In the first week of July, I'll be building a temporary art pavilion in the hills of Wicklow at Knockree Hostel. It will be built from and dedicated to the plant known in Wicklow as furze (aka gorse, aiteann, whin and many other things).

There'll be a wekend of events including a walk-and-talk with an ecologist, a map workshop with a planning researcher, and some activities making charcoal and paint from the plant. Schedule coming soon.

#art #wicklow

More info: mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/…

#throwback to the first batch of clay figurines I ever made!
What animal should I make next? 👀

Also, a couple of them are still available: evanskyarts.com/en/collections…

#Art #Handmade #Artist #SmallBusiness #Clay #Animals #mastoArtist

On site for a first test build of a furze pavilion at Knockree Hostel, Wicklow for the #art project 'Furze: fuel fodder thatch tools toys' led by Mermaid Arts Centre.

I've been researching the history of furze (aka gorse, whin or aiteann) as a technology. I'll be using the plant to create an outdoor pavilion in July showing some of its uses historically and creating some contemporary uses.

This is a wattle fence made from the plant. I'm leaving the thorns on despite my skin's objections.

temptation of saint anthony 1

#unix_surealism #temptation_of_saint_anthony #art #fuck_computers #comic

Lara Paulussen - Coffee place

#art #illustration #gif #Paulussen #rain #pluie #café #coffee

larapaulussen.de/

Same, plant.
Same.

#Art #writing #life

Propaganda is getting worse, and we’re falling for it.

Art, Propaganda, Messaging & Cognitive Bias

#Art #FirehosePropaganda #CongnitiveBias #AI #AIArt #Meme #ABrushWithBekah

This weekend we had a collective work session for 'Another Infrastructure (AI)', an art project about the environmental and social impact of data centres in south Dublin.

Seven artists will build a community-run server and host artist led workshops and events over the next few months, opening conversations about topics including heat, disinformation, tokens, game systems, counter-maps and thneeds.

Including @dasha @yambunz and @aswemaysink

#art #environment #dataCentre

This July I will be building a temporary art pavilion in Wicklow, Ireland. It will celebrate the folk traditions and technologies of the plant known in the Irish language as aiteann (aka gorse/furze/whin).

I will be building the pavilion from the wood and thorny leaves of the plant. Aiteann was once used in thatch along with other materials like straw and willow. I have been learning the process from a thatcher named Anthony.

#art #craft #folklore #ireland

fishing hole (2023)

#illustration #cats #catsofMastodon #art #fantasy #anthro

I spent this evening painting gorse thorns with tempera paint made with the ashes of burned drawings of gorse bushes that were drawn in charcoal made from gorse branches.

Got that?

#art #aiteann #gorse

Anyone near #Dublin in Mid-April:

I'll be presenting at the SEED Knowledge Exchange, a free event about artists working with complex environmental data eventbrite.ie/e/sensory-experi…

The artists presenting are me, Cliona Harmey, Fiona McDonald, Adam Gibney and Cailean Finn.

#art #STEAM #TechArt #dataScience #ireland

“That is one good thing about this world ... there are always sure to be more springs.” — Lucy Maud Montgomery 🌱🌷🐇

This is the Rabbit from the Everyday Witch's Familiars Oracle illustrated by Elisabeth Alba, written by Deborah Blake, and published by Llewellyn Worldwide

Signed art prints and decks at albaillustration.etsy.com 🌼

#animals #bunny #spring #fediart #illustration #mastoart #art #artist

Timelapse of my painting "Capybara in Summer," part of my Four Seasons of Capybaras Collection!

#art #capybara #summer #sciart #painting

Let’s make it happen: a mental health project for Palestinian kids who were in occupation prisons!!!

I believe in us. We're so lucky that we can be a part of these mental health workshops and recovery kits! Read more and chip in: chuffed.org/project/hmg

@palestine
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Palestine #Therapy #Art #MentalHealth

A page from an unfinished project

#drawing #comics #WIP #art #mastoart #comic #draw #illustration #artist #indiecomic #artistsonmastodon #artwork

Shows etc. continuing this week+

#Art #ArtIreland #ArtNorthernIreland #Ireland #NorthernIreland #MastoDaoine

I have been awarded a one-year studio residency at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, where I'll be developing new work about the role of technology in rural places.

thedock.ie/artists/shane-finan…

#art #artNews #criticalTechnology

"Differences lead to diversity;
It exists within any given species;
it is just natural."

A beautiful message for this moment from the 2024 winner of the AAAS dance your PhD competition, WELI's 'Kangaroo Time' youtube.com/watch?v=RoSYO3fApE… #art #science

A little morning doodle 😌
I might turn it into a mini print 💕

#Art #doodle #Bird #illustration #DigitalArt #Procreate #drawing #Cute #MastoArt #FediArt #BirdsOfMastodon #Artist

Very close to being done!

#art #traditionalart #drawing #inkdrawing #castle #architecture #mastoart #creativetoots

Goblin

#goblinweek #drawing #artwork #art #mastoart #comic #characterdesign #ttropg #rpg #osr #bestiary #artist #illustration #draw #artistsonmastodon #sketch #illustrator

youtube.com/shorts/jnjo8rOUXwM

#Art #DigitalArt #Color #Colour #Design #Arts #Visual #VisualArt #Portrait #Landscape #Coloring #Colouring #HSV #image

Two days left to apply to be part of AMRO 2026 (Art Meets Radical Openness), a wonderful festival in Linz, Austria, that deepens thinking around critical technologies and art.

It is one of the best events I have attended, and only happens once every 2 years. This year's theme is 'Becoming Unreadable'.

radical-openness.org/en/amro26…

#art #OpenCall

The daily battle for survival is depicted through an umbrella seller in wild weather.
Old Man Struggling in the Wind, by Anselmo Guinea Ugalde, 1882

universalcompendium.com/gen_im…

#art #painting #work #weather