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Ye big ole jeans mending inspo post

Well darn, did the darning post explode in my face, lol. This post is in response to some of your comments.

1. It does not matter if your stitches are neat, nor does it matter if you sew by hand or by machine, or if you’re a beginner or a skilled embroiderer, you can go to town on your ripped jeans and have fun fixing them.

2. Darning eggs may be hard to find, but have you heard of darning mushrooms? They’re so cute! You can even get georgeous antique ones for fairly cheap on ebay or overpriced on etsy (I’m never gonna like this rip-off place, lol).

3. Fast fashion is such a scourge on the planet and violates human and labor rights, so I’m going to dedicate Mondays to posts about mending. 🌹 🌍 ❤️

A Pine Tree, 1905, Henri-Edmond Cross

‘LOVING VINCENT,’ an Animated Film Featuring 12 Oil Paintings per Second by Over 100 Painters

‘Loving Vincent’ will be the world’s first feature length painted animation, with every shot painted with oil paints on canvas, just as Van Gogh himself painted. Written & Directed by Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman, produced by Poland’s BreakThru Films & UK’s Trademark Films.  The film is scheduled for a 2017 release.

“Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who traveled from all across Europe to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production.”

“The film was first shot as a live action film with actors then hand-painted over frame-by-frame in oils. The final effect is an interaction of the performance of the actors playing Vincent’s famous portraits, and the performance of the painting animators, bringing these characters into the medium of paint.”

“Loving Vincent is an investigation delving into the life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh, one of the world’s most beloved painters, as told through his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them,”

Just reposting one of the best linocuts I’ve made, along with a process shot and some details.

Moon Jelly linocut

Rachel Newling (Australia)

Grey-Headed Flying Fox

Bryan Angus (b.1959) - Seatown. Linocut.