Bobbin

@bobbinhoode

She/Her. Bedhead connoisseur. Me: Arty, crafty, shill for the 'Take Your Vitamin D. You're In England' corporation. Don't tolerate T.R.A.S.H. Staunchly intersectional feminist. Chronically ill, disabled. Cat assisted. I make beautiful things. Slowly.

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Bobbin@bobbinhoode· 15d

What is it? It's beautiful, reminds me of a European Jay (which would be my pick for this) but with a kingfisher head.

Eurasian jay sitting on a branch.

https://arturrydzewski.com/eurasian-jay/

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· 21d

More tonal experimentation with a bit of inspiration from our Vess thanks to photographer Adam Rossi. Very much a work in progress, these are session 1&2. Derwent Chalk and charcoal pencils on cheap ass black paper. #WIP #Drawing #SleepToken #BlackandWhite

Drawing of Vessel's tense, extended supporting hand on the mic as he sings. High contrast.

End of session 2: more contrast, more detail, tightened up the shaping and proportions.

Drawing of Vessel's tense, extended supporting hand on the mic as he sings.

Very rough blocking of light and dark areas, proportions are still in flux. The hand looks almost abstract.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· 26d

PEOPLE NOW PUBLISHING MAGAZINES TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY FOR SLOP TIPS TO HELP TURN YOUR HOBBIES INTO SLOP. We used to be a real country/species/planet. *Shouts at clouds*

A magazine on a stand in a UK shop:

Title: "Embrace your hobbies with chat gpt"
Tag: "Explore, learn and grow with the help of AI"
Highlights and contents:
"Build knowledge and experience"
"Plan the perfect travel itinerary" (good luck not getting stranded with that one)
"132 pages of expert advice"
"Become a genius in the kitchen"
"Ace home repairs and projects"
And a couple of incomplete ones I can't see but they are about getting fit and mastering something.

Because nothing sells like a cure-all, right?

BUT.
THE BEST BIT.

It assures us at the bottom that it's written by humans, for humans. And is an independent publication.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jul 13

I just heard about Sam Neill 🥺 Searched his name to check and MSN news says he died aged 78 months! Anyway, rip to a cool guy who I had such a crush on from Jurassic Park I watched Event Horizon several times and it never stopped being the scariest film I've ever seen. I don't do actual horror.

Screenshot of msn news headline thumbnail that reads "Beloved Jurassic Park star Sam Neill dies aged 78 months after... Being declared"

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jul 12

Yup. And that bone density peaks around 30 in all genders. And pregnancy can affect calcium retention. And taking t before 30 will have the effect testosterone has. And ignored menopause. They've seen a pink and blue graph like this, know that estrogen matters, and *leaped* to Conclusions.

Graph showing male and female bone mass (skeletal calcium in grams) compared to one another across the lifespan (age in years).

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jul 7

Uh, I think he's finished. This one is rougher and more expressive but where I like the stillness of the last one, I like the movement in this. Now to resist endlessly 'finishing' it. It's good to leave room for improvement. Right? 😬 #SleepToken #Art #Drawing #ChalkCharcoal

Vessel of Sleep Token grimacing with his hand raised, in chalk and charcoal pencil.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jul 7

I'm on a roll... Sorry, as an artist, is this my Monochrome Era? I love the way ST use lighting and shadows to hide in plain sight, to emote anonymously and to perform with a surprisingly raw vulnerability. #Art #Drawing #SleepToken #WIP

Partially completed chalk and charcoal drawing of Vessel of the band Sleep Token from a photo reference.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jul 4

My bio says I make beautiful things slowly. Here's a beautiful thing I made this afternoon after many, many days of making nothing at all. Because I make things. Slowly. #Vessel #SleepToken #Charcoal #Chalk It might not be finished yet.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jun 30

So, I've heard that a big blackberry crop suggests a rough winter ahead... Likely just a story.. But, these are the heaviest heads of fruit I've seen on my garden brambles.

Unripe blackberries in my garden. There are thirteen just on this bit of this stalk.

Same angle but focused on the background showing many more stalks heavy with unripe blackberries.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jun 25

It's apparently somewhere around 36-38°C in Bristol from now until after 6pm. This is exceedingly unnatural. I am in shorts and a crop top, in front of my air con, trying to keep the indoor temps manageable for the Void. He has gone from Longboi to Sightly Curled Up so I think it's working?

