A Jewish cotton-cleaner
Separating seeds from cotton by the ancient process of bowing it. The labour-intensive process used before the advent of the cotton gin

A wood engraving by the Dalziel Bros. from an original sketch or watercolor by Harry Fenn, 1881

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Terry Allen's new album is out Jan 24. Stream all 5 singles, including new tunes "Abandonitis" & "All That's Left Is Fare-Thee-Well," & preorder—check out the gorgeous tip-on gatefold 2xLP edition with vinyl whale engraving by Terry—here. https://t.co/86NdU6egzY

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From ‘Hortus Eystettensis’, earliest-known large folio botanical book, hand-coloured engravings by German botanist Basilius Besler, who spent 16 years on the project ~ Melocactos (‘Mother-in-law’s Cushion’) / Vegetable Artichoke / Sunflower (1613)
https://t.co/3GpdPAGUIw

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“I’ve often thought of myself as a frustrated writer. I consider a word and an image of equal weight, and a lot of my work comes out of that kind of thinking.”
—John Baldessari (1931—2020) in conversation with Calvin Tompkins, 2010.

Engravings with Sounds: Sneeze, Arg, 2015.

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Birds in Flight, a wood-engraving by Eric Ravilious, 1938. In the collection of .

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Maria Aegyptiaca
Adriaen Collaert, Maerten de Vos
Prints, Engraving
Netherlandish, 16th-17th century

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I can finally share the cover art I made for a fanfiction!
It was a lot of fun to make all the engravings!

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Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus would freeze. But - is this a painting? A drawing? An engraving? Brilliantly crossing media boundaries, it's Hendrick Goltzius in 1603. Today is his day.

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Jael Slaying Sisera
Philips Galle
Prints, Engraving
Netherlandish, c. 1569

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It's day 24. I hope you all enjoyed as much as I did. Let us finish with my all time favourite Monsieur image, this very awesome engraving. He looks very stunning here... and those curls.

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Forgot to post an update, lol. Here you go~
(I'll probably change the outfit/pose multiple times until I can find a way to put in lot's of shiny engravings.)

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Another engraving for day 12, this time we have Monsieur on horseback.

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Engraving depicting Urania, the muse of astronomy who gestures towards the heavens as the astronomer leans against a celestial globe and follows her gaze; Cornelis Cort (printmaker), Antwerp, 1565 https://t.co/IJ8juzQiud

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Engravings by 17th-century naturalist, Jan Jonston (1603-1675).
Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V (1657).

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These two engravings after Pieter Bruegel the Elder are titled ‘The Thin Kitchen & The Fat Kitchen’ which, with the festive season kicking off, we think would be better titled ‘Before & After Christmas!’ Sold today for £9,000 inc buyer’s premium

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On day 3, we have a engraving of Petit Monsieur by Juste d'Egmont.

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Yerebatan Sarayi, Basilica Sarnici, the sunken palace cistern, Istanbul built by Justinian around 532 AD, engraving 1840 by Thomas Allom.

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Beautiful engraving from
Recueil des plans, élévations et coupes; an folio on French gardens and castles by Emmanuel Héré.
https://t.co/K9E7ncH0Cr

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Lucille~
Worked on coloring her all night. There are so many shades of lilac that I know now XD
She has vine like engravings on her, a ball jointed doll who is deaths angel. uwu she collects and protects innocent souls who are lost or have passed so they don’t get eaten by demons

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