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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop

@crumplings.bsky.social

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Sculptor and dollmaker based in Scotland, working with paper mache, clays, fibers & found materials. Trail runner, cold swimmer, appreciator of folklore and old forests. Shop: https://shop.crumplings.co.uk Website: https://crumplings.co.uk No AI ever 💚

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 5d

Sculpted a frosty fellow with a lovely rainbow seashell - made from paper mache and glass eyes, painted with acrylics. :)

Look at this lil face! 💙❄️

You can find it (and many friends) here: shop.crumplings.co.uk

A small paper mache penguin figure with a seashell on its back, painted in frosty rainbow colours.

A closeup of a frosted rainbow seashell.

A closeup of a paper mache penguin face with glass eyes.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 3h

🪦 Happy Halloween everyone!!! 🎃

I don't have any recent sculptures that are particularly spooky unfortunately, but here's a repost of an older project I had a lot of fun making - a catbat automaton!🐈‍⬛🦇

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 5h

That sounds a lot like our Crumpet during adolescence, so I'd say there is hope! 😄 He still sometimes gets in the mood to pick up twigs and acorns if we're just walking, but forgets all about them when we run. I bet Lumi will love winter in Sweden 🥹 Fewer sticks available too once there's snow :')

Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 2d

Hello little ones... what will you be when you grow up? 🌱

I love seeing other people's unfinished art projects and workspaces, so here is a gaggle of paper mache gremlins - soon to be sanded, painted, and given spun cotton blankets :')

#WIPWednesday

A group of unfinished paper mache gremlin (or goblin?) miniature sculptures, with glass button eyes and huge ears. They are sitting in front of a candle.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!! And likewise, I saw you're into photography too 🤩 I bet Lumi will be a great companion on the trails, our dog is only half lapphund but will run and hike for hours (and grumble endlessly if we try to take a break...)

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Shawna Galey Avanessian @shawnazilla.bsky.social · 4d

It’s Halloween week! Do you have your costume yet? This year I’m a grey Victorian ghost 👻

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #halloween #graveyard

A illustration of a Halloween costume party, for bugs! They are all gathered in an old New England cemetery. There are lights streamed across the old gravestones, with all different sorts of bugs in costumes. There is a ladybug holding up its vampire cape, two earthworms, one dressed as Frankenstein’s monster, the other his bride. There is a queen spider, a rhino beetle with a unicorn horn, ants with witch hats, mosquitos with wizard hats, a praying mantis dressed as an angel. Above are ghost flies.

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Victor Turner Overdrive @badfriendclub.bsky.social · 6d

I mean come on, how cute is that

A vase with a hole in the front and a cork in the top, with flowers protruding from the hole

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4d

Downfall - mixed media painting of a broken oak in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. Possibly lightning struck; the tangle of limbs is already being colonised by fungi.
🐡
#art
#nature

Mixed media painting of a broken oak tree - the split stump is upside down with the branches at the bottom, covered in moss, fungi and lichen, with blue sky behind.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 5d

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 5d

Perfect day for a wander in the woods today. I met this fine fellow when out after parcelling up all the creatures from last night (thank you) They said to pass in their greetings and told me they’d heard some fabulous new tales to tell from a shrew they met.

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Petri Salmela @pesasafi.bsky.social · 5d

"Bengtskär Lighthouse"
21 cm × 30 cm
Oil on canvas
#Oilpainting #Art
#Bengtskär #Lighthouse #BengtskärLighthouse

A night scene oil painting of Bengtskär Lighthouse standing tall against a deep blue sky. The warm glow of its windows reflects gently on the dark, still water below, creating a serene contrast between light and shadow. The rocky shore and calm atmosphere evoke solitude, endurance, and guidance — a timeless guardian of the sea.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 6d

From a Birnam Hill climb today! Awesome autumn weather, could've stayed outside all day.

#hillwalking #scotland #photography #hiking

A shrouded fallsy forest path with ferns and conifers, through which you can see dappled sunlight.

A Scottish landscape with hills and mountains in the horizon. The forefront looks barren with just a few scattered conifers, whereas in the distance the hills are greener. The day is bright and there are a few small clouds in the sky.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 6d

This goofball may look brave and majestic, but in truth he was too concerned about the noise to get any closer to the waterfall (we had to find him a puddle to drink from)

A small fluffy dog (Pomeranian / Finnish Lapphund mix) is standing on a rock in front of a small waterfall. He is surrounded by lush ferns and grass, and fallen autumn leaves in yellow and orange.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 8d

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 7d

The Great Tower of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland. The great tower stands on top of the motte, was commissioned by Henry Percy after he was made 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1377. It is in the shape of a Greek cross, with four polygonal wings radiating from a central block.