My air con. It's ice cubes (bags of) in a tub in front of my lil usb fan. I'm swapping the bags of cubes out as they melt and have the freezer on fast freeze mode.

A slightly curled up Void Cat who is most miffed at being Kept Indoors today.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jun 17

Your last saved image is your current mental state:

A running gag bit. Often seen on polo ponies.

Hideous contraption that is used instead of training with honesty, integrity, feel, and actual empathy for the horse.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jun 14

I also ordered in food to give Matt a real day off today. In the notes I thanked them for helping me through bad days (I have a regular order I make when I can't fend for myself). They sent me sugar cookie stars and wrote 'made with love :-) x' on the box and I cried. Community. Even on just eat.

A photograph of three little handmade sugar cookie stars on a paper bag with 'surprise' written on it and a smiley face.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jun 10

I'm so grateful that I got to spend the day celebrating my mum's 70th birthday with her yesterday. We took a day boat out from Bath to Bradford on Avon together as a family and there's a big party coming this weekend too. I hope her 80th is as fun. And her 90th. And her 100th...

My brother popping a bottle of sparkling wine in a small pleasureboat with my mother and I seated either side of him.

My mother smiling and looking sideways with a cheeky glimmer in her eye on opening her Big Present from us all.

I love this photograph.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Jun 2

My new(el post) cat. Obviously he's not new, he's rather a fixture about these parts. But behold. Yoshi.

Yoshi, my cat. Sitting on the Newel post at the bottom of the stairs.

Various poses.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· May 31

Lots of ends to weave, but the lantern is complete. And I worked out my phone actually has useful camera-like settings re: exposure and such. 🧶 Pink merino with neon neps: 'Barbie Boy' from www.jamesmakesyarn.com Pale fluff (suri alpaca, silk, & mermaid stellina) from @pixieyarn.bsky.social

A pink crocheted lantern (upright cylinder style) with a leaf motif.

This way it is illuminated by a full string of LED fairy lights inside a section of bean bag stocking.

(It is hanging over an electric drum kit cymbal)

A pink crocheted lantern (upright cylinder style) with a leaf motif.

This way it is illuminated by a medium sized IKEA rechargeable lantern.

(It is hanging over an electric drum kit cymbal)

Close-up of the leaf motif and yarns with the lantern inside.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· May 23

On to row 8 of the Raya lantern by #LKcreativeness and I can't wait to see this with a light inside! I've already bought a rechargeable lamp from IKEA to give good glow at home or away! The yarns were chosen specifically for a certain person and I'm so excited to see it coming together. 🧶

A thick, fuzzy piece of crochet in bright pink and white fuzz which gives a slightly softer pink effect. The texture of the pattern which gives a leaf shape with a deep central section is beginning to become clear. There are four and a half staggered repeats of the leaf motif in the final piece.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· May 22

I took a risk on these. A base of vibrant pink with UV reactive neps, and a second string of a *beautiful* alpaca silk mix with a tasteful touch of holographic sparkle. This lantern should shine in any light! 🧶

Silk alpaca mix laceweight yarn skein looped around the backs of two chairs for balling.

A bright pink DK merino with neon Donegal neps wound into a cake.

The combined yarns being balled together into a delicious, frothy, haloed, pink confection scattered with a light touch of holographic sparkle and neon spots.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· May 19

Bijou little studio base with integrated workshop facilities. Um, spoilers? I guess? For some in game tech. #Subnautica2

A subnautica 2 base interior with a moon pool in the floor, a hatch on the far left wall and a nook with a bed and side table in the far right. There are various tech items visible. I love that you can expand the rooms like this!
Reaver behemoth statue is placed in the right hand wall and is spot lit from above 🥰

SPOILERY list of tech:

Bio generator on the right
Furthest corner has my respawn bed and next to it is noa.
By the left hatch is a resource scanner
The moonpool contains a Tadpole which is docked in a charging dock, and the pool has a vehicle fabricator along one side.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· May 6

I love it when my hair is freshly coloured! I've not had a single spoon spare in months but today! Today I found one.

