XPHAIEA
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Tom Cherry • Bedfordshire, UK
Textile artist inspired by folklore, myth, magic and the macabre ✨🌞
https://xphaiea.bigcartel.com/products
Textile artist inspired by folklore, myth, magic and the macabre ✨🌞
https://xphaiea.bigcartel.com/products
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@xphaiea.bsky.social
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#portfolioday
I'm a UK based textile and doll artist inspired by folk art, horror, fantasy and the surreal, with a strong emphasis on using recycled materials!
🔗 xphaiea.bigcartel.com
I'm a UK based textile and doll artist inspired by folk art, horror, fantasy and the surreal, with a strong emphasis on using recycled materials!
🔗 xphaiea.bigcartel.com
Thank you so much! 💚😁
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Thank you so much! 💚😁
HARE'S MOON (for Isobel Gowdie)
xphaiea.bigcartel.com
#isobelgowdie
#folklore
#witchcraft
#textileart
#artdoll
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#isobelgowdie
#folklore
#witchcraft
#textileart
#artdoll
February 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
HARE'S MOON (for Isobel Gowdie)
xphaiea.bigcartel.com
#isobelgowdie
#folklore
#witchcraft
#textileart
#artdoll
xphaiea.bigcartel.com
#isobelgowdie
#folklore
#witchcraft
#textileart
#artdoll
Beast of burden emerges from the books~
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Beast of burden emerges from the books~
#workinprogress on this embroidered 3D hare, a component of the piece I'm working on currently ✨
#embroidery
#embroideryart
#hare
#mythandmagic
#embroidery
#embroideryart
#hare
#mythandmagic
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
#workinprogress on this embroidered 3D hare, a component of the piece I'm working on currently ✨
#embroidery
#embroideryart
#hare
#mythandmagic
#embroidery
#embroideryart
#hare
#mythandmagic
One year ago today I was working on these two pieces... Angrboda and Jormungandr
#angrboda #jormungandr #norse #heathen #snake
#angrboda #jormungandr #norse #heathen #snake
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
One year ago today I was working on these two pieces... Angrboda and Jormungandr
#angrboda #jormungandr #norse #heathen #snake
#angrboda #jormungandr #norse #heathen #snake
Working on a new piece, enjoying embroidery at the moment 😁
#embroidery #embroideryart #contemporarytextiles
#embroidery #embroideryart #contemporarytextiles
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Working on a new piece, enjoying embroidery at the moment 😁
#embroidery #embroideryart #contemporarytextiles
#embroidery #embroideryart #contemporarytextiles
Happy Birthday Mark! ✨
January 28, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Happy Birthday Mark! ✨
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Andrew Wyeth
No Trespassing
No Trespassing
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Andrew Wyeth
No Trespassing
No Trespassing
Aww thanks so much 😁💚
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Aww thanks so much 😁💚
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Cedar
Emily Carr
1942
Emily Carr
1942
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Cedar
Emily Carr
1942
Emily Carr
1942
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 AM
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Thank you! Yes I know Jane we've followed each other for years her work is fantastic!
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Thank you! Yes I know Jane we've followed each other for years her work is fantastic!
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 PM
January 20, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 18, 2026 at 10:46 AM
🆂🅾🅻 • ALCHYMICAL PLAYSCHOOL
First doll of 2026!
#alchemy #esotericart #textileartist #contemporarytextileart
First doll of 2026!
#alchemy #esotericart #textileartist #contemporarytextileart
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
🆂🅾🅻 • ALCHYMICAL PLAYSCHOOL
First doll of 2026!
#alchemy #esotericart #textileartist #contemporarytextileart
First doll of 2026!
#alchemy #esotericart #textileartist #contemporarytextileart
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"I see this roll had a kind of face and it had a bit of band tied round underneath. It fell right over and this face hid in his neck."
- M R James., 'The Uncommon Prayer Book'
#BookologyThursday & also #PhantomsFriday, for which I'm looking forward to another spirited series of ghostly posts.
- M R James., 'The Uncommon Prayer Book'
#BookologyThursday & also #PhantomsFriday, for which I'm looking forward to another spirited series of ghostly posts.
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"I see this roll had a kind of face and it had a bit of band tied round underneath. It fell right over and this face hid in his neck."
- M R James., 'The Uncommon Prayer Book'
#BookologyThursday & also #PhantomsFriday, for which I'm looking forward to another spirited series of ghostly posts.
- M R James., 'The Uncommon Prayer Book'
#BookologyThursday & also #PhantomsFriday, for which I'm looking forward to another spirited series of ghostly posts.
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‘You may think all this strange nonsense; it may be strange, but it is true, and the ancients knew what lifting the veil means. They called it seeing the god Pan.’ — Arthur Machen, ‘The Great God Pan’ (1894)
🎨Aubrey Beardsley, frontispiece, ‘The Great God Pan’
🎨Aubrey Beardsley, frontispiece, ‘The Great God Pan’
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
‘You may think all this strange nonsense; it may be strange, but it is true, and the ancients knew what lifting the veil means. They called it seeing the god Pan.’ — Arthur Machen, ‘The Great God Pan’ (1894)
🎨Aubrey Beardsley, frontispiece, ‘The Great God Pan’
🎨Aubrey Beardsley, frontispiece, ‘The Great God Pan’
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'Knowing I loved my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.'
~William Shakespeare, 'The Tempest'
🎨Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
#bookologythursday
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.'
~William Shakespeare, 'The Tempest'
🎨Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
#bookologythursday
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
'Knowing I loved my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.'
~William Shakespeare, 'The Tempest'
🎨Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
#bookologythursday
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.'
~William Shakespeare, 'The Tempest'
🎨Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
#bookologythursday
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM