some visual development pieces for my Whaling Era horror comic anthology, Whalebones 🐋🦴

And Admiralty Anchor and Whalebones next to a Captain's House, photos by me

Cthulhu mug on a whale bone. The whale has washed up on my beach and I got it there for a photo shoot before the local Natural History museum grabbed all the bones :) . . . #cthulhu #cthulhumug #tiki #whale #whalebones #ceramics #clay #monster #mug #coffee #coffeemug #tea #monstermug #cryptozoology #goth #metal #gothdinnerware #handthtown #coneten #porcelain #ceramic #coffeeislife #pottery #creepycute https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf-CBhKPp_B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Whalebones- Man Man

#whaling is one of the main cultural of Utqiagvik. They store some whale meat underground and some to feed the polar bears on the beach and the Arctic Ocean. Point Barrow, the village in the northern most point of United States #northernmostplayground #whalebones #polarbearterritory #endoftheland #topoftheworld #pointbarrow #northernmost #alaska #arcticocean #arctic #dreamamerica #dreamamericausa #edreamamerica #barrow #Utqiagvik #polarbear (at Point Barrow) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfaQxrhLali/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A new experiment - whalebone arch. These things lived in my mind for quite some time

Whalebone Cup, Clibberswick, 5th Century BCE to 8th Century CE, The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Nikki Glaser at the Beacon Theatre NYC - January 28th 2023 © Laura June Kirsch

Check out the interview and more from the photoshoot in my latest Whalebone Magazine column - READ IT HERE! 

DESTINY SWAP/CHOSEN ONE EDYN AU

this is buddie to me.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 21 February 2023

In the sheltered growing conditions of the Marengo Garden, St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney, an Ilex aquifolium (holly) tree has a characterful trunk providing interest in the border. This evergreen tree was providing protection from the rain for a local cat who was watching the volunteer gardeners!

Jill Raggett

Corset

C. 1890-1895

K.C. Real Whalebone Corset

A sailor’s hygiene tool made of whale bone. This ingenious device has 3 folding blades nestled within its riveted bone case. One blade is for manicuring finger nails and includes an inlaid metal file. The second is a tooth pick. The third is an ear scoop. Made in the 19th century

Dishonored 2 bone charm keychains are now up! Now you can have a bone charm without needing to find a dead whale. Had a fun time picking the runes on this one and painting those little fiddly bits

Point Barrow, the village in the northern most point of United States #northernmostplayground #whalebones #polarbearterritory #endoftheland #topoftheworld #pointbarrow #northernmost #alaska #arcticocean #arctic #dreamamerica #dreamamericausa #edreamamerica #barrow #Utqiagvik #polarbear (at Point Barrow) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfYaNKTuxXy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Stolen from @quozacchis-blog