Jools Wilson
@bearsgetcrafty.bsky.social
Old crone. Draws. Cuts up paper
Illustration, art, nature, cats, crafts, gardening, archaeology, history, poetry
bearsgetcrafty.com for paper things.
Illustration, art, nature, cats, crafts, gardening, archaeology, history, poetry
bearsgetcrafty.com for paper things.
We are all on the sofa
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We are all on the sofa
At huge risk of being boring (don't care, not boring to me), walked along a bit of Salisbury Cathedral Close wall today & looked at carved stone from the previous cathedral at Old Sarum & possibly a couple of masons' marks. It is in a really bad way: when I was a child that head looked like a head.
December 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
At huge risk of being boring (don't care, not boring to me), walked along a bit of Salisbury Cathedral Close wall today & looked at carved stone from the previous cathedral at Old Sarum & possibly a couple of masons' marks. It is in a really bad way: when I was a child that head looked like a head.
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#25CardsofChristmas2025
It's 2011, & we have the chance to check in with how Christmas is going for the insects.Uncle Fly is wrestling with sellotape,the young ants are playing charades,in the attic the little maggots are looking in their stockings. Just a bit worried about what Mrs Weevil is up to…
It's 2011, & we have the chance to check in with how Christmas is going for the insects.Uncle Fly is wrestling with sellotape,the young ants are playing charades,in the attic the little maggots are looking in their stockings. Just a bit worried about what Mrs Weevil is up to…
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#25CardsofChristmas2025
It's 2011, & we have the chance to check in with how Christmas is going for the insects.Uncle Fly is wrestling with sellotape,the young ants are playing charades,in the attic the little maggots are looking in their stockings. Just a bit worried about what Mrs Weevil is up to…
It's 2011, & we have the chance to check in with how Christmas is going for the insects.Uncle Fly is wrestling with sellotape,the young ants are playing charades,in the attic the little maggots are looking in their stockings. Just a bit worried about what Mrs Weevil is up to…
Not feeding the cats until bedtime, in the hope they don't wake me at 5am. They aren't complaining yet.
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Not feeding the cats until bedtime, in the hope they don't wake me at 5am. They aren't complaining yet.
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This engraving of ice skaters in St James' Park, from 'The Beauties of England and Wales' (1815), is giving us winter activity inspiration. Though if you could still skate in St James' Park, you'd probably have to avoid the pelicans now!
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This engraving of ice skaters in St James' Park, from 'The Beauties of England and Wales' (1815), is giving us winter activity inspiration. Though if you could still skate in St James' Park, you'd probably have to avoid the pelicans now!
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There is such a rich variety of owls, I have tried to depict some of them here (GROWL, PROWL and YOWL not included).
www.worldofmoose.com/products/owl...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/owl...
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
There is such a rich variety of owls, I have tried to depict some of them here (GROWL, PROWL and YOWL not included).
www.worldofmoose.com/products/owl...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/owl...
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Celebrating sisterhood for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange with The Elder Sister by Laura Knight. Laura and her sister Sissie supported each other through early careers shaped by loss, art school, and Staithes days with Harold Knight—beginning a life dedicated to art. #WomenArtists
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Celebrating sisterhood for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange with The Elder Sister by Laura Knight. Laura and her sister Sissie supported each other through early careers shaped by loss, art school, and Staithes days with Harold Knight—beginning a life dedicated to art. #WomenArtists
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We love these.
A whole new take on the 'shark eating your feet' slippers.
A whole new take on the 'shark eating your feet' slippers.
⚜️ Detailed footwear of the Colossal Statue of Mars (Pyrrhus) 2nd-century AD
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We love these.
A whole new take on the 'shark eating your feet' slippers.
A whole new take on the 'shark eating your feet' slippers.
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#AdoorableThursday
We've always liked the door to the tollhouse for the Littlehampton Swing Bridge.
Stable door style, with separate top and bottom and those lovely little panes of glass.
We've always liked the door to the tollhouse for the Littlehampton Swing Bridge.
Stable door style, with separate top and bottom and those lovely little panes of glass.
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#AdoorableThursday
We've always liked the door to the tollhouse for the Littlehampton Swing Bridge.
Stable door style, with separate top and bottom and those lovely little panes of glass.
We've always liked the door to the tollhouse for the Littlehampton Swing Bridge.
Stable door style, with separate top and bottom and those lovely little panes of glass.
