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James Randall

@randalljamesp.bsky.social
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between the forest and the city / editor, writer - for adults & children, incl. folktales & non-fiction (26/27) - Hachette: shorturl.at/xJBrT, HarperCollins: amzn.eu/d/0iEBWa29. PhD, Goldsmiths (2018).

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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 12h
today’s mythical creature Egeria [asteroid] / Eduardo Paolozzi collections.ed.ac.uk/art-on-campu...
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Maria Prymachenko @mprymachenko.bsky.social · 16h
Menagerie www.wikiart.org/en/maria-primachenk…
"Menagerie," from the collection by Maria Primachenko, showcases vibrant, fantastical creatures characterized by whimsical patterns and striking colors, emblematic of Ukrainian folk art. Primachenko, celebrated for her imaginative and mythical motifs, brings a magical, dreamlike quality to her work with intricate details and bold contrasts.
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AnnaLois @annalois36.bsky.social · 15h
Set in Stone for #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #ECK #phtotography #trees #bluesky #nature #naturephotography #Lancashire (iPhone camera)
Photograph taken looking at the wooden valley below from a moss covered stone bridge in the lower levels of the Pennine Hills in Lancashire. It was a drizzly day everything has that slightly heavy feel.

Image shows a weathered stone base with uprights either side and a sturdy stone lintel across the top. It's covered in patches of green moss including a flash of brown-orange moss which stands out. Through the aperture the stone creates is a valley full of trees, ferns and undergrowth of various shades of green.
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kiki Smith : Good Day, 2015 Etching in colors w/ hologram paper and mirrored mylar collage Hahnemühle paper with full margins Sheet size: 18.25 × 14.5 in | 46.5 × 37 cm Created in collaboration with the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University. Further info in the alt text 👇
Technique: 
Combines traditional intaglio etching with reflective, contemporary materials like holographic paper and mirrored mylar.

Visual Metaphor: 
The reflective and shifting holographic elements interact with light as the viewer moves, linking internal emotional states with natural and cosmic imagery.