#pen #drawing

Pen sketch of a castle tower in the shape of a cross with the ruins of other structures in the foreground.

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Lee Bots @lee-bots.bsky.social · 11d

Bot Name: Metin
Bot Number: 20251964

Head: rock found from Arizona
Eyes: sewing buttons
Body: rock found from Arizona
Feet: heat sinks

#HandmadeRobot #UpcycledArt #RecycledRobot #FoundObjectArt #LeeBots #RobotArt #MiniSculpture #AssemblageArt #MixedMediaSculpture #CrystalBot #BlackSandArt

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 7d

Two pieces I did for a show in Wilmington, NC back in 2007.
Oil, pencil and charcoal on paper.
16”x20”, 18”x24”.

Vintage style poster illustration of a man filling a glass with champagne pouring from a decorative tap on a crescent moon.

Vintage style poster illustration for a fictional silent film called ‘The Moon and June’ featuring a Louise Brooks-esque woman in a gown leaning in to give the Man in the Moon a kiss.

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 7d

I think the drought has diminished mushroom season..but I finally found one! ✨

A small white mushroom emerges from fallen autumn leaves.

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Marie/LittleBirdOfParadise @canarylittle.bsky.social · 17d

The Witch of the Woods is available to purchase from Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles.
She is a gentle soul, handmade, designed to look wonderfully weird and perfectly imperfect 🖤
cactusgalleryla.com./collections/...

#WitchSky #art #bsnm #originalart #artsky #witch #magicalbazaar #Halloween

A handmade textile doll with a clay mask.
One single dark glass eye, long black hairm
She wears a dress with a hood. A moon and stars are patched on it. She holds some sage and a pumpkin.
A few natural bits like feathers, sticks and acorns are scattered around her.

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Merrimayhem @merrimayhem.bsky.social · 7d

Into the Blue

🍁Autumn Polaroid Week Day 6

#polaroidweek #instantfilm #believeinfilm #filmisalive #filmwins #womencreating #womensart #scotland #autumn

Blue hour at Firkin Point, Loch Lomond. The water is glassy smooth and the surrounding hills/mountains and the sky are reflected in it. There is a pebbly beach in the foreground. The pebbles and sand are wet with run off. Branches of some trees edge the frame on the left and right. The tones are predominantly blue, black and pewter. There is a feeling of quiet tranquility.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 8d

WIP automaton - A pilot's study 🕯️

Probably the project I miss working on the most! Will hopefully be able to make some progress this weekend, as I've finally managed to clear enough space after moving house to set up a humble workshop again :)

An unfinished diorama / automaton crafted from wood, paper mache, clay, felting wool, and other miscellaneous materials, painted with acrylics. It depicts a young girl wearing a pilot's cap and goggles, leaning over a desk with scattered sheets of paper. Behind her is a window through which you can see the night sky, and a candle on the windowsill. In front of the desk there is a pile of books and a large globe.

Behind the diorama, two real candles light the background with a warm glow.

A closeup of an unfinished paper mache pilot doll wearing a cap and goggles, leaning over her desk.

Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 11d

We knew it was a fixer-upper so it'll be fine, even though there's a lot more to sort out than anticipated!

We are so fond of the location and this was the only place here in our price range, so in a weird way I'm glad we didn't know everything. I love waking up and seeing the mist on the hills.

A row of rooftops of small terraced houses in front of misty woodland hills. Trees closer to the houses have bright yellow and orange autumn foliage, though the colors in the photograph are muted overall due to the foggy weather. The photo was taken in Scotland.

Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · 11d

Whew! Unplanned social media hiatus keeps getting extended - long story short we bought a home which then turned out to be a bit of a disaster, so for the past few months I've been learning to DIY everything I can with the workshop taking the backseat. I guess a house is basically a big sculpture..?

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · Jun 1

Another humpback whale in the making! Working on a mossy stone look for this one.

Sculpted from paper mache, painted with acrylics 💚

A paper mache humpback whale sculpture surrounded by houseplants against a white background. The whale is green and grey, similar to weathered stonework covered in moss.

A closeup photo of the surface of a moss green paper mache whale, with barnacles and wrinkled, sea-worn skin.

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Marie/LittleBirdOfParadise @canarylittle.bsky.social · Jun 1

Handmade art dolls inspired by folk art.
Each character is unique and designed to look wonderfully weird and perfectly imperfect 🌿
littlebirdofparadise.bigcartel.com/products

#bsnm #handmade #artsky #mhhsbd #originalart #weirdart #outsiderart #art

Photo collage of textiles art dolls. They are all different, all a bit strange. Some have heads sculpted in paperclay.

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Anni L. Clifton 🐌 Crumplings Workshop @crumplings.bsky.social · Jun 1

Thank you, it's gonna be an exciting time! 🥹