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@amandaherzman.bsky.social

plant enthusiast and illustrator from aus ⭐shop open⭐ mush.house/amandaherzman amandaherzman.carrd.co/

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hello, sure! go ahead and email me about it, and I will forward it on to them! my email is amanda.herzman@gmail.com

22.10.2025 20:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I shall be headed your way in a few weeks btw! I'm up for brisnova and shall have some of these sticker sheets on me :)

20.10.2025 01:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
fly agaric mushroom sticker

fly agaric mushroom sticker

mushroom foraging ghostie

mushroom foraging ghostie

wizard holding the moon sticker

wizard holding the moon sticker

bright purple stickersheet with Halloween stickers and a postcards with the history of the jack o'lantern

bright purple stickersheet with Halloween stickers and a postcards with the history of the jack o'lantern

my patreon reward for october is a halloween treat! a little set of spooky autumnal stickers, and a folklore card on the history of the jack o'lantern 🎃🍄

03.10.2025 00:46 — 👍 71    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 0

that haunting ghost turnip was the inspo for this sticker! I mean, my version is slightly cuter and less horrific but they're cousins :)

20.10.2025 01:36 — 👍 55    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

06.10.2025 22:03 — 👍 15610    🔁 5303    💬 130    📌 805
drawing of an ominous teacup full of red liquid, with little feet and a design with eyes and swirls that look almost like mandibles

drawing of an ominous teacup full of red liquid, with little feet and a design with eyes and swirls that look almost like mandibles

drawing of an ominous ornate key coloured in sickly greens with a design like an eye and teeth on the swirly handle

drawing of an ominous ornate key coloured in sickly greens with a design like an eye and teeth on the swirly handle

cup & key for @toadlett.bsky.social 's #objectober #art

08.10.2025 17:59 — 👍 136    🔁 35    💬 1    📌 2

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

08.10.2025 10:29 — 👍 26936    🔁 10242    💬 428    📌 186

thank youuuu, he's off to foraging adventures 🍄✨️

03.10.2025 02:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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can i offer a little foraging ghostie in these trying times

03.10.2025 00:51 — 👍 37    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
fly agaric mushroom sticker

fly agaric mushroom sticker

mushroom foraging ghostie

mushroom foraging ghostie

wizard holding the moon sticker

wizard holding the moon sticker

bright purple stickersheet with Halloween stickers and a postcards with the history of the jack o'lantern

bright purple stickersheet with Halloween stickers and a postcards with the history of the jack o'lantern

my patreon reward for october is a halloween treat! a little set of spooky autumnal stickers, and a folklore card on the history of the jack o'lantern 🎃🍄

03.10.2025 00:46 — 👍 71    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 0
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Fair.

05.08.2025 20:53 — 👍 3420    🔁 400    💬 89    📌 26
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Meet us in the parking lot 🛹

23.07.2025 19:40 — 👍 4032    🔁 1199    💬 15    📌 3
Two-page spread from the book showing two illustrations in green at the top of each page. Hand holds the book in front of a bookcase with printing-related titles and items. The title on the left-hand page is A Press That Lasts Centuries. Left-hand page illustration is Dance of Death (15th century woodcut) showing skeletons dancing with printers as they take them away. Right-hand page shows a common press, like those used from Gutenberg to the early 1800s.

Two-page spread from the book showing two illustrations in green at the top of each page. Hand holds the book in front of a bookcase with printing-related titles and items. The title on the left-hand page is A Press That Lasts Centuries. Left-hand page illustration is Dance of Death (15th century woodcut) showing skeletons dancing with printers as they take them away. Right-hand page shows a common press, like those used from Gutenberg to the early 1800s.

Bookmarks printed in red and black with large type reading Tutivillus (top) and Printer’s Devil (obscured beneath top bookmark, which is placed at an angle) [digital preview of printed item]

Bookmarks printed in red and black with large type reading Tutivillus (top) and Printer’s Devil (obscured beneath top bookmark, which is placed at an angle) [digital preview of printed item]

Line drawing of man speaking into wax recording apparatus, his mouth inside a tube as he holds a lever to rotate the wax drum

Line drawing of man speaking into wax recording apparatus, his mouth inside a tube as he holds a lever to rotate the wax drum

I’ve launched the standalone site for purchasing Six Centuries of Type & Printing, a cloth-bound hardcover book, which is paired with the ebook. You can also buy the ebook by itself, snag the unabridged audio edition, and add letterpress-printed bookmarks. (tems ship around July 20.) sixcent.info

11.07.2025 20:57 — 👍 69    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 1
Traditional art, a sketchbook page with two loose photo studies done in markers and colored pencil. Both pictures depict the countryside, the first drawing shows a few old houses by a path under golden trees, and the second drawing shows two cottages by a lake. There’s a flower ornament in the middle of the page, separating the two pictures.

Traditional art, a sketchbook page with two loose photo studies done in markers and colored pencil. Both pictures depict the countryside, the first drawing shows a few old houses by a path under golden trees, and the second drawing shows two cottages by a lake. There’s a flower ornament in the middle of the page, separating the two pictures.

Quiet countryside afternoons are magical. 🍃

#art #traditionalart #sketchbook

10.07.2025 16:52 — 👍 1872    🔁 328    💬 22    📌 3

A power move that is off the charts.

10.07.2025 16:19 — 👍 762    🔁 143    💬 0    📌 0
a bunch of russula fungi with different coloured caps creating a rainbow-like effect

a bunch of russula fungi with different coloured caps creating a rainbow-like effect

the russula mushroom family for this month's patreon rewards! ✨️🍄

03.07.2025 22:47 — 👍 197    🔁 68    💬 6    📌 1

thank you so much!!

