#the hair rug

[cottonkhaleesi]

Left this post in my drafts for over two years, but I think it’s time to talk about it:

Part one of Working With Hair as an art medium

Probably get called crazy for this one, but in my long term art goals I'm still trying to do stuff with materials that would be otherwise discarded; such as the End of the Yarn rugs (and their sister thread coasters), the fabric rope projects, the upcycled poppy petal brooches, and of course all my wrapper art.

I've added an obscure one to the list. I've started spinning my own moulted hair. There's a whole Victorian fashion that boomed AND died about using locks of hair in art and some of the pictures if one looks it up are not only gorgeous and highly technically skilled but incredibly personal.

Whilst I won't be creating anything as functionally beautiful as the Victorians, I suppose my current hair colour has informed my choice to feel like I'm "spinning straw into gold". Human hair proteins are durable and do not decay rapidly like some other fibres which means whatever art I make with this will be environmentally friendly and enduring.

My hair is quite long and very thick so I find I shed a fair amount and after one or two brushings I have enough to spin another section on my drop spindle (roughly the length of my hair). There's always bits that have not caught and are poking out at odd angles, but I've decided that eventually I will wind my spinning on and prune those bits, possibly attempting to spin them into a new section.

I am solely using hair and I'm aware it will be the scratchiest thing in the universe but I am also intrigued if I can generate enough to use as weft for a rug maybe, or a doormat, with either a yellow or a white chunky as the warp.

This will be another project spanning years most likely, and I definitely expect my hair colour to change a lot over the duration, so watch this space.

#cotton khaleesi #cottonkhaleesi #drop spindle #hair #weaving #horse hair weaving #using that tag so not to be confused with hair wigs and weaves #spindle #Rumplestiltskin #Victorian hair art #wrapper art #reduce reuse recycle #end of the yarn rug #end of the thread coasters #fabric rope #environmentally friendly art #recycled art #upcycled art #the hair rug

[frummpets]

latest SYONR news: Ming Fan was cursed with... OLD MAN DISEASE

MF, pinching the space between his eyebrows: you lot are gonna give me gray hairs, ugh. MF chapter 17:

from Shen Yuan of No Relation by @grubus !! MF design by @berriecherry <33

✦ TWITTER VERSION

EDIT: adding the versions with the extra dramatic lighting✨ cos theyre too funny; we love ourselves drama queen MF

#he couldve looked ethereal and fairy-like if all his hair turned white #or looked rugged and world-weary with salt and pepper hair like wqw #but nooooo all hes got are a few strands #skunky looking lmao #my stinky skunky boy >:] #svsss #shen yuan of no relation #syonr #art for fic #svsss fanart #ming fan #qingjing peak #art #my art #frummpets art #mxtx #tomato patch #fanart

[horreurscopes]

thirty & flirty & thriving / shower drains HATE them

#horreurart #death note #spent an hour slapping some color on this several months old sketch because i really like it but i don't think it's ever getting finished 💀 #anyway where's morgan's Mello Is Fine posting. because he is. fine. look at him. he works out #also please note i tried to give mello stubble but i hated it so much i got rid of it. sorry im too much of a lesbian. i'm sure he'd #look properly rugged but i can't pull it off #anyway local hot goth who is aging like milk due to severe substance abuse in his youth + his ethereal elfin boyfriend of confusing gender #because mello is Fine near's hair gets done because in this universe he is not grievously depressed (: it's yaoi so i get to decide the #complex ptsd's been [REDACTED] out of him (it has not) #thanks for coming to my ted talk #meronia #near #mello #near dn #mello dn #mihael keehl #nate river #near death note #mello death note

[merakiui]

there are no words to express how crazy i am going right now (part two).

#meraki mumbles #THIS OUTFIT?!?!?! WAAAAA COOL!! #SO COOL!!! IMMENSELY COOL……… \(//∇//)\ #rugs i love you!!!!! ( ´ ▽ ` )❤︎ #no one knows this but i'm a very quiet ruggie fan #i don't write for him often but he is my favorite out of the savanaclaw trio hehe :D #i am so weak for form-fitting polo necks AAAAAAAA they enhance the appeal by 100000000% #AND HIS HAIR AAAAAAA THE POSE AND THE EXPRESSION IT'S SO PERFECT #ruggie you smoke too tough your swag too different your bitch is too bad they'll kill you OTL

[beautiesofbygoneeras]

Cynthia Myers (September 12, 1950 – November 4, 2011) was an American model and actress, and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

#cynthia myers #1960s #1968 #dead playmates #miss december #okokorasgr #kneeling #rug #full nude #artistic #photographer #pompeo posar #beautiful #beautiful body #beautiful hair #extraordinary #favorite #magnificent #magnificent breasts #outstanding

