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Lulu Lapin
@squeezy.bsky.social
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Hedge dweller. Permanently covered in mud and cobwebs. Part human, part earth elemental.
Translator. Glassmaker. Folk art purveyor. Folk horror enthusiast. SF & Fantasy lover. Make-do-and-mendophile. Gardener. Sasquatch stan. Lagomorph ally. She/her AuDHD
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Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · Nov 17
After some nudging from that @nibus.bsky.social who I happen to make kilnformed glass with in my spare time, here are a few shiny things I made that you may or may not enjoy looking at.
Fused glass abstract seascape on easel. Oblong glass piece (approx 10cm x 20cm) with royal and navy blue and white at the top, with turbulent cloud effect depicting sky, moving down to turquoise and sparkling blue in the middle along the horizon, down to turquoise then off-white along the shore and finally, at the bottom greys, blacks and off-whites to depict a stony beach. The whole piece is smooth and flat. A display of five Green Men/ Green Ladies (approx 15 cm x 8cm) and leaves in the foreground all made from fused glass. The Green men and ladies are textured faces made up of leaves and foliage, three men are pale green, one lady is green and brown and one man is various shades of burnished orange and brown. These have been made from powdered glass, which is mixed with a glue-like medium, the moulds are frozen and the models are then turned out and fused in a kiln. They are very tactile, textured pieces. There five very small (3cm) textured leaves two orange maple leaves, a brown beech leave, a pale green maple and a pale green stylised dentate leaf, a bit like a sweet chestnut. In the left mid/foreground, two very delicate leaves made from powdered glass. The first is a maple leaf measuring approx 17 cm x 17cm. It has seven points and a stem. It is an autumn leaf with mixes of browns, oranges and remnants of green. It is veined and textured but very thin and fragile, with holes and ragged edges. The second leaf in the right foreground is a beech leaf created in the same way as the large maple. it measures approx 17cm x 10cm. It is an elongated oval with a stem. The leaf is textured and veined with some decay. A mix of browns with a delicate, pale green around the edges. Silver/blue cabochon on a silver chain displayed on a wood slice. Square cabochon (approx 3cm x 3cm) smooth, hand polished, approx 1 cm thick. Made from 6 layers of glass, the bottom layer is opaque turquoise, subsequent layers are translucent, each a slightly different colour of blue, adding depth and colour variations depending on the light. It has a cool, icy feel and a layer of patterned glass in the middle adds a textured, glacial look. The colour variations range from turquoise blue, to silver blue on the green bias with flashes of pink/purple. 8 Earth goddesses in greens, blues and orange/red (approx 9cm x 4cm). They are made from mouldable glass, which is fused in a kiln. Their arms form a loop held above their heads. Some have round breasts resting on a big round tummy sporting a spiral, some are generously proportioned, and others, more petite. They are very tactile and have been made to be held and touched. I would like to make some more that are a little more gender inclusive.
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE

Yesterday’s wonderful arrival from @slipperyjack.bsky.social is finally on the preview site!

Please visit all the entries here!

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November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
Happy birthday, @nibus.bsky.social. congratulations on being best and well done on having a nice face, it is a very good face.
a birthday cake for keith with balloons and candles on it
Alt: a birthday cake for keith with balloons and candles on
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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craftycow.bsky.social
I make unique hand made Cat Sofas >>> craftysharp.etsy.com
But do cats really use them? Well let’s ask some of my feline customers … 🧵
Gretchen and Amy say yes…
4 pics of a fruit design cat sofa with 2 cats one black and one with tabby markings . Cats 1 and 2.
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I'll teach you how to alleviate anxiety & lift your mood by re-introducing creative activity into your weekly routine.
I've appeared on BBC Autumnwatch taught workshops on BBC Countryfile & at the Victoria & Albert & Bronte Parsonage museums & my bio's in the photos below:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
Financial necessity forces me to go on Vinted to sell my wares. I'm going to be reminded of the many reasons I avoid people at all costs, aren't I? I'm also going to be required to fucking iron. I haven't ironed anything since 2003.
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
In an uncharacteristic turn of events, I'm sorting out Christmas stock early (for me - apparently 'the normals' do this sort of thing months in advance). Behold, my shiny trinkets. Long, tedious hours at the saw and diamond polisher await as I get these ready to be made into necklaces.
A selection of around 30 square and rectangular glass cabochons of varying sizes (between 5 and 10/15 cm). They are made with various fusible types of glass, each including an element of dichroic glass, which has a special textured coating giving it a reflective 'foiled' appearance, with multi-faceted colours ranging from pinks and lilacs, to blues and silvers. The colours of the cabochons are mainly icy blues, but there are some that are pink and purple, as well as emerald green. The cabochons have different patterns according to the type of dichroic glass that has been used - some patterns look like fish scales and some look like flowers, bubbles, other patterns look like crinkled paper or foil.
October 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
Been tinkering in the workshop with @nibus.bsky.social, evidently I'm going through my Blue Period
Rectangular piece of glass. An abstract seascape in various tones of blue appearing as horizontal stripes, interspersed with thin horizontal slivers of silver shimmer Rectangular piece of glass. An abstract seascape with various tones of blue, including some horizontal stripes of blue shimmer glass on the bottom two thirds. There are some muted neutral tones of glass in the middle of the piece, which are softly curved to give the illusion of dunes or rocks, and transparent blue/turquoise tones in the top third. The piece is smooth, there are tiny, delicate bubbles visible beneath the surface of the glass. A glass art piece appearing in landscape format. It comprises icy blue/turquoise tones and on the upper half, and an effect beneath the lightly blue tinted glass surface which gives the appearance of cracked ice. There are some transparent blue shimmer tones of glass running horizontally across the bottom. The piece is smooth on the surface. There are bubbles visible beneath the top layer of glass, giving the illusion of water. A glass art piece in landscape format. The piece comprises deep, transparent blues, with some streaks of shimmering blue and icy-coloured glass running horizontally across the piece. The lower half of the piece gives the impression of a sea bed with speckled, neutral shades giving the impression of sand which is visible beneath a transparent turquoise blue. The top layer is smooth and beneath the surface, bubbles are visible giving the impression of water.
October 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
Jesus Christ, the cunts are out in force today, I see. I might as well go on arsing Facebook.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
After a protracted period of everything being fucking terrible for us personally, as well as all the awful shite going on more widely, please share in this little corner of happiness with us. Behold this pair of furry twats who seem to have finally bonded after 5 months' hard work. #rabbitsarenobs
Two rabbits, one grey, one brown in a small bonding pen. They have a litter tray, water and some food. They'll be supervised for the next few days, then they'll move into their permanent and extensive luxury accommodation. They are a pair of absolute dickheads and I love them very much.
October 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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loreandordure.com
Pre-orders now open for these gorgeous handmade traditional letterpress Christmas cards.

