the stars, moons, planets, black holes, comets, nebulae, galaxies, quasars, constellations…
text from my dad (2021) - my dad
“i’ll admit that my main problem with this is that i haven’t asked”
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双面三异绣 shuāng miàn sān yì xiù is a new genre of suzhou double-sided embroidery. It is done on both sides, but the patterns, stitches and colors are different, hence the name 双面三异绣( literally double-sided triple difference embroidery). It enables the viewer to appreciate the image of traditional chinese embroidery art with different patterns, stitches and colors on one embroidery.
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Embroidery is a high art form
Okay… but how does the fiber change colors? I’ve been doing needlework fo decades. I’ve never met any sort of embroidery floss that was a different color on the back than it was on the front. (Don’t throw variegated at me. You can see this shirt ain’t variegated.)
The stitches are smaller on one side! Ive done something similar by couching one thread with a different colored in a satin stitch worked in one direction. With silk threads being so thin, you could make long satin stitches with one color on side a, but you wouldn’t be able to see the very tiny stitches made on side b. Then you do the same thing vice versa with side b, giving you two different colors on each side
It could be more complicated, idk, I couldn’t really find tutorials for it, but that’s how I do my double sided embroideries. it doesn’t look as good but here’s how the couching method looks when it’s done!
Picture by @amiguruineapig
cancel your plans we’re thinking about the pale blue dot voyager pic tonight
this image of earth from saturn rattles around in my skull at all hours of the day
time to go sink some superyachts with your amazing hips!
[ID copied from Alt Text: Marker art of an orca with handwritten text reading "Thick hips sink ships" in all caps above her. The background has been edited to a light blue, and the artist's signature reads @ watercolourcritters. End ID.]
being trans & gender nonconforming is so hard. to Me my long nails are gender in a nosferatu way. to Me my long hair is gender in a metal dude way. to Me my height is gender in a columbo way. to the walmart cashier? to my coworkers, to aunt joan? to some guy at the store? i am some unkempt lady
& thats another thing about those mean-ass Trender Caricatures is like, yeah some trans people dont want to pass or are unable to pass or are closeted etc for various reasons & weve been through all those points time and time again but also like, something that looks traditionally gendered to you might have a different meaning to someone else. maybe you cant see it from where youre standing but that doesnt make it less important to them