[time-slink]

obligatory hotguy art

#my art #goodtimeswithscar #gtws #i JUST realized i didn’t polish half his sunglasses and that’s gonna bother me forever but not quiiite enough to go fix now #what is it abt him that’s so fun to draw… #usually i give scar more rugged features like facial hair and well. the scars. #but i wanted to go for a more plastic action figure kinda look #regularly scheduled rugged scar will be back soon #unrelated i also just realized the way i stylized his cannula looks like a septum piercing lol. yeah sure why not

[hairychestloversblog]

The things I’d let him do to me 😉😉

#the things i’d let him do to me #the things i would do #bearded hunk #hairy male #hairy #chest #very hairy #older male #older daddy #muscled man #sweaty muscle #men with beards #hairychest #hairy beast #hairyman #blond hair #handsome #rugged #gay #gay hairy #gay interest #furry torso #mmmhhh #manliness

[verdesart]

Subspace design sketches. Stinky hedgehog hair... chihuahua coded

#it dont bite YES IT DOE #subspace phighting #subspace #you can smell him before you see him #He's such a creature it must be studied #His long hair reminds me of katana #But katanas hair is fluffy and dense and his is the quality of old rug chewed on by the dog #Me bullying my favourite characters #gives him a lolipop #stinky #chihuahua #verdes_art #verdes_phighting #verdes_fanart

[r-aindr0p]

Approximately 9/10 months before he gets back his uniform. (Unless glomas gets a rerun in august like they did for the last halloween event???)

#twisted wonderland #rollo flamme #twst rollo #saving up for his banner during the rerun hhhfhhdfh #but i also need that pathetic wet rug of a cook that is idia #but that long hair lilia card…. #yeah this is going to be tough #come get your uniform you coward bell boy #thats what you get for calling croissants bread i’m still shook about that

[cottonkhaleesi]

Part two of Working With Hair as an art medium

So there’s been one project I’ve been working on that I have been reluctant to talk about in case anyone finds it abominably weird, but for the last year or two I’ve been spinning my hair and today I decided it was time to start weaving.

I have an almost autistic level of sensitive skin and hair that grows incredibly quickly both of which means I always feel it when they naturally fall out, so I decided to start putting them all in a basket to spin on my drop spindle. Compared to softer fibres it was incredibly coarse, but I always planned to do something like a welcome mat with them, so that was never an issue, and actually even after being overspun the yarn was never as scratchy as I imagined.

It has been over two years and my hair has gone through many colours: blonde, pink, dark blue, purple, and deep red, if you look at the last photo you can see the blonde in the middle then the dark blue and all the purple/reds towards the end. I’m not a big precision person so I didn’t measure it before starting to warp but my two years of hair got me just over half way and the rest I used some similar weight wool that I have no other use for.

For the weft, well, carrying on the theme of using up things, my whole ball of fabric twine has gotten me about halfway through in about two hours, so here I will put it down and start scavenging around my scrap pile for bits that are long enough but not useful for anything else in order to finish up the next half after my magical mystery tour of a holiday.

It finished!!

#cotton khaleesi #cottonkhaleesi #weaving #make do and mend #horsehair weaving #alternative art #rigid heddle loom #the hair rug

[swordmaid]

i am wide awake thinking about that post canon jb au again when I should be sleeping …!!! such is the nature of the jbrainrot…

#the whole setting is jb hanging out in the rock post war #and tyrion became lord of the westerlands / the rock is his but he’s off doing stuff in kingslanding and jaime is just filling in for him #atm . but after tyrion comes back his original plan WAS he’ll get married to brienne right away and they can move back to tarth or be #travelling hedge knights together or whatever brienne wants to do he’s down for it. but the important thing is that he wants to stay with #her .. so he’s using the time they have together currently to court her bc she deserves that at least !! #so jaime goes off trying to court and woo brienne but she just thinks they’re hanging out bc they got relatively close in the war #so jaime being touchy feely isn’t anything new. jaime making innuendos and being kinda flirty isn’t anything new either #but this time he means it LOL he’s like I want to kiss you SO badly and brienne will be like lol silly jaime (: #I was also thinking they’d help rebuild lannisport just bc it’s a time for healing now and it would be good for the people to get to know #jaime and the lannisters in general bc of how they would just used to sit high above the rock looking down on everyone #but now jaime is like. actively helping and being known and being with the people rather than just being that absent distant lord #also he’s thinking he might as well try and foster some relationship with the commoners to his house bc it’s for tyrion anyway #so he’s off doing that and brienne is tagging along bc she does not want to go home yet #she wants to stay with him and she’s helping out as an excuse to stay a little longer but she doesn’t exactly want to leave him #but how do you tell someone that and ignore the big glaring part that she’s actually in love with him and the fact that they both survived #the war is getting her hopeful???? u want her to admit that?? like a normal person??? no..!! #so she’s just staying and helping out bc a) it’s the sensible thing to do b) so she can bask on the sun that is Jaime Lannister #for like a few more days. weeks. maybe a month bc the weather is soooo bad in the stormlands rn 🙄😳 #anyway jb hanging out! and everything is going well and good but jaime is now getting popular w the people and he’s also looking quite #rugged and handsome post war now that he’s thirty flirty and thriving and he also has a new scar across his lip that makes his #smirks even more ! rogueish … ! and he looks quite nice with the greying hair 👀 so now there’s gossips around him #not to mention he’s single too and I think if you were one of the heroes who helped win the war they’ll forget the kingslaying #man with no honor business so lo and behold brienne eavesdrops a group of ladies bc she’s a chismosa at heart and they’re talking about a #potential marriage for a lord lannister (!!!) and there’s going to be a big tourney held in Kingslanding for it (!!!) #and brienne remembers jaime mentioning the ought to go to Kingslanding in the next few weeks (!!!) and now she’s remembering jaime IS a #lord though not theee lord of the westerlands STILL a lord from one of the seven houses and he’s single and very eligible for marriage rn #and now she’s realising everything is returning back the way it was before the war where society rules matters and she has her own role as #now the evenstar bc rip selwyn and jaime has his own role too and the court is a whole different battlefield #one that she isn’t equipped in and even though she had found some new confidence in herself bc killing a bunch of ice invisible zombies #with your own magic sword will do that for you she doesn’t think (and she’s being objective not negative) she stands a chance in THAT

[kirby-the-gorb]

#kirby #daily kirby #my art #digital #hal laboratory #nintendo #so like aliexpress used to have a terrible reputation in terms of like quality and truth in advertising and such right #but like. amazon and etsy are swamped with bootleggers and dropshippers now too #so I figured like. can't be any worse right? #besides I know how to double check descriptions and measurements and examine images critically #I've shopped shady sites before like back when banggood was the only place to get those cute diy miniature kits #(now you can get them at regular craft store chains which is Wild to me) #but I have never opened aliexpress because everyone was always just like 'Never Go There' #(but then again these days folks are doing massive temu hauls left and right) #(so clearly norms have changed even if common perception of aliexpress has not) #I open it up and I immediately find the rug I spent an entire day hunting for unsuccessfully earlier in the month. #and a ton of incredible bootleg kirbs. #and a style of hair clip I've been hunting for for *years*. #soooo I spent the entire day in a pastel fugue lol #(I have not spent any money yet but I'm probably gonna) #(so like I can't confirm that you're not gonna get scammed or whatever just like. use common sense.) #(don't trust sale prices read descriptions/reviews when available and try to avoid work stolen from independent artists) #(that's usually gonna be on printed stuff like phone cases and posters) #(and tbh I have no qualms with stolen official art as long as the quality is as advertised) #(but there's a big difference between stealing from Multinational Corporation and stealing from Some Guy) #anyway done rambling now <3

[emptyscrolls]

War yaoi?

#fuck it funger posting #when happy paintings said 'weirder ships' was this what he meant? #when theyre on opposite sides of a war neither of them want to fight <3 #theyre both adults dont fret #they can hold hands #when i met pav as levi i hated him. he dissed my shoes :/ #shoes that levi is missing in this post i just forgot . #hopefully one of these are transparent #if not theyre the same LOL #fear and hunger #fear and hunger termina #fear and hunger 2 #levi fear and hunger #give him a last name pls #pavel yudin #pav fear and hunger #there's brown in pav's hair in this but i think hes a natural blond #i think he dyes his roots brown to look more rugged and sexy #it doesnt work #pavlevi ? #pavelevi ?? pavi ??? #idk any shipnames . i like d4an/kar1n and m4rina/lev1 too tho :] #censored names so i dont tagwhore #I havent posted art in forever idk why im talking in the tags #bye

[bettie-may-page]

3/4 Bettie

#shag rug #cowboy hat #cowboy wallpaper #bettie page #bettiepage #long hair #beautiful smile #betty page #beautiful face #beautiful eyes

[soulmates-for-real]

SF Charlotte DC Jax

#strike is over #j2 get back to work #we may not see these rugged wild handsome looks for some time to come 😢 #goodbye beards wild hair and pornstache 🥺 #j2 #j2 love #my post

[charmallows]

random seros and rokis and serorokis

#my hero academia #boku no hero academia #mha #bnha #shouto todoroki #hanta sero #seroroki #hi everyone. im new here #sweeps my 8 year history with bnha under the rug #the first two are older. i forgot i drew seros hair like that i may bring that back #m'art