Claire Carkulis

After the horrors of the Mines of Moria, the remaining Fellowship has now safely made it to Lothlórien

Lothlórien, also known as Lórien, is a beautiful and important elven realm, ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn

In the shop 🌿

#art #lotr #middleearth #elf #thefellowshipofthering #artdoll #fiberart

Completed Moria LotR Fellowship of the Ring doll

#art #craft #fiberart #textileart #artdoll #illustration #lotr #moria #middleearth #fellowshipofthering

State Flowers : Colorado Blue Columbine, Connecticut Mountain Laurel, Delaware Peach Blossom, Florida Orange Blossom, Georgia Cherokee Rose 🌼 #handmade #dollMaking #sewing #handmadeGifts #slowCraft #homeHandmade #crafts #fabricCrafts

Gullah Geechee Folklore/Cryptids :

Plat-Eyes are malevolent, shape-shifting spirits, with a fiery eye in the middle of their forehead. They can appear as a human, dog, cat, cow, or rabbit, and are the result of someone being unjustly killed, or buried improperly

#art #artdoll #fiberart #folklore

Gullah Geechee Bottle Trees

Often hung or tied to crape myrtles, or at crossroads, these blue bottles are used as protection from evil spirits

When night comes around, it is believed that the bottles can lure and trap the spirits, and hold them hostage until the morning sun can destroy them

#art

Origin of Red Roses :

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is said to have created the red rose when her lover Adonis was killed by a wild boar

There are various versions of the lore, but in one, Aphrodite scratched herself on a rose bush while running to Adonis, and her blood turned the white roses red

Alabama Camellia, Alaska Alpine Forget-Me-Not, Arizona Saguaro Cactus Blossom, Arkansas Apple Blossom, + California Poppy

#stateflowers #flowers #artdolls #art #textileart #fiberart #micronpen #watercolorpencils #illustration #sewing

Wood Snakes are also associated with harvest, procreation, spirituality, and good fortune, as well as cunningness, evil, threats, and terror

While the snake appears every 12 years, the elements have a 60 year cycle, with the last Wood Snake occurring in 1965

#art #fiberart #doll #yearofthesnake

A Hole in the Ground : available today, at 9am pst 🌿

#lotr #hobbit #shire #middleearth #artdoll #textileart #fantasyart #portlandartist #handmade

Thank you so much!! I am so glad that you like them 🥹♥️

All done ☺️ This little Shire doll will be
available this Saturday 🌿 Full preview will be sent this
evening in my newsletter 💌
#hobbit #hobbithouse #hobbiton #lotr #middleearth #fiberart #textileart #illustration

Beginning of my LotR Fellowship collection : The Shire

#hobbit #hobbithole #hobbiton #theshire #middleearth #lotr #artdoll #textileart #illustration #watercolorpencils #micronpen #fantasy

#illustration #watercolorpencils #micronpen #winter #snow #snowmoon #auroraborealis #northernlights #folklore #folkart #textileart #artdoll #dollmaker #artist #pnw #pnwartist #contemporaryartist

February Snow Moon

In the 1700's, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Dakota, and noted that "more snow commonly falls during this month than any other in the winter."
Other names for this full moon :
• Bald Eagle Moon (Cree)
• Bear Moon (Ojibwe)
• Raccoon Moon (Dakota)
• Groundhog Moon (Algonquin)

January Wolf Moon : 2024

#wolfmoon #wolves #wolf #landscapeart #contemporaryart #textileart #artdoll #watercolorpencils #mocronpen #folklore

New pouches in the shop 🌿 Donating 25% of the sales to the Pasadena Humane Society

#zipperpouch #travelbag #makeupbag #frog #mushroom #salamander #firefly #honeybee #snail #butterfly #fabric

Mushroom and Crescent Moon ornaments
#mushroom #mushroomart #crescentmoon #watercolorpencils #ornaments #christmasornaments

October Hunter’s Moon
#artdoll #textileart #watercolorpencils #oddities #pnw #fairyring #deerskull

Thank you so much, dear! 🥹♥️

Mushroom Boys
#artdoll #textileart #mushrooms #watercolorpencils #handmade

#natureillustration #artdoll #fullmoon #watercolorpencils #micronpen #ooak #textileart

November Beaver Moon