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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Emerging from the fire and smoke of raku - Borealis Bear 🐻 Deep browns, violet, blue and gold shimmer across a surface transformed by the magic of raku. Your reminder that strength can be quiet, grounded, and beautifully shaped by the elements. #bear #eastcoastkin

A deep brown and copper coloured raku bear sculpture. Right side

A deep brown and copper coloured raku bear sculpture with distinctive marks left by the raku firing. Left side

A closeup of the face of Ted E. Bear, a deep brown and copper coloured raku bear sculpture.

A ceramic bear sculpture being placed among the flames of the raku reduction container.

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sunrise

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SaraG @hardlikearmour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And a Junco in a fig tree. #birds #SparrowSunday

A male Dark-eyed Junco of the Oregon variety is perched on the branch of a fig tree with abstract looking green leaves behind it. It is facing the camera with its head turned towards the left frame. Its hood is black, its belly is pale grey, and it has brown patches on its sides. Its break is a pale pink color and it's legs are pink and a little splayed.

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RoundMidnight1926 @roundmidnight1926.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'Dignity of Earth & Sky' by Dale Lamphere 📸 South Dakota Hall of Fame

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hello from the Seven Sisters. Aka The Pleiades, M45 Wishing you a peaceful Saturday evening. #astrophotography #astronomy #cosmonuts

A starry night sky with seven very bright stars surrounded by a blue gaseous haze.

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Samantha @bottomchef.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the lion nebula, right at 3 hours last night i love it when they really do look like their name! #astrophotography

SH 2-132, the Lion Nebula. It looks surprisingly a lot like a lion with a big mane that's roaring

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RK @rodsclicks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Clicked a pic of a cat watching me walk by… #Caturday #Cats #phonetography

Black & white cat sitting on an irrigation pipe in a field that is watching me

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This ro gauze summer kimono has a dramatic composition centered on a powerful carp leaping through stylized waves, rendered with the fluid brushwork and tonal gradations characteristic of classical ink painting tradition. Taisho period (1912-1926), Japan

This ro gauze summer kimono represents a masterful fusion of traditional sumi-e painting techniques with ceremonial textile design, creating a work that transcends mere clothing to become a wearable meditation on natural dynamism and spiritual transformation. The dramatic composition centers on a powerful carp leaping through stylized waves, rendered with the fluid brushwork and tonal gradations characteristic of classical ink painting tradition.

The carp motif carries profound symbolic weight in Japanese culture, representing perseverance, courage, and the potential for spiritual transformation - themes embodied in the legend of the carp that becomes a dragon after successfully swimming upstream and leaping the falls at the Dragon Gate. This makes it an exceptionally appropriate choice for a youth's ceremonial garment, as it embodies aspirations for the wearer's future strength and achievement. The dynamic composition, with the carp's powerful upward thrust breaking through the horizontal wave patterns, creates a sense of movement and energy that speaks to youthful vigor and determination.

Aesthetically, the design demonstrates sophisticated understanding of negative space and compositional balance, with the flowing water rendered in gestural brushstrokes that seem to capture the very essence of liquid movement. The technique of freehand pigment painting on the delicate ro gauze required exceptional skill, as the open weave structure would have made precise control challenging. This technical virtuosity, combined with the garment's larger size suggesting it was worn by an adolescent rather than an infant, indicates this was likely a very special ceremonial piece, perhaps marking a significant coming-of-age milestone during the crucial transition from boyhood to young manhood.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Turtles held special significance in Maya culture, often associated with the earth, water, and the cycles of life. #Maya #Archaeology #Turtle

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Hello :) @piezostatik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We only have a short time above ground.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Two ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 3,800 years ago! Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows two blue-green Egyptian faience hippopotamus figurines displayed on a white museum surface at the Neues Museum in Berlin. The larger hippo on the right sits upright on its haunches with short front legs planted forward, head turned to the left with mouth open, as if smiling. It is 9 cm in length. The smaller hippo on the left lies in a reclining or resting pose, with body close to the ground. It measures 4.8cm in length. Both are decorated with black lotus flower and aquatic river plant motifs. The museum display makes them appear like a mother and her baby hippo! 🥰

Egyptian blue faience is a ceramic material made of ground quartz. The decoration depicts Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers found in their marsh habitat. In ancient Egypt lotus flowers were associated with regeneration as they open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Whilst ancient Egyptians were well aware of the danger and destructive power of hippos, they were also seen as an animal with revitalizing power. An animal from the fertile mud of the Nile, fiercely protective of their young, hippos embodied divine powers guaranteeing rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It's thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased.

