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elodieunderglass
chainsawyou

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trying to observe beautiful nature but all I can think of is how many cups and spoons this tree can give me

elodieunderglass

Many green woodcarvers (spoon carvers) scamp and forage fallen wood rather than cutting living trees down. It is possible to steal more fallen trees in a month than you can carve in a year. So only scope the trees that are rotated 90• (of this image). No spoons and bowls in vertical trees. Only horizontal

moon-pepper
headspace-hotel

everyone who lives in the bluegrass region of kentucky PLS take detailed photos of clovers and asters and basically all the little plants that you see ESPECIALLY in areas that are open and meadow or prairie like DOUBLE ESPECIALLY in sinkholes or rocky areas without much soil and stony hilltops and areas that have been grazed by cows but not very heavily. This place was a very unique ecosystem and I just know there are super-rare endemic species still hanging out somewhere.

in 2013 we found the kentucky clover which is a rare clover only found in the bluegrass region of kentucky. i just Know there are more rare plants

headspace-hotel

I mean actually people everywhere should do this, because it is so stupidly easy to accidentally find something super rare. We have discovered new species in places like "the side of the road" or "the edge of a parking lot" because nobody thought it was worth looking there.

headspace-hotel

every place is unique and biodiverse and important, not just a rare untouched jungle on the other side of the world

And some very evil individuals make a lot of profit off the fact that people think the place they live is "already destroyed of biodiversity" and "boring" and only "used to be" valuable.

Corporations that want to cut down forests and destroy wetlands and obliterate prairies like it when nobody thinks their home is valuable enough to fight for. When everybody thinks the "untouched pristine wilderness" is all that matters, corporations can destroy all they want, because everywhere's been touched.

moon-pepper

The other day my partner sent me a picture of a beetle that latched onto their shirt while they were outside in a parking lot and I looked it up to see what it was and went "…babe that's an endangered species so obscure I can literally only find one .pdf file of information about it". It's stunning how easy it is to find incredibly rare things in nature if you look

draconym
draconym

Gonna need to come up with a name for this (future) puppet soon.

draconym

Today I added foam:

gif of a bird head puppet opening its beak. it's made of green foam on a plastic mesh frame.ALT
draconym

bird puppet head all wrapped in masking tapeALT

Time to pattern out Gerald's head fabric. Wish me luck!

draconym

Now with skin!

Gerald the terror bird puppet. He now has patchy pink fuzzy fabric for skin, but still no beak or eyes.ALT
draconym

Pleased with how his eyes turned out. There are some bubbles in them because I was rushing when casting the resin but other than that, they worked exactly as I'd hoped.

Gerald the bird puppet, with a hand holding a big green resin eye up to his fuzzy pink face.ALT
green resin eyes with wires sticking out the sidesALT
same eyes viewed from the back, on the side they've been paintedALT

The wires will help fasten them to the plastic canvas underneath. Then I'll be able to sculpt the beak and eyelids around them. The follow-you effect looks great so far.