#unicorn tapestries

[soupandcats]

Unicorn rests in a garden in collage!!! I saw the tapestry irl a couple weeks ago and I was obsessed w it 🦄🌷

#illustration #my art #soupandcats #collage #collage art #artwork #unicorn rests in a garden #unicorn tapestries #met cloisters #met museum #unicorn in captivity #paper art #unicorn

[claypigeonpottery]

the unicorn tapestries won the poll, but not by much!

the video of the mug spinning at the end if the timelapse does this piece better justice than the pictures, mugs are hard to photograph

I decided one of the hounds from the other tapestries could break free too

#reserved #pottery #ceramics #ceramic #sgraffito #ceramic art #carving #timelapse #mug #mugs #coffee mugs #ceramic mugs #greyhound #hunting dog #unicorn #unicorn tapestries #unicorn art #fantasy art #video #timelapse video

[partialto]

Birds of the Unicorn Tapestries

#unicorn tapestries #tapestry #medieval art #birds in art #my own photos

[thefoilguy]

Unicorn in Captivity from The Unicorn Tapestries - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

#unicorn #unicorn in captivity #unicorn tapestries #foil #sculpture #fanart

[monniponi]

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden 🦄🌸

#traditional art #watercolor #cottagecore #my art #animal art #fairycore #cute art #cozy art #soft art #unicorn art #unicorn #unicorncore #the last unicorn #unicorn tapestries #medieval #pastelcore #softcore #soft aesthetic #coquette #soft coquette #fantasy art #fantasy #folklore art #folklore

[thegothicalice]

Fairytale drama vibes with this Selkie “Unicorn Defends Himself” dress 🦄

#ootd #selkie #unicorn tapestries #winter goth #fairytale fashion #lunation leathers #the unicorn defends himself

[swollenbabyfat]

Gilded

#unicorn #unicorn tapestries #furry #illustration #graphite #dia

[ripleylarue]

The Virgin and the Unicorn

Thinking about the gentleness of stone butches, virginity as a construct in relationship lesbianism, and stone sex. Enjoy!

#lesbian art #queer art #butch #lesbian #art #butch lesbian #illustration #sapphic #dyke art #intaglio #medieval tapestry #unicorn tapestries

[stdawns]

linocut print inspired by the medieval unicorn tapestries, 2024.

#my art #artists on tumblr #printmaking #block print #linocut #medieval art #unicorn tapestries

[shopwitchvamp]

They're back! @vetiverfox skater skirt extras are available now

🖤witchvamp.com🖤

#vetiverfox #witch vamp #skater skirt #treacherous garden #black velvet #victorian bats #unicorn tapestry #unicorn tapestries #deadly plants #deer #bats #brocade #elegant #dark aesthetic #goth #gothic #dark cottagecore #dark fashion #goth fashion #alt fashion #alt style #alternative fashion #skirts with pockets #thanks it has pockets #plus size friendly #clothing design #fashion design #artists on tumblr #collab #gothic fashion

[ai-em-maes]

miserable beast.

#my art #illustration #unicorn #medieval #medieval unicorn #unicorn tapestries

[jolaunay]

A Farewell to Unicorns...

If you have been following me long enough, you probably know that about a year ago I have started a crazy cross-stitch project, see post here . I have posted updates here n there throughout 2023 with the tag #ladyandtheunicornproject . As every crafter & artist would know, when you embark on such a journey, it keeps lingering in the back of your mind every damn day that you don't work on it. I didn't touch it in months, then I finally found the energy to get back to it. This is the progress I made in a year, a little shy of 1.5 pages out of a 60-page pattern:

It just felt hopeless, the amount of confetti in this pattern is insane. And most of the time, it didn't even look like it made much difference. Then it kinda dawned on me; is this pattern the product of a pattern mill?

What it is a "pattern mill" you might ask... Some cross-stitch pattern shops on etsy simply use photos of artwork and convert them to cross-stitch patterns using free websites. They don't credit the artist, they don't pay a dime for the software, yet they profit from their work. The end result usually does not translate well to cross-stitch; lots of confetti, the project is unmanageable, kills the joy of crafting and when you're finished, it looks like a pixelated photo taken with an early 2000s phone camera.

After further research, I was convinced that my pattern is also from a pattern mill - considering the amount of money I spent on this project, it felt like a punch in the gut. My family will never have generational wealth & afford a vacation home on Rhode Island coast because of this fucking project! But hey, c'est la vie! You live and you learn... See related posts here & here

Sometimes, you just gotta know when to say "enough of this bullshit", cut your losses and walk away from a situation. For that reason, there's no point in working on this project anymore and making it my "Sagrada de Familia". So, I came up with an idea to finish it in an alternative way:

"Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible." This is a quote from Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, some important guy who lived during the Ancient Roman times. I think it is a fitting quote because it represents my vision of saying "fuck this" and not having the fallacy of the sunk costs. Finished it, framed it and now displaying it in my library room in front of another tapestry from the Unicorn series.

It gives me closure rather than disappointment for a project that I started with such high hopes & excitement. If I just put it in a bag and threw it to the bottom of a closet, it'd make me feel guilty. But this still makes me feel accomplished, because it honors the hours of effort I put into it. It turned into a nice little conversation piece with a story. I still love cross-stitching and will work on better patterns in the future. There's already enough to dread about in life. Unfortunate experiences shouldn't take the joy out of pleasant activities!

#ladyandtheunicornproject #lady and the unicorn #a mon seul desir #unicorn tapestries #farewell to unicorns

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

a copy of an older design, based on the unicorn tapestries

#claypigeon #unicorn #unicorns #unicorn tapestry #unicorn tapestries #sgraffito #ceramic #pottery #glazeware

[partialto]

Some inhabitants of the Unicorn Tapestries other than the unicorn

#unicorn tapestries #tapestry #medieval art #my own photos

[firstofficerrose]

Happy World Frog Day!

But Rose, you say, That's A Unicorn.

(All image IDs in the alt text!)

Aaaah, but I have got you there, mon amis! Although what you see on the surface is, indeed, a unicorn, if you look closer....

Closer!

A little more!

You see him yet?

Ah ha!

A Frog!!!!!

What a splendid gentleman, letting the unicorn have the limelight like that.

#i found this frog in this tapestry last year #and he has lived in my head since then #happy world frog day #frog #froggy #unicorn #unicorn tapestries #unicorn tapestry #tapestry #textiles #fiber art #art history

[pagansphinx]

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries) • French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven) • 1495–1505 • The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

#art #medieval art #medieval taspestries #unicorn tapestries #art history #the cloisters #the metropolitan museum of art #16th century art #history of art #artworks i've seen #unicorn