The Art, the History, the Mystery

http://www.genevievegorrell.com

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Time for a new intro post! Thass me, gardener by day, artist by night, keepin' it real.

She/her, 47, queer, autistic, north west England.

I don't use AI, ever.

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Late Night Study #2

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I have been saying for decades - the universe is not behaving like a mechanical system running down towards a cold, inert, high entropy end state. It's behaving like a mind working on a problem. New work from Vopson and Lepadatu summarised here. See also anything by Rupert Sheldrake, and my own work here.

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Illustration - Natalie Kay Thatcher's Portfolio

Black and white pen drawings, colour prints and illustrations by Natalie Kay-Thatcher, a London based illustrator predominantly preoccupied

Awesome.

Myth & Lore

Official store of Myth & Lore Zine

Also awesome.

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My current journal, plus a folder I made for whatever magazines I am currently reading.

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Turns out I like electronic collage. So here, second attempt, bit more time and effort.

The blueprint-looking drawings are from the Sunlight Yearbook 1899; the candelabrum, goblet and vase are mine; thanks to the wonderful world of public domain images for the rest.

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This one in particular. It's sheer artistic genius. The awkward positions, the deadpan expressions...

"Quadrille of the future in a room overcharged with an escape of electricity." From "The Willing Servants - A history of electricity in the home by Anthony Byers"

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Warning to people who wear sham jewellery, if an unprotected wire happens to tough a necklet &c.; for instance, the above might possibly happen.

"Please ma'am, the man's called with the new storage force--will you have it in the cask or bottle?"

Jones thinks the light much too strong.

Master Harry takes Tommy to show him their new battery.

Quadrille of the future in a room overcharged with an escape of electricity.

Curious accident by the careless use of an electric pipe-lighter.

Portraits of gentlemen who have had the electric fluid in their houses for a few years.

The Christmas galvanic batter(y)-pudding, electric currents &c.

From "The Willing Servants - A history of electricity in the home by Anthony Byers"

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Working on a t-shirt design for when I go to the Weird Weekend North. Maybe will use my mothman design, like so.

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Sketch of Einstein that I did with a biro from a bust in the Walker gallery in Liverpool last year. Doodled around with it in Inkscape for fun.

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Literally all my Christmas presents this year are hand-made junk journals. I worked flat out for a month and a half.

Some good covers.

Mastered kettle stitch.

Some good pages.

Found some really awesome graphics in old books.

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Late Night Study #1

Original pen drawings scanned in, image completed in Inkscape. Nebula photo thanks to Daniel Cid on Pexels.com.

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Halloween Printable Art Digital Download Illustration for - Etsy UK

This Digital Prints item is sold by VanPreston. Ships from United States. Listed on 17 Oct, 2023

Stuck the skull still life on Etsy. Maybe people want to make cards or similar.

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Old telephone, yeah!