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The moose is loose! Bullwinkle is all fired up and ready for a new home 🍁 #sciart #canada

A chocolate brown and metallic silver raku pottery moose sculpture on a white background

A closeup of the face of a chocolate brown and metallic silver raku pottery moose sculpture on a white background

The other side of a chocolate brown and metallic silver raku pottery moose sculpture on a white background

A raku pottery moose sculpture being lowered into the reduction bin. Flames abound!

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Canada got offered a trillion-dollar deal with EU. Meanwhile, the US is arguing over whether FBI agents can have sex with dogs or not… Happy now?! The. Trump. Effect. 😎✨

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Steve "Phoenix Warp" Fowlkes @horizon-brave.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Mighty Pinwheel Galaxy. The most individual images I've taken at 517 images to create this. I think the result is far better than the last time I tried this, where the more blueish arms were not as distinct. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #galaxies #science #photography

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Judy³ 🇨🇦 @doolitzphotos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Monarchs are all over Toronto before heading south to Mexico. #bloomscrolling #flowers #photography #butterfly #wings #pollinators

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Pol Niuman @pol-niuman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A.J. Casson Pequeña isla (1965)

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The ‘Winfarthing Pendant’ - a 7th century Anglo-Saxon disc brooch that was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2015 at Winfarthing, near Diss in South Norfolk. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Winfarthing #NorwichCastle

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Hello :) @piezostatik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Let life surprise you. #fungi #mushrooms

Yellow fungi in brown leaves and a foresty green background

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Georgia O'Keeffe, "Lake George, Autumn", 1927, Oil on canvas, 17" x 32"

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

These are my latest one-of-a-kind raku pieces. No one’s buying right now, and I understand - art isn’t always the priority in difficult times. But I’m still making, and sharing a little beauty feels worthwhile. A like or share might help these pieces find their people. 🙏

A 6 panel image on white with 4 raku vases and 2 spirit animals. All were handmade by Alchemy.

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Me and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦 @mnotme.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller Monday, September 07,1953

P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWNTOWN
SLUGGO: I HAVE AN IDEA, NANCY
P2- THEY WALK BEHIND A WOODEN FENCE
SLUGGO: LET’S STAND BEHIND THIS FENCE
NANCY: WHY?
P3- SLUGGO: THIS IS LABOR DAY ---
LET'S GIVE THE BOSS AN EASY STRIP TO DRAW

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Hello :) @piezostatik.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Got room for some mushrooms? 🧐🍄‍🟫 #fungi #mushrooms

Soft soft white mushrooms straddle a stick in a very green forest.

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Petra Kaminen Mosher @kaminenmosher.art · 05/09/2026

First day of Konstrundan open studio event. Same thing tomorrow! Theodorinpuisto, Lossikuja 6, Oulu, 11am to 5pm. #art #painting #OpenStudio #Konstrundan2026

A thick-pile woven wall-hanging rug and an abstracted acrylic flower painting are hanging on a white studio wall with other paintings stacked against the wall underneath. The wall-hanging rug is an abstracted fire and smoke design in blues and reds. The flower painting is a mass of green leaves and tiger lilies.

A close-up shot of the white studio wall between two small abstracted water paintings showing on either side. The paintings are made up of layers of semi-transparent lozenges in blues, grey, and white.

An image of the artist in front of the abstracted flower and water paintings. The artist is a middle-aged white woman with short, faded purple wavy hair, acrylic frame glasses, blue eyes, and has a flower wreath on her head.

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Indigo Sky 💙 @indigo360.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Meet me by the mossy log Where the faerie folk all play, They deck the stumps with mushrooms Let the fireflies light the way! The frogs and toads in fine green waistcoats Await their turn to promenade, Butterflies in fine array With moths and skippers fill the glade And so we dance all day!

A wide angle photo of a springtime valley in Appalachia shows distant ridges on a sunny day with many trees and hills.

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

View Nature's calming shades...

Tall trees with thin trunks in a green forest.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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@mariasteuer.bsky.social @mariasteuer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gentle Beauty….

