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Tom Cherry • Bedfordshire, UK

Textile artist inspired by folklore, myth, magic and the macabre ✨🌞

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"Science fiction is the mythology of modern technology." – Ursula K. Le Guin
#famousquotes #futurism
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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METAMORPHIA

Two new mini art dolls now available on my website

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#bugs #weirdart #goblincore #hybrid #insects
Two handmade art dolls with hybrid bug/human bodies
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Citizens of the Land of Mushrooms, C20th lithograph.
Twelve of the most prominent citizens of the land of mushrooms are depicted in this early 20th century lithograph. All are edible except (9) the deadly Fly Mushroom. (4) Coral Clavaria and (8) Parchment Lacatarius are edible when perfect, but when imperfect they are slightly poisonous and should only be dealt with by experts. The other mushrooms are (1) Shaggy Pholiota, (2) Puff Ball, (3) Dog Cortinarius, (5) Red Clavaria, (6) Violet Clavaria, (7) Meadow Mushroom, (10) Common Morel, (11) Magpie Mushroom, and (12) Yellow Chanterelle. The Puff Ball and the Morel are not, strictly speaking, mushrooms, but being close fungi relatives, have been invited to the convention.’
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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#supermoon #fullmoon
Photo of the full moon through the branches of a tree
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Some more recently collaged cards!

#collage #art #illustration
Handmade cards
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Art by • Mark Harrison
December 16, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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“Offrandet”
- Mixed Media

On Hahnemühle cold press 100% cotton 300 gsm / 140 lb watercolor paper

(Status: Available)

If interested DM me or message me through my website, link in bio.
“Offrandet” - Mixed Media On Hahnemühle cold press 100% cotton 300 gsm / 140 lb watercolor paper (Status: Available) If interested DM me or message me through my website, link in bio.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Hello Wednesday.
🖼️ Jill Barklem
An illustration from the children's book series Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem. It features a mouse-like character holding a pair of green, wing-like garments on hangers. The character is standing in a room with a wooden door and two framed pictures, and a large, bat-like shadow is cast on the wall behind it.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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doodle made into a handmade card

#illustration #drawing
Handmade card
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Yes, here's the classic illo from Leo and Diane Dillon, a marvelous painting.
A succession of figures from the foreground: a woman with braided hair wears a necklace with a biohazard symbol. The woman behind her in ornate robes with plant patterns is placing a mask on her so that her eyes are in shadow. Two antennae rise from her headpiece which is made of delicate translucent wings. Behind those two is a wintery figure in fur robes and bound in white rope. A figure in black cloak and metal dog-like mask with long spikes on the top flanks the Snow Queen. Barely visible on the right is a woman in helmet with transparent visor and a futuristic many tiered city. The whole piece is bordered with a nouveau sun pattern radiating at the top.
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
Snickers bar and a metal whistle
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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the beast of tomorrows
Digital painting of a male sphinx. His lion half does not have any fur, is green in color, and on the surface of his skin are ornate etchings / embellishment. He has long, brown, wavy hair that bellows upward in the wind, and on his head is a white flower crown, adorned with shiny jewelry that hangs off his head. He has a sorrowful expression, with tears streaming down his piercing green eyes. His tail is long and he has pale white dove wings.
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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𝗣𝗘𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗥 is a grotesque figure believed to haunt the river Tees. Similarly to the watery hag Jenny Greenteeth, she also lures children to their death with her bewitching hypnotic stare and long green hair.

#pegpowler #jennygreenteeth #ghouls #halloween #britishfolklore #artdolls
Goblinesque doll of Peg Powler
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Yellow Eye, a Forest Spirit 🌿

Handmade from textiles and found objects, she is a little beauty ready to be displayed on your walls.
See more pictures on my website
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#textileart #dollcreation #bsnm #artshop #art #handmade #fantasy
Little textile creature with a yellow Eye. She has found objects like snail shell, tree bark and flowers sewn on her.
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Sid posing for the camera
Border terrier sitting looking out of the window
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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"He drags her head to the bed's edge... With a plunge he seizes her neck in his fang-like teeth—a gush of blood, and a hideous sucking noise follows. The girl has swooned, and the vampyre is at his hideous repast!"

—Varney the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood, James Malcolm Rymer

#BookWormSat
October 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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🌳🌘🌳"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her."

📖Terry Pratchett - Wintersmith.
#BookWormSat #FolkloreSunday
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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BANSHEE

The death-messenger from Irish folklore, known for her overpowering scream heralding a death in the family.

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#banshee #irishfolklore #ghouls #goblincore #dolls
Handmade banshee art doll with screaming face and mildewed dress
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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‘I call upon Pan, the pastoral god,
I call upon the universe,
upon the sky, the sea, and the land,
queen of all,
I also call upon immortal fire;
all of these are Pan’s realm.’
— ‘Orphic Hymn 10: To Pan’ (trans. Athanassakis & Wolkow)

🎨Athanasius Kircher, 1652
Image of Pan with wings holding his pipes.
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The 𝙁𝙄𝙅𝙄 𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙄𝘿 was a popular sideshow exhibit, supposedly the bizarre real life proof of the existence of mermaids, it was in fact fashioned from the torso of a monkey attached to the tail of a fish.

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#fijimermaid #cryptids #goblincore #horrordolls #creepycute
Textile art doll of a Fiji Mermaid with a single eye and shaggy black hair
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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𝗚𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗬 𝗥𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗡 is a monstrous spirit from Welsh folklore that is seen as an omen of death, similar to a banshee. She is believed to resemble a hideous shrieking hag with leathery wings and skeletal appearance.

#gwrachyrhibin #welshfolklore #goblincore #horrordolls #halloween
Photo of a handmade art doll of a creepy ghoulish character with winged ears, purplish skin, vibrant ginger hair and wild bulging red/yellow eyes
October 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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GLAISTIG

The Glaistig is a Scottish supernatural character, sometimes believed to be the ghost of a noblewoman. Also referred to as The Green Lady, she is often seen mournfully walking through crumbling castles and her approach is heralded by the sound of her hooves.

#glaistig #scottishfolklore
Art doll of a 'glaistig' a supernatural goat-like woman
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Sid found some amanitas!

#amanita #amanitamuscaria #borderterrier #dogs #woodlandwalk
Photo of a border terrier with a small amanita muscaria in the foreground
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Blackthorn

#artdolls #goblincore #witchsky
Photo of a gnarled goblinesque creature holding sloes and sitting on a mouldy post
October 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
Bronze figurine of a walking skeleton with elongated limbs and detailed ribcage, shown against a dark gradient background.
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM