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Jess Taylor
@loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
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Textile artist and Illustrator in Portsmouth, UK. 🎨 Inspired by nature, books and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦 https://www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk/
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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · Jan 22
I thought I’d do a proper intro post with links 👋 I’m Jess aka Loadofolbobbins a textile artist and illustrator inspired by nature, books and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦❤️

Shop: www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk
Birb Zine Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/loa...
Newsletter: eepurl.com/hZtidz
A flat lay of a selection of original bird illustration prints by Loadofolbobbins. They’re all muddled together overlapping to create a joyful mass of birds. The birds you can see as illustrations are a goldfinch, pukeko, white browed tit warbler, curl crested aracari, brown hooded kingfisher, Californian sage grouse, king penguin, red billed oxpecker, bluejay, harpy eagle, Bluethroat, white created helmetshrike and a red and yellow barbet. A selection of laser cut wooden jewellery featuring illustrations inspired by ivy and the wildlife it attracts. Working from left to right, a small vibrant variegated ivy necklace with a jersey tiger moth stuck to the leaf, a pair of ivy stud earrings (left one is variegated with lime green border & slightly darker green centre, right stud is dark green ivy leaf with light green veining), small wooden charm of an ivy mining bee, a swallowtail moth lapel pin on a illustrated ivy backing card, a large dark green veined ivy leaf necklace with red admiral butterfly stuck to bottom left, a jersey tiger moth lapel pin on a backing card full of ivy illustrations, pair of matching ivy mining bee stud earrings on a backing card, a small wooden charm of a golden hoverfly, a small vibrant variegated ivy necklace, a large dark green veined ivy leaf necklace with a golden hoverfly stuck to the bottom left and a red admiral butterfly lapel pin. Text says Ivy League by Loadofolbobbins An original digital illustration of a Cassowary bird by Loadofolbobbins. The illustration focuses on its neck and head. A very dinosaur looking bird the Cassowary has a bright reddish orange wrinkled neck and wattle that transitions to a bright intense blue face with sharp angles of the skull visible underneath its skin. It has a beak slightly elongated and pointed downwards. It has a large eye with a yellowy orange iris that is glistening in the sun. On top of its head is a casque, which is an enlargement of the bone from its upper skull and looks almost like a Mohawk and is an array of greens in colour. The background is a splash of light grey ink. A photo montage of pigeon themed product from Loadofolbobbins. Clockwise from top left a hardback book of illustrations called 100 days of Coosplay by Jessica Taylor and Fred the pigeon, a laser cut wooden necklace showing an illustration of a pigeon coosplaying as a unicorn, a series of three laser cut wooden pins showing illustrations of a pigeon coosplaying as Elizabeth the first, an artist and a roller derby player.
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drjeball.bsky.social
A #Roman necklace plaited gold set with sapphires & garnets, with a lovely butterfly pendant, also set with precious stones. Hard to believe this piece of jewellery is about 1800-2000 years old! 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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grays.art
Green heron
(Butorides virescens)

yesterday on the Imperial river
Bonita Springs, Florida

#ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth #green #eastcoastkin #native #birds #birding #birdoftheday #photography #birdphotography
Small, stocky wading bird, about the size of a crow, that has a distinctive reddish-brown neck and chest, a blackish-green back, and bright yellow legs and feet.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…..
jayispainting.earthskyart.ca JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 2d
Do you make...

Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...

Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!

Starts in 4 days!
#art
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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curlworks.net
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!

hi, this weekend for no reason at all we will be donating 10% of our sales to Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid 🏳️‍⚧️ Think of it as a sale but instead of you getting a discount, you’re giving money to a random trans person. I can’t think of anything better than that, can you??
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
I've started sharing all the different variations of items you can choose in my @backerkit.com Holiday Shop.....there's 39 pin variations alone!! Here's just a few...

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

#Backerkit #Pins #Birds #Bookish #Pigeons #Illustration #ShopSmall #ArtShop #SciArt
A grid of four wooden pins created from illustrations by Loadofolbobbins. Clockwise from top left a kestrel, a lime and yellow budgie, a swallowtail moth and a wren. re. Clockwise from top left North and South, Wives and Daughters both by Elizabeth Gaskell, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Moby Dick by Melville and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë A grid of six wooden pins created from illustrations by Loadofolbobbins, showing a pigeon cosplaying as various things. Clockwise from top left an artist, a sandwich, a mermaid, Elizabeth the first, dorothy and a peacock.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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goodlawproject.org
An extraordinary thing, this.

A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.

Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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nionwomen.bsky.social
We must remember: fighting male violence and standing with trans people are not in conflict. In fact, they are bound together.

A society that protects bodily autonomy, dignity and equality for trans people is the same society that takes women’s safety seriously.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
It's friday! Time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news from the week? My good news? The #Creatives4Sudan auction has had an amazing response so far. Bid on everything from pro tv script reads to paintings and signed books from Katherine Rundell! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
An orange and black graphic reading Creatives 4 Sudan. The 4 is in an eye shaped logo. the logo is by@raafaye on insta.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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ginkgogoes.bsky.social
it’s not a mess it’s organised in a way only i can accidentally remember
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Watching cartoons and packing pigeons while dressed as what basically amounts to a glorified Ewok…. #LifeOfAnArtist

For clarifications sake no pigeons are harmed in this process…they are my new wooden Christmas pins.
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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masatojones.bsky.social
Due to a very bad November the clearance sale is a lovely way to buy for #Christmas its not as good as the #blackfriday deals however we do not sell mass produced items Please support us masato.co.uk/collections/... lets try rescue November a month traditionally we do well in 2025
Clearance Sale
Nothing wrong with anything, just need it gone! A mix of previous lines with only one or two sizes left or past lines we don't stock anymore. Don't hesitate as when these items are gone they are gone ...
masato.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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tomhuddleston.bsky.social
I'm honoured to donate to the Creatives for Sudan auction, raising money for people fleeing genocide in El-Fasher.

You can bid on a signed copy of David Lynch: His Work, His World along with literally tons of other amazing prizes. Get bidding!

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

#creatives4sudan
A flyer for the Creatives 4 Sudan auction
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
I'm delighted to see that the #Creatives4Sudan has now raised over 7 grand! We're raising money for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan, and every bid helps the Emergency Response Rooms there do their work. Bid here on mentoring from comics supremo! @nickabadzis.bsky.social bit.ly/4pxHBK7
A screenshot of an auction item in the #Creatives4Sudan auction showing a picture of Nick Abadzis's heartbreaking graphic novel, Laika. The auction item is: Kickstart your creative journey: 1-Hour mentorship with comics pro Nick Abadzis. Poster announcing CREATIVES 4 SUDAN. A sudanese flag is waving behind the text. The rest reads AUCTION NOW LIVE! RAISING LIFE-SAVING FUNDS FOR PEOPLE ESCAPING GENOCIDE IN EL-FASHER, BID TODAY. galabid.com/creatives4sudan The art on the poster is by @raafaye on insta.
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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jazzadelegames.bsky.social
The #Creatives4Sudan Auction is Live ❣️

From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !

Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

I also offered some Art! 👀

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A Promo poster for an Auction benefiting those escaping Genocide in Sudan. "Announcing: Creatives 4 Sudan. Auction Now Live! Raising Life-Saving Funds for People Escaping Genocide in El-Fasher! Bid Today!" link in the main text of the post! The background is an illustration of a hand holding the sudanese flag. The logo is in the middle, an eyeball, with the pupil being the shape of Sudan with the number 4 in the middle of it. The Logo is made by Raafaye on Instagram.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
I'm offering a one hour mentoring session with a 3000 word read of your children's book manuscript. I'm an award-winning author who has mentored bestsellers, a Waterstones BOTM writer and more. I've published 14 kids books and have my debut picture book coming out next year. #Creatives4Sudan
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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doodlebeth.com
Hey new folks
I'm Beth, I'm an autistic and chronically ill artist. I have two shops. This one is all neurodiversity and disability stuff - all with lots of colour :D
doodlebethshop.etsy.com
a sticker that's a rainbow infinity symbol and it has rainbow text on it saying 'autistic' two silicone multicoloured wristbands, they have black text and infinity symbols. one says ADHD and the other says AUTISTIC two black acrylic keyrings with rainbow split rings and clips. one is a rainbow brain and one is an rainbow infinity symbol a black lanyard with rainbow infinity symbols
February 7, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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kellylianne.bsky.social
Ghost Moth.
Illustration of a white glowing ghostly moth fluttering up through darkness. A glowing halo of stars encircles above its head.
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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paraplyshop.com
I haven't seen a post like this going around yet, so I'll make it myself! EU-based artists, tell us what you sell and drop a link to your shop in the replies ❤️

Everyone else: please spread the thread and check out the artists if you want to support human made art this holiday season 🌟

#shopsmall
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Just a heads up that this is actually open to bidders in the US, Australia and Canada as well as UK (listing is now corrected to reflect that) So go forth my international bird friends and bid....

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
Text says, Bid to have me illustrate your favourite bird! Receive a print of it too! Images show an original illustration by loadofolbobbins of a Barn Owl in flight. The perspective is as if you were looking up underneath the owl as it’s swooping with claws beneath it to catch pray. It’s wings are together behind it caught in the upward flapping motion. The colouring of the owl is a combination of creams and browns with dark speckled markings across the body, underwing and head. The head of the owl is a slightly richer, almost orange brown. One big black eye can be seen looking beyond it’s claws, intensely focused and there’s a trail of brownish feather beneath it which look almost like a stripe that leads to the small pointed yellow beak. The background is inky wash in dark blue. Underneath this is an image of a hand drawing with an apple pencil on an ipad a sketchy illustration of a bird. Creatives for Sudan.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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helenbennett.bsky.social
Something blue for #BlueSkyMonday A gorgeous Blue-grey Tanager to hopefully raise a smile. 💙

Happy new week everyone! 👋 📷 🪶

#Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
A photography of a blue-grey bird that is perched on a branch. The bird has its back towards the camera with its head in side profile looking to the right as viewed. The blue tones of its feathers are strongest on its wings which look almost turquoise. It has a big dark eye and fairly stout beak. The background is blurred in pale green. Taken in Costa Rica.
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
If I post a cartoon that's not on my website you can request a copy via the email because I draw each one to order.

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Cartoon of John Travolta in his classic Saturday Night Fever disco dance pointing pose, jumping over a fallen tree trunk. Caption: John Treevaulter
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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angemmorton.bsky.social
Working on this simple little drawing today....
A pen and brush pen drawing in progress. A figure is walking (seen from the back), and there are several boats in the water in the background. Art by me.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Just a heads up that this is actually open to bidders in the US, Australia and Canada as well as UK (listing is now corrected to reflect that) So go forth my international bird friends and bid....

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
Text says, Bid to have me illustrate your favourite bird! Receive a print of it too! Images show an original illustration by loadofolbobbins of a Barn Owl in flight. The perspective is as if you were looking up underneath the owl as it’s swooping with claws beneath it to catch pray. It’s wings are together behind it caught in the upward flapping motion. The colouring of the owl is a combination of creams and browns with dark speckled markings across the body, underwing and head. The head of the owl is a slightly richer, almost orange brown. One big black eye can be seen looking beyond it’s claws, intensely focused and there’s a trail of brownish feather beneath it which look almost like a stripe that leads to the small pointed yellow beak. The background is inky wash in dark blue. Underneath this is an image of a hand drawing with an apple pencil on an ipad a sketchy illustration of a bird. Creatives for Sudan.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM