I received, just look at the detail they were able to produce!

Since I try to support local manufacturers, which produce pins with fair wages and are more ethical than outside of Europe, the pins are more expensive to create than through the usual pipeline via Asia.

I therefore seek to crowdfund the expenses since they would be more than I can afford. If you are interested and look forward to support this little endeavor, please follow the link below to sign up for a mailing list. People who signed up on the email list and pledged during the campaign will receive an exclusive sticker set by the end of a successful launch consisting of the following designs:

SIGN UP ON OUR PRELAUNCH WAITING LIST TO GET THESE LITTLE GUYS FOR FREE

Our Kickstarter Prelaunch Page:

Coming soon: Coat of Pride: The Mythological Pride Enamel Pin Collection!

A collection of Pride themed Coat of Arms Enamel Pins. Rally your friends, choose your crest and celebrate with PRIDE.

[oldpaintings]

Sleeping Beauty, 1864 by Bertha Froriep (German, 1833–1920)

[hanfugallery]

Chinese hanfu by 清欢纪

[toyastales]

René Lalique Serpent Pectoral Pendant designed around 1899.

[srlgemstone]

Fascinating!

[memories-of-ancients]

Triptych of Saint Mary Magdalene, Moszczenica Nizna, Poland, circa 1480

from The National Museum in Krakow

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

we gotta get back into revolving bookcases i'm begging

truly we allow the pinnacles of human achievement to wither and collapse into ashes in the wind

[fallenrocketman]

@irateteddybears these have got to be in your library someday. I'll build it myself if I have to. It gives you more book per shelf, more books in your nooks. Imagine the possibilities. Spinny book, first book to succumb to the centripetal forces is the one the universe chooses for you to read.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

re ehrc guidance. which is not legally binding.

[loki-zen]

I would like to see this go to an employment law case.. I can absolutely see the argument that in most roles it's kinda like sexual harassment to try to make you talk to customers about their genitals

[voroxpete]

This is excellent advice. Remember, you don't have to argue, you don't have to fight back, you don't have to refuse. You just have to get everything in writing. Make them actually put down in words the awful shit they are demanding you do.

[madebeliever]

Charles Robinson

[catsbeaversandducks]

Via @korvys​ (Twitter)

[cornistasiathecoblinking]

I’m glad humans evolved to Boop the Snoot for Good Luck.

[headspace-hotel]

glowing as though holy

[avonlea71]

Graduation photo of Lena Clare Pepper, Flint High School Class of 1895

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze scissors, Roman Anatolia, 2nd century AD

from The MET

[theinternetarchive]

wilk woman's cloak, uzbekistan, bukhara; c. 1800s.

[artnouveaustyle]

[talisman]

Georg Kleemann - Jugendstil bat pendant necklace. Made of Silver, gold, opal, enamel, moonstone, pearl, amethyst, lapis, turquoise, ruby & diamond. Circa 1900.

[flower-cute-posts]

I found the pin HERE

[bauctrian]

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