A Monarch Butterfly On A Purple Butterfly Flower , With Greenery In The Background

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Green is a mission @greenisamission.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1,277,500 sunrises, 1,277,500 sunsets experienced. The oldest olive tree in the world is on the island of Crete, about 3500 years old. 💚☘️🌿🌱🌲🌳🍀💚

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Hello :) @piezostatik.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year. 🥰

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Nadine, Hunter of Rocks @nadwgab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Everything in this cut and polished slab is quartz. It consists of brecciated reddish-brown jasper and banded agate which have been cemented together with amethyst. From Kunnersdorf, Saxony, Germany. Vote for quartz! #TeamQuartz #MinCup26

A cut and polished slab showing angular pieces of reddish-brown jasper and banded agate which have been cemented with colourless quartz and amethyst.

Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London collection.

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

3x the indifference from Purrebus, our latest raku pottery sculpture! Happy #Caturday! #sciart #pottery

A raku pottery sculpture of a cat with 3 heads. The sculpture is brown, grey and violet. Front view

A closeup of one of the faces of a raku pottery sculpture of a cat with 3 heads. The sculpture is brown, grey, red, and violet.

A raku pottery sculpture of a cat with 3 heads. The sculpture is brown, grey, red, blue, violet. Back view

Purrebus going into the reduction container

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Frank&Stein @brandtandstein.com · 24/08/2026

Quick somebody give me enough money to buy this and a worm costume

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Toot toot! 🐭 🎺 🎉 I’m delighted to reach the milestone of 15,000 followers! Thank you for joining me! Great to see so many of you interested in #Archaeology! Here’s a tiny Roman bronze mouse playing a trumpet! Perhaps too loudly as he’s covering his ear with a paw! 1st-2nd century AD #Archaeology

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RK @rodsclicks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Orange cosmo in floating bouquet #OrangeSun #FlowersOnSunday #BloomScrolling #BloomSmiles

Orange cosmo floating center frame with the edges of other blooms entering frame around the edge

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Canada has two official languages, and I give that my seal of approval 🍁 I give a phoque! 🦭 And I made one to prove it. #iykyk #canada #francais #francaise

A sculpture of a smiling seal (phoque en francais) with happy eyes. It wears a fish on it's head as a hat.

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Serena Blair @serenablair.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

How is the Trump diet working out for you? If you cheat on your diet these days you risk diarrhea or death.

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Hello :) @piezostatik.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A moment of life.

A white cosmo with a yellow centre and some other pink flowers

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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A Golden Columbine in the morning sun, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The long spurs are specially shaped to fit the tongues of long-nosed hawkmoths that pollinate them at night and their foliage resists munching from deer and rabbits #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #Flower #FlowerReport #Gardening

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Jasmine G @jasminegardens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Some lily love for you this Saturday 💖 #bloomscrolling #flowers #garden

A deep pink lily next to a white lily with pink dots

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Wikidgarden @wikidgarden.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Happy FlyDay! However unappetizing it may appear, enjoy breakfast before your flight. #Butterflies #Invertebrates #BugSky #Habitat #ReWild #NativePlants 🌿

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Petra Kaminen Mosher @kaminenmosher.art · 15/08/2026

Out the Garden Door (Ulos ovesta puutarhaan), oil paint on stretched canvas, 54 cm x 65 cm, 2021. Available via Taiko.art at www.taiko.art/petrakaminen... #caturday #OilPainting #painting #CatPainting #CatArt #art #ContemporaryPainting #InspiredByNature

An oil painting of a white cat standing in an abstracted green and pebbly garden space. The cat takes up most of the composition, and it is facing away from the viewer with its tail in the air. Its head is towards the right and the tail on the left. The leaves and pebbles in the garden are abstracted as flat. layers of lozenges in different colours, such as yellow greens and teals for the leaves, and purple and ochre for the pebbles. The cat is also covered in white and teal lozenges in layers.

A mock-up of what the abstracted white cat painting would look like hanging on a white wall behind a yellow stuffed chair and small dark wood coffee table.

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Nighttime is here some gettin tucked in some coming out to play Night night little sleepers pull the covers back relax & get cozy grab your flashlight take an after dark stroll Just enjoy the evening cause ~ Tomorrow is another day #littlesleepers

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