#astrofibres

[glitchcosmos]

1. Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe (credits: Tom Abel, Ralf Kaehler, KIPAC, SLAC, AMNH)

2. Hair from my comb

[shirleyceravolo]

My needle lace sample of an image from A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell, released from the support fabric.

[glitchcosmos]

just realized the Cosmic Microwave Background heat map & some opal cabochons look very similar <333

1. NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

2. eBay seller Australian Opal King

3. eBay seller elegant_gems_treasures

[glitchcosmos]

this is why I am and always will be a "vegan" leather hater. I loved this bag so much. now I am bringing it through a phase transition turning its decay into an artwork by extracting the flakes.

I quickly realized that this must be done in a container, with tweezers, at all times.

[glitchcosmos]

a while ago, I cut my hair and left the strands in between the pages of my sketchbook. while I carried it around in my bag, it dry felted itself into a form that mimics the M87 black hole image. now I am solidifying it by wet felting it into this form. I have been making black holes out of my wet felted hair for a while now, but haven’t had the opportunity to really hash out the why in writing. it will come. what I will say for now: it has been a very mundane side quest for the past two years, it all started in the shower, and Janna Levin’s book, Black Hole Survival Guide, helped me contextualize hair in this light. I view the universe as co-author in my work, and this is one of the instances where that is especially prominent. this is my first time wet felting my hair outside of the shower.

[shirleyceravolo]

Almost a year later, I have finally finished this needle lace sample. The image is from A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell.

[shirleyceravolo]

I’m slowly teaching myself how to make needle lace. When I saw the diagrams in A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell, I immediately wanted to try making them into lace.

This is a chaotic and unplanned sample-in-progress because I refuse to learn linearly and absolutely must do complex things right away. I am doing it skeleton style with no fill and I’m eager to see how it turns out.

[shirleyceravolo]

An ultra-deep field I made on an industrial embroidery machine, photographed on Polaroid. Retroreflective thread on reclaimed organza fabric, 2024.