Shipping at the start of November. Free shipping in the UK.

Pre-order deal: One extra card FREE with each pack of five!
Letterpress Christmas Cards - PRE-ORDER SPECIAL - Kate W. - Lore & Ordure's Ko-fi Shop
Now accepting pre-orders for these beautiful traditional letterpress Christmas cards. The cards are being printed in small batches over the next few w...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
squeezy.bsky.social
Hello, it me.
September 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
squeezy.bsky.social
Not sure what it is about my LI profile that suggests I'm in the market for 'Acoustical Control, Non-Structural Seismic Protection and Vibration Isolation'. I don't have any projects currently 'where noise could be a concern'. Shall I reply 'I done a noise from my bum lol' and see what he says?
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
I've just remembered I'm about to send my CV to someone who's asked me to, and they may well ring me. Answering the phone is worse than initiating a call. Hopefully they'll think I'm shit and not worth the effort.
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
I've made several important phone calls today. If you know me, you know about my phobia of speaking on the phone. Please congratulate me for being brave, or I will cry.
September 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
squeezy.bsky.social
Turns out I can earn more an hour as a Pasty Crimper in Bodmin (no experience: £12.50/hr), than I can as a translator (20 yrs' experience: £4.60/hr). Pasty Crimpers also get free pasties and bonus weekly fruit. I'm honestly considering it because, fuck me, it feels like we're on a sinking ship atm.
September 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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discokidnap.bsky.social
Fuck Linehan and fuck any news outlets framing his hate as "activism" or "just saying" or "debating". Trans women are women, trans men are men, trans rights are human rights.
a cartoon drawing of a transgender flag against a yellow background
Alt: A trans pride flag.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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windows98support.bsky.social
“Got treated like a terrorist lads”
“Tell us what happened lad”
“Got accused of encouraging violence on Twitter”
“Yea but why”
“I was encouraging violence”
“On Twitter?”
“Yeah it was on Twitter”
September 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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chompmancobra.bsky.social
The only reason that Wesley Streeting, the health secretary, would have for speaking out about freedom of speech and excessive policing in the case of Graham Linehan and not the hundreds of people arrested for supporting Palestine Action, is that he supports Linehan and violence against trans people
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
squeezy.bsky.social
Losing work means I've been forced to go back on LinkedIn. I fucking hate LinkedIn to the very core of my being. I am now a LinkedIn Wanker full of even more self-loathing than I ever thought possible. I've also had to scrub the dates off all my quals on account of being a really old bastard.
September 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
squeezy.bsky.social
These entrepreneurs who're all like 'losing my job was the best thing to ever happen to me. I sold my wife and kids to fund *my terrible idea* and now I'm richer than you could possibly imagine, you bunch of sad povvos'.
Anyway, I've got this idea, it's called the ArmsUnder™. Anyone want in?
Image of white woman with brown hair looking away from the camera. She's sitting on a sofa in a bright and airy living room. She's smug, she's cosy, she's the proud owner of the ArmsUnder™, which she is currently enjoying (it's a blanket but don't tell anyone).
September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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entirelyharmless.bsky.social
I sometimes see posts from people saying they're not sure about "trans issues", or don't want to express an opinion because they don't know enough about it.

This short 🧵 is intended to help and encourage those people who are sitting on the fence, perhaps afraid of saying the wrong thing.

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August 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
There are archaologists who have been digging for literally decades who haven't found anything this cool who are going to enjoy reading this article ;)

"Student strikes gold 90 minutes into first dig"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Northumberland dig students find 9th Century gold object
Newcastle University student Yara Souza, from Florida, says she is "geeking out" over her discovery.
www.bbc.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
squeezy.bsky.social
You know, being told you're over-qualified for roles time and time again isn't the confidence boost you'd think it would be, especially when you're really fucking desperate to just pay your bastard bills.
August 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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ciara2001.bsky.social
I always think of the time the ex-comedy ex-writer wrote "There’s no great trans creators of music"
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM