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Laurel

@radishforest.bsky.social

30-something artist, farmer, and all-around tired guy

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Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2w ago

Black cat mug!

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ginkgo cups! Really pleased with how these turned out. The little one just sold at a market on Friday.

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · last mo.

For a little while I was making these dudes (I called them sneefters), but they kept breaking or falling over in the kiln. Maybe sometime I'll try some more that are sitting like the strawberry & crying ones

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · last mo.

Grub mug, also from last year

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · last mo.

Velvet worm mug from last year!

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · last mo.

I've been severely neglecting this account (frankly don't love the twitter-like format but I do keep meaning to be better about posting art in various places), but I made a lot of art last year and I'll try to put it up. Best place to follow me is always tumblr, though: radishforest.tumblr.com

Chicory Street @chicorystart.net · 4mo ago

finally some new items (and some old items too!) in the shop at chicorystart.net #art #needlefelting #fiberart

Three tiny needle felted houses standing together. They each have one big eye and are staring directly at the viewer.

A needle felted flower creature sitting in a diamond-shaped house. Its single eye peeks out of the flower-shaped ledge on the front of the house.

Chicory Street @chicorystart.net · 8mo ago

I finally put the fortune houses up in the shop (chicorystart.net)! Handmade #needlefelt boxes containing a set of seven charm tickets with unique little drawings on each one. #art #sculpture

Three needle felted boxes shaped like houses. Each house is decorated in a specific theme: Sun, garden cottage, coral. Strewn around the houses are three ribbons of tickets. Each ticket has a unique drawing on it and a charm phrase like, "Lucky Day" or "ONE Prophetic dream."

A needle felted box shaped like a house and decorated in an ocean/coral theme. A ticket sticks out of a slot on the front of the house. The ticket says, "Hello!" and features a drawing of a treasure chest.

A needle felted box shaped like a house. It has a sun tiara and face on it with a single closed eye. There's a ticket sticking out of the house's mouth that says, "hello!"

A needle felted box shaped like a cottage that's covered in overgrown greenery. There's a ticket sticking out from a slot on the front of the house that says, "Hello!"

Chicory Street @chicorystart.net · 9mo ago

another test message. this is the second of three fortune teller houses #art #sculpture #needlefelting

Chicory Street @chicorystart.net · 10mo ago

There are some new houses and some old houses in the shop! chicorystart.net #art #fiberart #needlefelting #softsculpture

A set of six very small (roughly 2 inches tall) needle felted houses decorated in a variety of themes and colors

One medium-sized needle felted house decorated to look like it's being consumed by grass, mushrooms, and water.

Three medium-sized needle felted houses piled together.

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Look, I got the coolest commission!! I adore the creature!

Chicory Street@chicorystart.net · 12mo ago

[give a phrase get a house] #art commission for @radishforest.bsky.social !! Had a lot of fun trying out new brushes and styles here :) Give a phrase and get your own house todayyy! There are $15, $20, $30 options. The Commission Request Form: forms.gle/kLyJYza28Qfm...

Digital drawing of a glowing lion-like creature with a glass house for a head. Inside the glass house are glowing orbs. The creature is sitting outside of your window "looking" at you and waiting to be let in. Text below the image reads: "If you only listen with your ears, I can't get in."

Chicory Street @chicorystart.net · last yr.

in the shop! this design is available on various light and dark t-shirts. decorate your body with a picture of a creature decorating their body. chicorystart.bigcartel.com ! #artshop #art

A digital drawing of a small home. The only colors are black and a light purple. A beautiful giant tentacle monster reaches its arms out of the roof of the house. Some tentacles are reaching for stars, and one is holding a flower. Out of the front of the house, the monsters eyes look out. One eye seems to be reaching out with a shadow arm and making a flower grow in front of it. vertical text reads: My body my home. Horizontal text says: Chicory start with a smiley face.

The creature house design printed in the middle of a white t-shirt. It looks cool!

The creature house design printed in light purple ink on a black t-shirt. It looks pretty cool

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

Unicorn cup finished!!! I got so used to the pastel look of the purple underglaze while I was working on it that it looks weird to me now that it's dark, but I'm still pleased with it. #ceramics

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

I started off the new year by making extremely small ceramics. These are intended for part of a diorama I'm making for an art show in February...!

miniature cups and bowls on a piece of wood held in my hands

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

I don't have enough art (except for ceramics...) to do an art vs artist, but I do have this shitty photo of a shitty test print of a linocut I did earlier this year. Maybe next year I'll do a not-shitty print of it, wouldn't that be something

crooked photo of an imperfect print that says "evening botanist" around a clump of flowers, with a night sky background.

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you see this, post a unicorn you created. WIP ceramic cup with underglaze painting! Hard to photograph the whole thing, though, lol

painting of the front half of a unicorn on a ceramic cup

painting of the rear legs and tail of a unicorn on a ceramic cup

LH@truffke.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you see this post a unicorn you created (HOO BOY)

Chicory Street @chicorystart.net · 2y ago

i've had this account for so long but got caught up worrying about how to make a good introduction post... so rather than delay any further i'll just show the most recent thing i made #fiberart #needlefelting

a small needle felted house with tentacles bursting out of the roof. a single eye looks out of the front door. there's also a cat in the corner of the photo being nosey.

the same needle felted house seen from a different angle. another eye is peeking out of the back window. the tile and moss details of the roof are shown.

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

Also, here's a WIP that's been on the back burner for a while

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

Oh hey, I've barely posted here because I've been intimidated about starting fresh on a new site... How about an art thread?

A cat sitting like a person on a windowsill, sipping coffee and surrounded by coffee items.

A variety of fruits on a plain green background.

A scene of farm buildings and a stream in winter.

The characters Amal and TJ from E.K. Weaver's comic The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal. They are sitting on a rock by a river, with a railway bridge behind them.

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

this little guy was in progress for a long time (mostly sitting around, 3/4 of the way done...), so I finally buckled down and finished him. he's got toe beans! #needlefelting

needle felted orange cat in the palm of a hand, with fabric-covered table and snowy landscape in background.

needle felted orange cat on a fabric-covered table with snow and trees in background.

underside of needle felted orange cat in a hand, showing pink paw pads. fabric-covered table and snowy landscape in background.

Laurel @radishforest.bsky.social · 2y ago

I finally sucked it up and joined... I was resistant because I was not thrilled that it's just twitter re-skinned, but I've been missing seeing posts from various friends and artists who aren't on other sites.