Valerie from Faraway
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Valerie from Faraway
@valeriefromfaraway.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary artist based in Czech Republic.
Puppets, comics, and songs. Friend of crows. No AI art.
she/they

patreon.com/valeriefromfaraway
I'm sorry @npr.org, but who are you platforming?
May 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Someone broke into our school and vandalised it... I haven't been inside, we don't have much information, but it's closed today.
Which led to me walking though the city with 6th grade, then having coffee with a gaggle of 10th grade girls and- I don't know, it's a weird but actually quite nice day.
April 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's my nameday in Czech Republic. My friends in the village all sang to me and made a toast (hruškovice: pear liquor, if you're keeping track).

And I made a lumpy basket.

Good day.
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today we added to the garden circus.
I haven't worked in clay-clay in YEARS.
#puppets #clay #wip #ceramic #keramiky #loutky
March 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Aw snap, ya'll.
Do you see it?

I'm looking forward to this book.
I'm also looking forward to everyone pointing it out to me when they see it.💙
February 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Work in progress watercolor zine about the time I saw a picture of a bloody mary and ended up introducing them to my Czechs.

#watercolour #zine #art #comics #bloodymary
February 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Polka time.
That is all.
Shoulders covered. For now.
January 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
These matches.

Safety Madness.
#czech #saintdymphna #design
January 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
5 minutes, what are you wearing?

Honestly my wardrobe is hopelessly boring when it's all gonna be under a coat....

But it's comfy!
#sketch #art #selfie
January 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My friend insisted, correctly, that I let him take this photo.

#24hourcomics #comics #zines
January 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Sometimes bouts of pop-up depression get coupled with NHK coverage of sumo tournaments, and wow, what a balm for my soul.

Especially Ura.
January 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Panelák on Steam looks so forking cool and dark and Czech, but it's for PC only, so whomp whaaaa, my streak of not playing any video games at all (which is excellent for my productivity, but at what cost?) continues.

I mean, I could super recreate it in reality on the cheap, but....
January 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Impromptu Parisian puppets for the last project of 2024 (and a possible prequel to a big 2025 puppetry project?)

#puppets #paper #toytheatre #loutky

... Also, what the hell is up with Instagram?
This post is utterly broken there.
December 29, 2024 at 3:21 PM
I'm in #Paris.
Such culture! Such art! Food (though I did get food poisoning, so...)! ...but a true highlight was finding this sarcastic rock outside the national archives, we have named "Ignatius".
#pareidolia
December 23, 2024 at 8:40 PM
I cut my thumb open on old paint (no blades necessary!) while making puppets... but now it looks like cute little guy!
December 13, 2024 at 2:49 AM
📌
Seeing as I'm blocking in tons of books quite soon, this is excellent advice
December 10, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Painting the #puppets!

(I didn't carve them, my puppetry partner did, but I did the characterization sketches and will do all the painting and finishing work)
December 9, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Ooo, #artshare! Hello! And thanks!
I'm Vali, from US now living and making #puppets and little #comics and other #art in CZ.
December 7, 2024 at 6:26 AM
#Mikuláš in my little village in #CzechRepublic

It's like St. Nicholas (it is), but nothing like St. Nicholas we'd think of in US.
December 5, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Another December 5th, another #Mikuláš.

I love this country.
December 5, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I don't know what you're talking about.
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I stumbled on this comic and swooned, and it reminded me of mine from 2021.
Something about #crows and #keys in #comics. 💙

I miss my crow friend...

Holy shit, did I misspell "shiny"? Oh well, it was a 24 hour comic.
December 2, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Spent the afternoon making little candlelit paper lanterns with children for the Mikuláš parade in my village next week.

Good stuff.
December 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
If you see this, post fungi 🍄

#art #illustration
November 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM