Lynda Shoup
@lyndashoup.bsky.social
Mender, ink maker, mixed media fiber artist.
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Upcycling textiles. Find them on
https://shoprestatement.com/seller/lyndashoup
lyndashoup.com
Upcycling textiles. Find them on
https://shoprestatement.com/seller/lyndashoup
I became interested in #sacredgeometry a while ago. I started drawing and embellishing this pattern - #theseedoflife . For this version I drafted the shape and then cut the pieces out of mixed media papers I made. #mixedmediaart #artyear #meditativeart #spiritualart
July 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I became interested in #sacredgeometry a while ago. I started drawing and embellishing this pattern - #theseedoflife . For this version I drafted the shape and then cut the pieces out of mixed media papers I made. #mixedmediaart #artyear #meditativeart #spiritualart
Close up of the middle signature of my #handmade #artjournal I make these small journals to take in my bag so I can have a little creative escape in the in between moments. #mixedmediaart #makingartinpublic #momentsofcreativity #artyear
July 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Close up of the middle signature of my #handmade #artjournal I make these small journals to take in my bag so I can have a little creative escape in the in between moments. #mixedmediaart #makingartinpublic #momentsofcreativity #artyear
Had fun playing with my #watercolors made from plants on leftover strips of paper. Why not weave them? The result made me happy. #artyear #botanicalpaint #handmade #botanicalcolor
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Had fun playing with my #watercolors made from plants on leftover strips of paper. Why not weave them? The result made me happy. #artyear #botanicalpaint #handmade #botanicalcolor
Finished mend. Now on to the rest of the pile! #visiblemending #mend #fixit #handstitching #embroidery #repair
June 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Finished mend. Now on to the rest of the pile! #visiblemending #mend #fixit #handstitching #embroidery #repair
Mending a garment while wearing it has pros and cons. #mending #slowfashion #handstitching #sustainable #embroidery
June 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mending a garment while wearing it has pros and cons. #mending #slowfashion #handstitching #sustainable #embroidery
Back and inside of yesterday’s crossbody bag. The tabs were leftover from a project 10 years ago. I added them to hang things from. #upcycle #handstitched #slowfashion #usewhatyouhave #handmade #memade
June 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Back and inside of yesterday’s crossbody bag. The tabs were leftover from a project 10 years ago. I added them to hang things from. #upcycle #handstitched #slowfashion #usewhatyouhave #handmade #memade
Took a break from re-organizing my supplies to make this cross body bag. Every element of the bag is left over. Body of the bag - old jeans. Straps - bias tape made from 30 year old fabric. Embroidery - 5 years ago. Interior fabric - 30 years old. Zipper - bought in 1960s. #upcycling #handstitched
June 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Took a break from re-organizing my supplies to make this cross body bag. Every element of the bag is left over. Body of the bag - old jeans. Straps - bias tape made from 30 year old fabric. Embroidery - 5 years ago. Interior fabric - 30 years old. Zipper - bought in 1960s. #upcycling #handstitched
Onion skin watercolor paint complete! From the onions to the pigment and now in watercolor form! #ArtYear #botanicalpaint #botanicalcolor #handmadewatercolors
May 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Onion skin watercolor paint complete! From the onions to the pigment and now in watercolor form! #ArtYear #botanicalpaint #botanicalcolor #handmadewatercolors
Reposted by Lynda Shoup
For those that need a wee break from news, here's a little stop-motion animated film about making, knitting as a means of coping through stress and grief. It's short- about 9 minutes; worth it. The voices are wonderful. #uplift #craftsky #knitsky #visiblemending
vimeo.com/827066711
vimeo.com/827066711
Visible Mending
Emotional repair through wool. A group of stop motion knitted objects, all chosen by the interviewees, tell stories about how they have used knitting to bring…
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April 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For those that need a wee break from news, here's a little stop-motion animated film about making, knitting as a means of coping through stress and grief. It's short- about 9 minutes; worth it. The voices are wonderful. #uplift #craftsky #knitsky #visiblemending
vimeo.com/827066711
vimeo.com/827066711
So my first lake pigment is all ground up and stored in vials until a day for paintmaking. I am jazzed and ready to make more! #lakepigment #botanicalcolor #paintmaking
May 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So my first lake pigment is all ground up and stored in vials until a day for paintmaking. I am jazzed and ready to make more! #lakepigment #botanicalcolor #paintmaking
My first lake pigment made from onion skins. This is the excruciating drying phase. The pigment on the left was the original pigment, but I noticed that the runoff water was still pigmented so I gave it another go - viola a lighter pigment. #lakepigment #botanicalcolor #onionskinpaint #makingpaint
April 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My first lake pigment made from onion skins. This is the excruciating drying phase. The pigment on the left was the original pigment, but I noticed that the runoff water was still pigmented so I gave it another go - viola a lighter pigment. #lakepigment #botanicalcolor #onionskinpaint #makingpaint
Yesterday I cooked up a crock pot of onion skins. What a lovely color emerged! Part of the resulting liquid was a part of my first attempt at making lake pigments (to be continued) the rest was made into onion skin ink. Playing with onion ink on lavender inked paper was fun! #botanicalcolor #paint
April 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yesterday I cooked up a crock pot of onion skins. What a lovely color emerged! Part of the resulting liquid was a part of my first attempt at making lake pigments (to be continued) the rest was made into onion skin ink. Playing with onion ink on lavender inked paper was fun! #botanicalcolor #paint
The other day I was walking across a parking lot when I looked down. The repairs to the lot looked suspiciously like #neurographicart . #artinthewild
April 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The other day I was walking across a parking lot when I looked down. The repairs to the lot looked suspiciously like #neurographicart . #artinthewild
Learned about neurographic art not long ago and find myself entranced. Many pages of my bus journal are being filled with NGA or zentangles. Art is calming to me, but these forms are giving lately. #neurographicart #artjournal #buslife #makingartinpublic
April 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Learned about neurographic art not long ago and find myself entranced. Many pages of my bus journal are being filled with NGA or zentangles. Art is calming to me, but these forms are giving lately. #neurographicart #artjournal #buslife #makingartinpublic
Today’s the day! Join us at the Jacob Edwards Library in Southbridge, MA for 90 minutes of creative fun!