07.07.2025 09:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

anyone who got on social media after 2014 or so is under the mistaken impression that the primary goal of social media is for it to Accomplish Something while those of us who have been on since the start know the true purpose of social media is to give us a place to Post so we don't go (more) insane

12.06.2025 17:22 — 👍 11605    🔁 2955    💬 186    📌 220
A digital illustration of a small, green cat creature on a tree branch surrounded by oak leaves. The cat is looking at the viewer with large, yellow eyes and an open mouth. The cat appears to have a leafy tail to match the foliage around it. This illustration is 100% human made.

A digital illustration of a small, green cat creature on a tree branch surrounded by oak leaves. The cat is looking at the viewer with large, yellow eyes and an open mouth. The cat appears to have a leafy tail to match the foliage around it. This illustration is 100% human made.

Leafy Greeting - 2024

[ #art #illustration #botanicats ]

03.07.2025 21:16 — 👍 1955    🔁 538    💬 15    📌 3

🌈🌈✨️

03.07.2025 23:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A cluster of inky cap mushrooms grow from a rotting, mossy log.

A cluster of inky cap mushrooms grow from a rotting, mossy log.

Beautiful inky caps down at the park! #fungifriends

02.07.2025 01:08 — 👍 115    🔁 31    💬 0    📌 0
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Naww... look at this lil cutie.

Tassie for the win 🍄

#fungifriends #mycology

03.07.2025 11:17 — 👍 655    🔁 59    💬 10    📌 2

I forgot the tag but a bunch of aussie mushrooms above! #fungifriends

03.07.2025 23:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
mycena mushroom on eucalyptus tree bark

mycena mushroom on eucalyptus tree bark

boletellus

boletellus

boletellus showing the blue oxidisation

boletellus showing the blue oxidisation

russula - possibly russula persanguinea

russula - possibly russula persanguinea

my latest mushroom artwork was inspired by a central coast jaunt (more tropical region) that I undertook in a very rainy week in autumn! some of the fungi I saw were amaaazing

03.07.2025 23:08 — 👍 39    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
two postcards with russula mushroom illustrations being held up on display

two postcards with russula mushroom illustrations being held up on display

two postcards with russula mushroom illustrations on a desk. they are laying on a muhs guide book open to the page of russula

two postcards with russula mushroom illustrations on a desk. they are laying on a muhs guide book open to the page of russula

but yeah I loved working on this family of fungi! one of these has the common name The sickener which all i can is sir I admire your work lol. if you wanna grab these for this month, link to my patreon is in my bio 🍄❤

03.07.2025 22:54 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

any boosts etc are rly adored! I've been mainly hanging around insta the last little while and haha. well it sure has been damaging for my confidence in what I create lately 💀

03.07.2025 22:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a bunch of russula fungi with different coloured caps creating a rainbow-like effect

a bunch of russula fungi with different coloured caps creating a rainbow-like effect

the russula mushroom family for this month's patreon rewards! ✨️🍄

03.07.2025 22:47 — 👍 197    🔁 68    💬 6    📌 1
Styled product photo showing five acrylic charms on top of an open notebook. Each charm depicts a plant/flower against a translucent color background and is finished with a gold clasp and a small bell. From L-R: lilies-of-the-valley, morning glories, pink tulips, sunflowers, and clovers.

Styled product photo showing five acrylic charms on top of an open notebook. Each charm depicts a plant/flower against a translucent color background and is finished with a gold clasp and a small bell. From L-R: lilies-of-the-valley, morning glories, pink tulips, sunflowers, and clovers.

Photo showing two rectangular pouches, one pink and one black, laid slightly on top of each other. The artwork on the pouches is a literal cat lady in an oval frame surrounded by ribbons and various flowers.

Photo showing two rectangular pouches, one pink and one black, laid slightly on top of each other. The artwork on the pouches is a literal cat lady in an oval frame surrounded by ribbons and various flowers.

Photo of a vinyl die-cut sticker depicting a happy snail on garden path, surrounded by the text: you're allowed to take your time.

Photo of a vinyl die-cut sticker depicting a happy snail on garden path, surrounded by the text: you're allowed to take your time.

Photo depicting ten small, colorful button pins on a cat-shaped tray. Each button pin has an illustration of a cute critter or item, e.g., a bunny, a cat, an anthropomorphic house, etc, and is finished with a holographic lamination to give them rainbow sparkles.

Photo depicting ten small, colorful button pins on a cat-shaped tray. Each button pin has an illustration of a cute critter or item, e.g., a bunny, a cat, an anthropomorphic house, etc, and is finished with a holographic lamination to give them rainbow sparkles.

Surprise shop update! New Pocket Bloom charms, Cat Lady pouches, tiny button pins, and more~

⭐: mushroomy.house/collections/...

[ #ArtShop ]

03.07.2025 01:02 — 👍 708    🔁 201    💬 8    📌 3
A tiled illustrated pattern featuring incredibly colorful vibrant sea slugs of different colors and shapes. They are laid out on a light vibrant blue solid background.

A tiled illustrated pattern featuring incredibly colorful vibrant sea slugs of different colors and shapes. They are laid out on a light vibrant blue solid background.

sea slug pattern for your feed 🌊🧡

03.07.2025 17:23 — 👍 986    🔁 337    💬 26    📌 3

I literally do not know a single artist (myself included) for whom $1500 a month would not be life changing.

03.07.2025 17:49 — 👍 316    🔁 83    💬 1    📌 1

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