Context:
Created alongside related 2015 multi-plate series such as Esperanza and the Goat Moths collection.
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Old Town / cityscaping
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Jane Rushton @janerushtonart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
After a clear night with a beautiful starscape, dawn presented with light and promise #morningdip
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Old Town / cityscaping
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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I was a little bit late on my second walk today so the Ravens were waiting for me in their dead tree. Today’s video shows them feeding each other and the Gravy thinking about something before she suddenly flies off
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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
1st thing, 1st (light) frost
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jerry simcock @jerrysimcock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rock …
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Hovering Glass Heart , ink and watercolour
Watercolour and ink delicate half schematic heart with some veins
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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'dragon panic' inktober day seven #joncarling #inktober #panic
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 08/10/2026
Mailing Envelope with Ink and Collage Peter Beard, 1984
Wildlife imagery, such as a green elephant and silhouetted figures, postal cancellations, stamps, and handwritten correspondence addressed to Mr. Matthew Riva in New York.
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
today’s Scottish sphinx
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
today’s Scottish sphinx
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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These plaques are from an Etruscan tomb. The sphinxes flanked the interior of the doorway, while the three plaques show Greek myths - the Judgment of Paris (left), with Paris & Hermes; Athena, Hera & Aphrodite behind him; & Helen, with three attendants. This is worth a zoom 🕰️c560-550BC 🏛️BM 📷mine
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🦔Radek🦋🌻🐦Kiwacz🦫🐘 @radekkiwacz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🙋‍♂️Dzień dobry w środę - zdj. z int.
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Satu Karlin @luontosatu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Luopumisen aikaa 🍂🍒🍂 03.10.26 Rusokirsikka #gardening #nature #photography #Finland
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026
It reminds me of this spectacular Frau Im Mond (Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon, 1929) set. RIP Eva Marie Saint. A true classic Hollywood legend.
A ship and 3 astronauts without suits on the moon in Frau Im Mond (Woman in the Moon, 1929).Frau Im Mond (Woman in the Moon, 1929) setFilming Frau Im Mond (Woman in the Moon, 1929)A man walking on the moon, without a suit.
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Arthur Dupuydedome @adupuyde63.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Des voile Sails Segeln
Des voiles colorées
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Leith harbour / sailing to Iceland
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Leith skies today
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Alexander Wohlrab @alexwohlrab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📸Olympus E-1
Stimmungsvolle Aufnahme eines Sonnenblumenfeldes. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine hohe Sonnenblume mit leicht nach unten geneigter Blüte und grünen Blättern. Rundherum wachsen zahlreiche weitere Sonnenblumen und violett blühende Wildblumen. Die vielen Blüten im Hintergrund sind weich verschwommen
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Nanni / Fay @dark-forest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Herbstbaum vor blauem Himmel
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Central St Giles / Renzo Piano
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Julian Duke Fernandez @dukejr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Before and after on this young Aloe. It has been blooming prolifically, several times a year...
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Pol Niuman @pol-niuman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Santiago Rusiñol Plátanos de Aranjuez (1916)
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Greek St, midday Monday
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Max Ernst : Forest and Sun, 1928 Oil on corrugated cardboard laid down on board 25.4 × 20.3 cm Using textured grattage techniques to carve patterns through paint, Ernst creates a rhythmic, otherworldly landscape dominated by a stark solar disk.
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John Douglas @johndouglasart.com · 02/10/2026
Sketchbook scribbling near Gosford Gouache and ink and pen #ForestFriday #scape #sketchbook #drawing #mixedmedia #pleinair #AustralianArt
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
today’s river ducks / Oxford
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
midday’s water shadows
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
today’s river ducks / Oxford
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cannon Beach. One more from that sunset… Wishing you a beautiful and peaceful #Stunday. 🩵🧡☀️ #Photography #Scape #PNW #Oregon #CannonBeach #Sunset #Stunday
Cannon Beach. Sunset. Dark sand turning wet and illuminated, dark ocean, layers of orange-red-turquoise-purplish sky and clouds.
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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#NatureIsArt Spotted oxeye sunflower - Tuesday #Phonetography #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #flowers #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings #starburstcenter #perfectlyfilthy
Black and white close-up/macro photo of a dingy dirty oxeye sunflower, with daisy-like ray petals around a mound of tiny star-shaped disc florets. The tips of some petals from another one are touching the right edge of the mound
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy weekend! 🦔 ❤️ Here’s a lovely ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog made some 3,800 years ago! Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small ancient Egyptian turquoise-coloured blue faience hedgehog figurine, shown in 3/4 profile facing right. Dimensions: Height x width x depth: 5 x 5.5 x 9.3 cm. It has a rounded body densely covered with small raised pointed spines each of which are emphasised with black paint. It has a small wide face with a pointed snout. The snout has a small chip at the end. The eyes are highlighted with black pigment. It has relatively long oval-shaped ears, either side of the face. It has short stubby front legs. It sits on a pale display case surface at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
sunflowered
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2026
First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing.
The vertical eye of a squirrel with the reflection of the sun setting over trees in the distance and the reflection of the tree in the foreground
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Gelena 🤍🏔️ @gelena.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dzień dobry ☀️ Miłego weekendu i cudownej soboty Guten Morgen ☕ Schönen Samstag und ein tolles Wochenende 🏔️🪾Almaty region, Kasachstan (Archiv)
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poemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brilliant reflection on metaphors by poet Branko Miljković The Critique of Metaphors A poem is a sequence of blind words
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beth death & the slay-belles @dumb-belles.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"More than anything, she would like to be human; but she does not know if that is possible." - Angela Carter, The Lady of the House of Love #BookSky #BookChatWeekly #ShortStories
C.1600, bronze sculpture of a siren or mermaid with a split fish tail. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/210103
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Eva Joachimsen @ejoachimsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ausflug zum Salzhaff bei Rerik #Ostsee #Salzhaff #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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enepe @enepe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Loin du chaos, tisser sa propre paix.
Champ sauvage baigné par la douce lumière dorée du lever du soleil. Les herbes hautes et les fleurs séchées du premier plan sont couvertes d'une fine rosée matinale. Sur la droite, une magnifique toile d'araignée circulaire, tendue entre les tiges sèches, capture la lumière du matin et scintille délicatement dans cette atmosphère fraîche et paisible.
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sydney g. 6pm
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James Randall @randalljamesp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sydney g. 6pm
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another day spent fruitlessly searching for the Black Library in Weychester Cathedral. Another dozen subterranean rooms visited, but no new clues. It remains firmly occulted. Remains legendary, an engine of the imagination. – #MattAdams
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Ezra Lau @ezralau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Everybody Is Looking For Something" exp_395 #ezralauart #Art #Abstract #AbstractArt #GeometricArt #DigitalArt
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Curt @neoriffic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's spooky month! 👻 DYK, some of the earliest documents discussing ghosts ever written (impressed?) are cuneiform tablets from over 3,500 years ago. They write of gidim (ghosts) as an everyday concern; suggesting the idea of ghosts are at least as old (probably much older) than writing itself.🏺
A tablet from ancient Southwest Asia bearing a faint tracing (enhanced by white lines) of a ghost with its hands bound being led by a woman, possibly a lover.
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Greg Fisher @theflyingartist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Autumn announcing itself last night with a visit from the waxing harvest moon 🌔📷 #photography #journal #nature #autumnequinox #ECK
A view downstream on the river. An avenue of trees adorn the banks, in the sky is a waxing harvest moon, accompanied by a strangely shaped whisky cloud that trails off into the ether like a column of smoke. Spooky season is upon us. 23rd September, 2026. Wales UK.
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