A white woman's head and shoulders. Her hair has freshly dyed pink and turquoise sections.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· May 1

Welcoming a much needed weekend in with @mathewwehtam.bsky.social spinning up a little @pitchshifter.bsky.social and chatting music around the stereo. 🥰

A translucent green LP on a record player. The record is the UK version of Pitchshifter Live in Japan 1998 (released in 2022). The label features a black and white photograph of a giant dragonfly or mayfly looming over the rubble of an industrial looking landscape.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 26

Then I tried the pose from the side. Really NOT the point of using a reference I know but I was trying to get the anatomical positions of the chin down/chest up/shoulders back... And then it went Ghost Rider spirit warrior woman. #TrueRefDT012

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 26

I was sketching some prelim drawings of this month's TrueRef comp pose and then I got really angry and used up all my creativity for the pose in this messy Valkyrie/death angel/spirit of feminine vengeance thanks to the CNN assault academy article. #TrueRefDT012

Pencil on paper, sketchbook sketch:
An angry feminine figure, mostly naked, with large leathery wings framing her, sits cross-legged on the back of a masculine figure who is anonymous in a tasseled hood, He is on his hands and knees. She has her hands extended to her sides, her right hand is empty, her left holds a human skull.

There's text that says "Find the honour between THESE thighs. RAPIST." Many of the pencil marks are heavy and and harsh.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 21

Foodsky? Anyway. I'm feeling rough today but also woke up from the nap hungry and wanting to do something nice with the relatively fancy sliced bread I bought (it's M&S donchaknow). I think I'm winning. I remembered seasoning as well as condiments. Lots of veggies. The cuppa is right here too.

Sliced light wholemeal bread 'ploughman's' sandwich with seeded bagel thin crisps on the side. It looks tasty, fresh, and full of good textures.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 21

Because the yarn is a cord, it's virtually impossible to see individual stitches so this may well get abandoned by motif 6 but I actually like the pattern. I'm rather inspired by Buffy's bedspread but I've seen the pattern for it and the motifs are sewn together after and I'm not doing all that!

The really lovely bedspread featured in Buffy the vampire slayer. It is a two twisting notice, one is almost circular and the fillers are nearly square

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 21

Excuse my poor lighting, but after about six hours of detangling last night and today, I started on the 'Snow in Summer' bedspread from www.freevintagecrochet.com Nearly completed my first motif! 🧶

An almost completed octagonal crochet piece in the round that has circles at the centre and expands to petals or a soft star design. As I make these, they will join together in the outer round.

The piece is actually a dusty purple/aubergine but everything in the pic looks orange because of the low light.

A screenshot of the website page containing the pattern. It has blocks of text and a black and white photo showing the bedspread on a bed with a close up of an individual motif. It is not intended to be read, I would advise going to the website!

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 19

Inspired today to start re-working my first freehand mandala project. I didn't know what it was then, I just knew I wanted a lacy bedspread without a ton of repeats & I went for it. The middle is bumpy, the edges are frilly... So I'm frogging it all. I might use a vintage pattern, who knows? 🧶

A huge cone of a dusky aubergine yarn with white flecks is the backdrop for a pile of the same yarn crocheted into a large piece, crumpled in the foreground. The yarn is a kind of woven cord.

The piece laid out on my footstool. There are so many irregularities in spacing and the centre domes badly when not pulled and draped, so it's got to go...

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 19

Himb so pretty 🌸

My black cat Yoshi in the crook of a cherry tree. He is facing away from the camera and looking back over his shoulder, framed by soft pink cherry blossoms.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 17

I made something! I even *finished* it! After several million mistakes and losing yarn chicken with the pale pink two and a half rows from the end. It's also 10 stitches too big around because even triple counting can't beat dyscalculia! Those stitches cost me the yarn chicken! 😆 🧶

A dark pink cylindrical lantern featuring a crocheted leaf design is hanging from a bookshelf. It is stuffed to the gills with led fairy lights which are throwing a lovely warm light on the walls.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Apr 12

I dip out, I come back, I could never make a living from online engagement... I don't know how to think my thoughts in posts. But I will keep popping up. Here's a lantern I'm crocheting. 🧶

A heavily textured leaf-pattern crochet piece attached to an 18" hoop. It's currently around finger length and nearly two repeats of the offset pattern. I'm using two strands of cotton yarn that give a flamingo vibe. One is very saturated strong pink, the other is a softer baby pink. I'm hoping that with fairy lights inside it will give a warm, delicious glow. The leaves definitely in no way resemble any genitalia.

I might be lying about that.

A more distanced picture of the lantern described in the previous pic. My black cat Yoshi is judging my work from the floor behind the piece which is resting on a crochet-capped footstool.

Bobbin@bobbinhoode· Mar 25

Tonal study. And my ability to get covered in whatever medium I'm using even when it's PENCIL. 4b pencil and blending stick. #Art #Drawing