April 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today’s the day! Join us at the Jacob Edwards Library in Southbridge, MA for 90 minutes of creative fun!
Gearing up for teaching Junque Journaling at the Jacob Edwards Library in Southbridge, MA. It’s such a fun way to use papers and memorabilia to create a beautiful journal. #journalmaking #journal #junquejournal #libraryprogram
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Gearing up for teaching Junque Journaling at the Jacob Edwards Library in Southbridge, MA. It’s such a fun way to use papers and memorabilia to create a beautiful journal. #journalmaking #journal #junquejournal #libraryprogram
Word on the street advises against using metal with natural dyes. So dip pens made from dried rose stems do the trick. 2 weeks home coughing paired with a bag of paint pens and this happened. #handmadetools #ArtYear #colorful
February 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Word on the street advises against using metal with natural dyes. So dip pens made from dried rose stems do the trick. 2 weeks home coughing paired with a bag of paint pens and this happened. #handmadetools #ArtYear #colorful
Fascinating !
“Van Gogh’s ‘Irises’ Were Never Supposed to Be Blue” 🪻🌻 hyperallergic.com/966527/van-g...
February 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Fascinating !
Reposted by Lynda Shoup
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
Last summer we received a bouquet from a vendor at the Farmer’s Market. I made ink from the flowers, a dip pen from the stalks and my daughter made a thank you note using the ink. #botanicalcolor #inkmaking #naturalcolor
February 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Last summer we received a bouquet from a vendor at the Farmer’s Market. I made ink from the flowers, a dip pen from the stalks and my daughter made a thank you note using the ink. #botanicalcolor #inkmaking #naturalcolor
Now more than ever I need my meditative practices to ground me. Any type of fiber art does it for me so stitching labyrinths gives me a double dose of centering. The beauty is that I can find peace tracing the lines. #labyrinth #meditative #stitching
February 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Now more than ever I need my meditative practices to ground me. Any type of fiber art does it for me so stitching labyrinths gives me a double dose of centering. The beauty is that I can find peace tracing the lines. #labyrinth #meditative #stitching
I have been taking small papers on the bus to draw on which will end up in college or mixed media pieces. This piece had been printed. I used the bumpy, vibrations of the bus to control the marks a ball point pen made. I quite like it. A new medium for me! #mixedmedia #artinpublicplaces #artonthebus
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I have been taking small papers on the bus to draw on which will end up in college or mixed media pieces. This piece had been printed. I used the bumpy, vibrations of the bus to control the marks a ball point pen made. I quite like it. A new medium for me! #mixedmedia #artinpublicplaces #artonthebus
These are some of the ways I played with my watercolors. Just seeing how the colors mix and how I can use them to express myself. #watercolors. #paint #paintmaker
January 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
These are some of the ways I played with my watercolors. Just seeing how the colors mix and how I can use them to express myself. #watercolors. #paint #paintmaker
I’m not really a watercolorist. So why make paint, my daughter asked me. Well, I love making and working with botanical inks. The problem is, they aren’t shelf stable. I want to make special paint for memory keeping for special people and events. #paintmaking #watercolors
January 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m not really a watercolorist. So why make paint, my daughter asked me. Well, I love making and working with botanical inks. The problem is, they aren’t shelf stable. I want to make special paint for memory keeping for special people and events. #paintmaking #watercolors
The paints I have made so far. The pigment in the blue came from old eye shadow. The yellow is from the wonderful pigmented turmeric - my first paint from natural pigment. There is so much to learn and each batch gives me more insight. #naturalpigment #naturescolors #botanicals #paintmaking
January 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The paints I have made so far. The pigment in the blue came from old eye shadow. The yellow is from the wonderful pigmented turmeric - my first paint from natural pigment. There is so much to learn and each batch gives me more insight. #naturalpigment #naturescolors #botanicals #paintmaking