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As some of you may recall, it was this October that I decided to relaunch my website and try to give the pottery a go.

A month later, our postal service decided to strike. Things were going well till then, but today I accept the fact any holiday sales are lost, and we won't be getting our Christmas box from home.

If you can boost this post and follow so that more people can see my work, it'd mean a lot at this stressful time.

#art #pottery #raku #MastoArt #MastodonArt #ArtAdventCalendar

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Day 13: A Martian sunset.

My kid asked me to make him a stained glass piece. He's super into space, so I decided to make him a Martian sunset.

Did you know that Martian sunsets are blue?

#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #StainedGlass #LeadedGlass #MyWork #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

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I love seeing cacti decorated with holiday lights this time of year, here in Tucson, AZ! Here’s my art of a festively decorated Enlightened Saguaro. You can read about my process creating this art on my latest blog post paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/…

#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #blog #blogging #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #cactus #Saguaro #festive #holiday #lights #ChristmasLights

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Day 13 #ArtAdventCalendar: The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), literally the ‘vampire squid from hell’ is a small deep sea cephalopod found throughout temperate and tropical oceans with two long retractile filaments, located between the first two pairs of arms on its dorsal side, unlike either octopuses or squids. 🧵1/2

#cephalopod #linocut #sciart #mastoArt #printmaking #VampireSquid #squid

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Growth Vessel, watercolor on Clayboard, 2023 Inspired by images of xylem vessels in plants #ArtAdventCalendar

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It’s the season for the #catfish sweater - I designed it myself a few years ago and had it knitted ”on demand“ by a German sweater company. I have a few more fish and snake related designs I would like to put on clothes and various other items, I just need to get around to it - which sure isn‘t easy if you’re working full time #artadventcalendar #FishArt

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Last month my partner and I were thrilled to find this little clump of mushrooms in the woods because that's who we are as people.

There was just enough light left to take this photo, which I submit for day four of my #ArtAdventCalendar

(#Nikon F70, Nikkor, Ilford Delta 400)

#mushroommonday #filmphotography #believeinfilm #blackandwhite