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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 2d

That beautiful Harvest Moon is shining bright tonight! #harvestmoon #fullmoon 🌕

Bright full moon among trees and above a house.

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 2d

Nice!

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 3d

Black walnuts have jugulone and also tannins. The tannins act as a mordant for protein fibers like wool or silk.

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 3d

You could, I think. I have never tried it.

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! I have made black walnut ink before (and may try that as well with this batch.) I am curious to see what different mordants may produce. I do love to experiment!

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 3d

Black walnut dye, in-progress! I gathered about 60 and took my smashing rocks to them, (easier to crack), discarded the nuts (our squirrels will be happy) and am simmering the hulls in about 1.25 gallons of water for about 5 hours and soak overnight. Figuring out what I will dye later! 🌱🎨

Bag of black walnuts, smashing stones and pot.

Pot of walnut hulls in water simmering outside.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 3d

The dahlias at County Farm Park are still going strong! A little dry, but looking good. 🌱#dahlias #fallblossoms #countyfarmparka2

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 7d

'An advocate for the Earth': How Jane Goodall inspired generations of scientists

Goodall's massive contributions to primate research challenged the status quo and inspired nature advocates

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'An advocate for the Earth': How Jane Goodall inspired generations of scientists | CBC News

Jane Goodall’s transformative impact on the field of primatology, inspiring generations of researchers and expanding the public’s understanding of science and nature were on full display as reactions ...

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for the great prompts!

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 8d

And that’s a wrap for SciArt September 2025! I love seeing all of the drawings together. Were they perfect? Nope. I am more fascinated by the process of each day, researching, deciding what to draw and keeping the momentum going. Congrats to all who could participate! 🎨🐡 #sciartseptember2025 #sciart

All five pages of daily drawings (six per 11x14” page) for the SciArt September drawing challenge.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 8d

SciArt September, Day 30: Dream (shared future.) My dream of a shared future includes putting our beautiful planet first. Adaptations, balance, collaboration and diversity are all key components of this. 🐡🎨🌎 #earthfirst #dream #sciartseptember2025 #sciart

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 8d

SciArt September, Day 29: Foresight (shared future.) Climate change is a major issue affecting our shared future. Attention to environmental management in addition to our built environment can be help to mitigate its effects. 🐡🎨 #foresight #climatechange #sciartseptember2025 #sciart

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 9d

SciArt September, Day 28: Harvest. Manoomin is the Anishinaabe and Ojibwe name for wild rice. This sacred grain is traditionally harvested using a canoe and knocking stick to bend the rice stalks over the canoe and collect the grains. 🐡🎨🌱#sciartseptember #manoomin #harvest

Ink drawing of manoomin grains with hand written text.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 9d

SciArt September, Day 27: Bounded (people.) The state of Michigan, with its two peninsulas, is bounded by four of the five Great Lakes. It has the longest freshwater coastline in the U.S. at 3,288 miles. 🐡🎨 #sciartseptember2025 #bounded #michigan #freshwatercoastline #sciart

Ink drawing of the outline of the state of Michigan, with the four Great Lakes around it and hand written text.

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 9d

SciArt September, Day 26: Forage (people.) This is a hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum.) It has spore-bearing structures in the form of spines, rather than gills. 🍄🎨🐡 #sciartseptember2025 #hedgehogmushroom #forage #spinesnotgills

Ink drawing of a hedgehog mushroom with hand written text.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 9d

Sciart September, Day 25: Tireless. Saffron is the hand-harvested, red stigmas from the center of each crocus blossom. It must be picked right before or after sunrise, and harvest happens every other day for a short, 3-week period in late summer into early autumn. #saffron #tireless 🐡🎨🌱

Ink drawing of crocus blossom with stigmas and hand-written notes.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 11d

Cool! I didn’t know that.

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 13d

Very cool!!

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 13d

SciArt September, Day 24: Numbered (people.) I was thinking of numbers in nature and chose to depict the humble hexagon. Such a satisfying shape and efficient! It’s 120 degree angles allow the to tile a plane without gaps or overlaps. 🐡🎨#sciartseptember2025 #sciart #hexagon #numbered

Ink drawing of a series of hexagons as in a beehive with descriptive text.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 13d

SciArt September, Day 23: Scouting. Sidewalk botanizing! Scouting for plats in an urban ecosystem can be fun and enlightening. This is Broadleaf Plantain, which is very common in disturbed areas such as sidewalks and driveway edges. 🎨🌱🐡#sciartseptember2025 #sciart #broadleafplantain #botanizing

Ink drawing of plantain growing out of driveway edges with descriptive text.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 13d

SciArt September, Day 22: Fellowship (people.) I chose to depict two of the common motifs that appears on Neolithic Trypillian pottery—spirals and waves. 🐡🎨#sciartseptember2025 #sciart #fellowship #spirals #waves #trypillian

Ink drawing of interlocking spirals and a line of waves with descriptive text.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 13d

Day 25 #SciArtSeptember prompt tireless: 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene. Her husband said, 🧵

My linocut with portrait of Kathleen Lonsdale in gradient of lavender at the bottom to indigo at the top. She looks like a serious woman with a big mop of curly hair, round glasses, in a floral shirt and blazer. To her left is her own first drawing of electron density projection calculated for hexachlorobenzene. In front of her in black is her own one crystal model of hexamethylbenzene (with spheres for atoms and bars to indicate bonds or for structure and a small tag).

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 16d

SciArt September, Day 21: Reef. This is a beautiful Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabresceris.) It is a large-polyped stony coral found in the info-Pacific region. It has tubular tentacles with colorful tips. 🐡🎨🪸#sciartseptember2025 #torchcoral #reef #sciart

Ink drawing of a torch coral with long polyps, sitting on a reef rock.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 16d

SciArt September, Day 20: Glacial. Glacial ice is not just a monolith. It is composed of layers that slowly transform over time through pressure and cold. The layer called firn is snow that has been compacted over a year without summer melting. 🐡🎨#sciartseptember2025 #sciart #glacial #firn

Ink sketch of the layers of glacial ice from snow to compacted snow to firn and finally glacial ice.

Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 16d

SciArt September, Day 19: Depths. This is a Barreleye fish, which is found in the Pacific Ocean around 2,000 ft down. It has a transparent head with two, glowing green eyes on the top of its head, which help it to spot drifting animals for food. 🎨🐡#barreleyefish #sciart #sciartseptember2025