WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel

@wobblygoose

Wobbly wanderings through worlds of wisdom. Chaplain✝️. TSSF, disabled ♿, ND, #spoonie, printmaker disability advocate,🌈 asexual biromantic, she/her

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WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· 13d

Meet Curlicewe, the needle felted sheep. She was made in an excellent and fun workshop at A Wing and a Bear in Durham

A very curly long wooled brown and white needle felted sheep facing the camera. She is perched on red patterned trousers on a station platform

Side view of a curly long wooled brown and white needle felted sheep

Side view of curly long wooled brown and white needle felted sheep

Curly long wooled needle felted sheep flanked by a buff plush elephant and a pale pink/purple plush hippo with a plush bear on her back

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· 16d

This collection of elephants approves both #WorldElephantDay and Elephant and Double Elephant books

A collection of plush elephants: on the left at the back a grey saggy one. In the middle, a blue one sitting up. To the right two tiny similar grey ones. At the front , a buff brown one lies prone. Quintuple elephant if you like!

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· 26d

There's still time to book for the panel discussion of my Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition @Leicester Cathedral tomorrow Monday 3rd August from 6.30pm. In discussion with the wonderful Hannah Lewis, Tim Rourke and David Harknett. Do come! Booking at: leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s...

a lino print of Christ signing 'I Love you' in American Sign Language

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· 28d

Have fun learning lino print with me Wednesday 5th August 10.30am - 1.30pm Leicester Cathedral Create your own art to take home All materials and refreshments provided All welcome, no experience required Book at leicestercathedral.org/exhibition-s...

Lino print image in dark blue ink showing Jesus sitting in an electric wheelchair and using a ventilator which is mounted on the back of the chair

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Jul 20

Want a copy of my Disabled Christ images? Leicester Cathedral have postcards available in their shop for the duration of the exhibition. If you can't get to Leicester and/or would like an original lino print, you can purchase prints and postcards through my website: www.wobblygoose.com

Display of lino print postcards in Leicester Cathedral Shop

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Oct 22

Disability flare resting companions

A black and white cat asleep on a bed next to a brown teddy bear. The duvet is white patterned with grey sloths

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Aug 5

People enjoying looking at, and interacting with my exhibition in @newcastlecathedral today. You can visit for free whenever the Cathedral is open until 27th August Or online www.wobblygoose.com #SeekingDisabledChrist

Four people looking at an exhibition mounted on white exhibition boards

A person standing with their back to the camera feeling a tactile image mounted on the wall in front of them next to the identical printed image. The person is wearing short sleeves and carrying a red drawstring backpack

Two people looking at the exhibition. One is looking at the wall panels, the other is looking at the objects in a case

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Aug 2

It would be great to see people at a networking lunch & quiet afternoon for disabled, neurodivergent and those with lived experience of mental health conditions near Newcastle. Saturday 16th August 1-4 pm Newcastle Cathedral Cafe, then nave Message or email me to book and for access requirements.

Lino print of Christ signing 'I love you' in American Sign Language

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Aug 2

Come to the Launch and Celebration of 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition This time next week: Saturday 9th August 2-4 pm Book using this link: newcastlecathedral.org.uk/event/seekin... Come to meet me, hear about and celebrate the exhibition with drinks and nibbles.

A lino print of Jesus sitting in a powered wheelchair using a ventilator

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Jul 30

Postcards and prints are available! Postcards from @newcastlecathedral and online Original prints available online via my website www.wobblygoose.com Sadly it isn't possible to ship to the EU at present due to the new regulations

An array of postcards featuring lino print images of Disabled Christ fanned out on a wooden bench

a lino print of Blind Christ leading a sighted disciple through the fog, printed in dark blue ink on white paper

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Jul 30

Seeking the Disabled Christ Exhibition Open today until 27th August Free, @newcastlecathedral And online, www.wobblygoose.com Tactile, large print, dyslexia friendly and braille available onsite. Videos with captions available online. All welcome #SeekingDisabledChrist

The introductory panel for 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition on a white display wall. There is a black notice directing people to the cathedral crypt on a stand in front

Two lino prints: wheelchair Christ and Ventilator Christ, along with a tactile version of Ventilator Christ on an exhibition wall

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Jul 29

Exhibition installed! 'Seeking the Disabled Christ' Exhibition Free, @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social 30th July -27th August All Welcome

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Jun 24

It feels like a particularly pertinent time to receive this book, when it feels like disabled people are in the midst of a fight for life, dignity, access and justice. Thank you @rachelcdailey.bsky.social #TakingThePIP

A book with a green cover titled Ramping up rights: an unfinished history of disability activism by Rachel Charlton-Dailey

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Apr 20

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Happy Easter everyone!

An Easter garden containing a small stone tomb with the stone rolled away and various coloured flowering plants in front of three crosses against a pebbledash church wall

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Mar 15

@curiouswilds.bsky.social you're mentioned in the book I'm currently reading, although she misspells your name! Wild City by Florence Wilkinson

A page of text in a book talking about pavement chalking about plants by 'Rachel Summer' (sic) in the 2020 lockdown

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Dec 25

This lay person is bringing tea to #ClergyMaltClub post midnight Mass. Happy Christmas everyone! #CofEPeeps

A hand holding a large mug of tea which is decorated with coloured dots in a random pattern. There's a Christmas tree lit with white lights in the background.

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Dec 11

Today involved great company, a ferry, sculptures, beach and tea

View from the bow of the Tyne ferry showing the bow of the boat with a block, tackle and rope. There is the North Shields shoreline in the background against a grey sky

Statues of people with curved bases, like the wobbly toys that always return upright, in groups in a sandy paved area with some dunes on the right and a grey sky. each statue is wearing a colorful knitted hat and scarf

A white woman wearing a teal hat and blue coat with a red cross body bag standing in front of some beachside railings holding onto a plush hippo and elephant. Behind her is a sandy beach and a calm bay

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Dec 11

'Driving' the Newcastle Metro

View through the front window of a light rail carriage of railway tracks with a green metal and red brick bridge against a grey sky

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Nov 14

It would. Mother Clara currently providing unconditional positive regard here

A cream coloured ready bear wearing a black jumper with clerical collar and a flame and dove motif sitting on a bed. She has a distinct head tilt

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Nov 10

Cassie says hello to her fellow clergy cat

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Nov 7

My default state is F

A section of the nautical flag code from d to h, including F: I am disabled. Communicate with me

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Apr 5

@girlinthe.bsky.social we spent most of today in Chester on our way to Llandudno. I thought you would like this manicure from a cafe cum letterpress print shop we visited

A printer's wooden type chest on top of which sits a case of type, a framed sign saying not to touch the type and a large letterpress type manicule

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Oct 13

Learning storytelling and deep talk with OutoftheBox stories. My resources have recently arrived. They are so tactile

A pile of coloured pieces of felt on a round rattan basket lid. There are blue squiggles, yellow circles, orange semicircles, red raindrops, green leaves, grey clouds/rocks, brown rectangles and small light blue circles

A rattan basket containing various cloth baskets and bags

A small Hessian basket containing wooden figures with a few wooden figures in different poses and some rainbow coloured felt circles on a large cream fabric circle

A variety of wooden figures in various poses including sitting, standing and wheelchair using people, a donkey and an animal

WobblyGoose/Dr Rachel@wobblygoose· Oct 11

#ProofOfCat This is Cassie