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My lap mats are getting great reviews... And that's just the cats.. craftysharp.etsy.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My lap mats are getting great reviews... And that's just the cats.. craftysharp.etsy.com
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
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Under Fives Friday – Christmas Music Special! ✨🎶
Bring your little ones for a morning full of music, movement, and Christmas cheer. Join musician Emily Askew as she plays a delightful mix of instruments, sparking singing, dancing, and plenty of jingle-bell fun! 🎶🔔
🎟️ Included with museum admission
Bring your little ones for a morning full of music, movement, and Christmas cheer. Join musician Emily Askew as she plays a delightful mix of instruments, sparking singing, dancing, and plenty of jingle-bell fun! 🎶🔔
🎟️ Included with museum admission
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Under Fives Friday – Christmas Music Special! ✨🎶
Bring your little ones for a morning full of music, movement, and Christmas cheer. Join musician Emily Askew as she plays a delightful mix of instruments, sparking singing, dancing, and plenty of jingle-bell fun! 🎶🔔
🎟️ Included with museum admission
Bring your little ones for a morning full of music, movement, and Christmas cheer. Join musician Emily Askew as she plays a delightful mix of instruments, sparking singing, dancing, and plenty of jingle-bell fun! 🎶🔔
🎟️ Included with museum admission
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In 1963, a Viking-Age grave was discovered on a farm in Westness, Orkney, which contained a bronze mount decorated with a wolf 🐺
It's one of many traces found by archaeologists of the fearsome predator which roamed Scotland for centuries after the last ice age: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
It's one of many traces found by archaeologists of the fearsome predator which roamed Scotland for centuries after the last ice age: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In 1963, a Viking-Age grave was discovered on a farm in Westness, Orkney, which contained a bronze mount decorated with a wolf 🐺
It's one of many traces found by archaeologists of the fearsome predator which roamed Scotland for centuries after the last ice age: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
It's one of many traces found by archaeologists of the fearsome predator which roamed Scotland for centuries after the last ice age: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...
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Fascinating world of ancient glass: The skill of ancient glassmakers never ceases to amaze me.
This a magnificent #Roman striped mosaic bowl was made of preformed rods and canes fused on or in a mold.
Dating late 1st c. BC/early 1st c AD.
Timeless beauty!
📷 Corning Museums of Glass
🏺
This a magnificent #Roman striped mosaic bowl was made of preformed rods and canes fused on or in a mold.
Dating late 1st c. BC/early 1st c AD.
Timeless beauty!
📷 Corning Museums of Glass
🏺
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Fascinating world of ancient glass: The skill of ancient glassmakers never ceases to amaze me.
This a magnificent #Roman striped mosaic bowl was made of preformed rods and canes fused on or in a mold.
Dating late 1st c. BC/early 1st c AD.
Timeless beauty!
📷 Corning Museums of Glass
🏺
This a magnificent #Roman striped mosaic bowl was made of preformed rods and canes fused on or in a mold.
Dating late 1st c. BC/early 1st c AD.
Timeless beauty!
📷 Corning Museums of Glass
🏺
It's that time of year when I show you my favourite Christmas photo, which is me receiving a present from Father Christmas c1969. (I don't think it was the REAL F.C.)
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's that time of year when I show you my favourite Christmas photo, which is me receiving a present from Father Christmas c1969. (I don't think it was the REAL F.C.)
Another go at spinning. Made actual yarn! Much better than my first attempt. Uneven, and I did the plying with the help of a cat and a door handle, so that's uneven too. I must find out how you're supposed to do it.
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Another go at spinning. Made actual yarn! Much better than my first attempt. Uneven, and I did the plying with the help of a cat and a door handle, so that's uneven too. I must find out how you're supposed to do it.
I made a ball of wool!
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I made a ball of wool!
I'm so old I'd be overjoyed to receive sensible socks for Christmas
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm so old I'd be overjoyed to receive sensible socks for Christmas
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#25CardsofChristmas 2005's card: I screenprinted this one down at the Oxford Printmakers Co-op. And that was about the last batch of printing I ever did at the Co-op - son Herbie was born in August the next year, and going out printmaking stopped being an option.
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#25CardsofChristmas 2005's card: I screenprinted this one down at the Oxford Printmakers Co-op. And that was about the last batch of printing I ever did at the Co-op - son Herbie was born in August the next year, and going out printmaking stopped being an option.
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#25CardsofXmas In 2001 I got hold of some lenticular plastic and I wanted to make a little animated shopping fairy. This may be the fiddliest card I've ever made. Film of it coming up...
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#25CardsofXmas In 2001 I got hold of some lenticular plastic and I wanted to make a little animated shopping fairy. This may be the fiddliest card I've ever made. Film of it coming up...
He's tired because he's eaten 3 sachets of cat food and was awake and bouncy between 2.30am and 11am.
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
He's tired because he's eaten 3 sachets of cat food and was awake and bouncy between 2.30am and 11am.
Idyll. Siefried Sassoon
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Idyll. Siefried Sassoon
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎅🎁
Bring your little ones for a festive morning filled with music, movement and merriment. Musician Emily Askew will be performing with her wonderful range of instruments, encouraging plenty of foot tapping, singing, dancing, and sleigh-bell ringing! 🎶🔔
Bring your little ones for a festive morning filled with music, movement and merriment. Musician Emily Askew will be performing with her wonderful range of instruments, encouraging plenty of foot tapping, singing, dancing, and sleigh-bell ringing! 🎶🔔
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎅🎁
Bring your little ones for a festive morning filled with music, movement and merriment. Musician Emily Askew will be performing with her wonderful range of instruments, encouraging plenty of foot tapping, singing, dancing, and sleigh-bell ringing! 🎶🔔
Bring your little ones for a festive morning filled with music, movement and merriment. Musician Emily Askew will be performing with her wonderful range of instruments, encouraging plenty of foot tapping, singing, dancing, and sleigh-bell ringing! 🎶🔔
We can do this now
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We can do this now