Erin M Speckley

Here's the whole, finished piece! "Fire King", on display at The Los Angeles Makery from April 2nd to May 24th for their Fantastical World of Wearable Art show. 1/

Man. I'm STILL mad about DMC.

Is it just me, or does anyone else see the adipose aliens from Doctor Who anytime they see an ad for Meta's Muse?

Terrible news for my wallet, but it looks like DMC - the least expensive and most accessible embroidery floss brand - has partnered with the Harry Potter franchise 😠 There's no way I'm supporting that anti-trans shit, even if it means spending more on materials for my art practice

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

That doesn't mean HOPECORE OPTIMIST MANIFESTING is the way to be, either, of course. That shit is just as draining. Just Fucking be aware that we live in an imperfect, difficult world but it is one that can be bettered and changed with effort and solidarity. That's it.

Oh my goodness, a mudlark on the Thames has found a HUGE cache of Doves Type!! "Several of the letters have never been found before, including the combined letters ‘fk’ and ‘ct’ which are very rare." Here's his post on Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DevvGHjjlv...

𝔐𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔏𝔞𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔰 ❀⊱┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄⊰❀ ℑ’𝔪 𝔒𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢! ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 3 𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔰, 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔪, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔬𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔧𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔱. ℑ’𝔪 𝔞 𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔨 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔪𝔶 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔞𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔬𝔯 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔴-𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔰. ❀⊱┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄⊰❀ 𖤓 fybe.art/seller/latra... 𖤓

The Sewing Do Museum has opened in Avondale with 100 sewing machines through the ages. buff.ly/wdLpLsm

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Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first.

I saw two clowns today while out and about. Their make-up was really good and I can only describe their opposing looks as "that one meme with the goth and girly femme houses"

...oh. I'd been too preoccupied in the moments I've had to do this to realize what I've missed out on, until reading this. 😬 Fuck.

Here's an updated look at why im still pushing for help with transportation & medical costs. Great news is doctors are suddenly concerned for my very failing health :'D bad news is im still scrambling to get help w/ coverage for transport & lyft/uber is $25-30 per ride. More info in reply

Another goal of the covid conscious lesbian bar hit piece is to make disease mitigations a basis for mockery and social ostracization So that when the next plague/mass disabling event happens (and more are coming), the "surplus" population will die off that much faster and quieter

“It’s not pervert glasses, it’s a tiny fuzzy pervert you wear around your neck because you trapped him in a tiny pervert cage. It’s not weird. He likes the cage, if you know what I mean. Now come over here and let him have a good look at you.”

I've figured out color change on filet crochet, at the cost of giving myself a million bits of yarn to weave in. 💀🪦

SONDER is just such a lovely comic. Read it if you haven't already!

Slug slug slug #FiberArt #MixedMedia #Art

I've been working towards vegetarianism and ultimately (hopefully) veganism and I'm starting to get conspiracy theory "food is poison" type videos on IG and it's *pissing me off*! I just want recipes for tasty food! I don't wanna see grifters peddling their vitamins and supplements!!

Like to adore her, RT to give her a high five

RLP, another reminder: "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism" applies to things you NEED for survival at base level (food, water, etc). Not as some gotcha moment so you can consume Harry fuckin' Potter guilt-free

Reminder: You can't separate the art from the artist when they are alive, profiting, and identifying as a problem.

I love how practically every Absolute DC comic establishes time and flashbacks. Just a simple "Then" and "Now" is so wonderfully concise

There's a lot we don't know about AltNPS. Their real name, for example. Their nationality. How long they've controlled the account. But there's a surprising amount that we DO know about the Alt National Park Service 🧵:

The commissioner for this piece gave me complete free reign on the design, no sketches or anything. I'm hoping they like it?? Going for vague eldritch horror, with a lil bit of vampire squid as inspiration. There's still a lot more to be done #WIP #Embroidery #FiberArt

If a vampire bat is unsuccessful in finding food for the night, its friends will share food with it to keep it from starving!

North American Pollinators and their host plants: “Carrier Bag Theory of Conservation”. Inspired by Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction. On view at Goggleworks in PA for Creature Conserve. Prints available for preorder! #sciart #pollinators #moths #caterpillars #creatureconserve

Omg it’s finally here! It was a career highlight to be able to spend my time making something like this! It came at a point when I was feeling very burnt out and it this was a project that breathed life into me again. I am so grateful to Cartoon Network for this opportunity youtu.be/IarVMeWtFVU?...

Another Lascaux horse. From last Autumn.

I'm really on a slug kick when it comes to my art, lately. Soon, people will be calling me The Slug Lady. It is but one step on the journey to being The Bat Lady. And boy is it a fun step

Spent a couple days up on a mountain without any service and MAN I forgot how nice it feels to disconnect like that. Nature rules

DID YOU KNOW pallid bats are nonobligate insectivores, and will sometimes shove their whole faces into flowers for the nectar, when they're not chowin' down on centipedes and scorpions?

I'm doing a filet crochet piece that uses color changes, but I'm feeling too intimidated to actually START crocheting on it. Possibly because I haven't found any guides online for doing color change on filet crochet 🫣

The Sameer Project is so, so incredibly vital. Please help.

This is such a small gripe for me, but I'm so tired of cashiers misspelling my name as "Aaron." Even when I spell it out, it's been happening more and more frequently in the last six months. 😒

Alright, it was suggested to me that I actually crowdfund the out of pocket cost for the lumbar MRI since my insurance keeps denying the day before the appt even w/ it as an important order. I will have more info in the replies as well. I was honestly hesitant but... ko-fi.com/portaltohades