Michelle Cohen

Now that the weather is getting cooler, I can break out some of my lighter fiber scarves to flounce around in! Like this one! Even if you don't knit or crochet, you can make some pretty cool "scarves" by felting down some wooly yarns and adding things to them!!

After watching the last few weeks unfold, I think everybody who wanted to ignore Jan 6 is getting a really solid picture of just exactly how bad it was meant to be, by the people who planned it. And the fact that so much of this country was in deep denial about that? Well, it led us here, didn't it?

Oh hey, ya wanna see my pumpkins? And maybe a few flowers too? The hot weather gave my garden box some extra growing time, so I've been plucking new dill and cilantro sprigs out of my side garden box. And it's giving the pumpkins time to have a few more babies before Halloween...

Ha! When I came home from teaching last night, the neighbors were admiring a possum trundling around on our grape-strewed fence. The grapes are fermenting, so the possum was pretty cheerfully drunk on his evening snack. Sadly I couldn't get a decent picture, but I bet he'll come back for more!

My painting is all done!

I'm making progress on a new painting...

Oh, that's really grotesque. I'm guessing it's the busywork his staffers are giving him to keep him out of their hair while they do crimes.

There's been potting soil carnage and glitter that ended up just everywhere, after I tipped over a stand full of shamrocks and my pet orchid. But it's fit for company now...

And I've got iced tea, and I have a painting to play with later. It's coming along so well!

I'm having a relative drop by, so I've been prepping the guest room/studio. That means trimming ominous plants to just *slightly* unsettling, de-grungifying the bathroom, tucking away about one-third of the skulls and tentacle monsters, and dusting the paints, clays, canvases and brushes off.

YouTube video by Michelle Mausi Cohen Basic Embroidery #3: The Chain Stitch...

Tonight is my first night back teaching embroidery classes! And I finished another little video, to help my students.

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Oh, that's so awful. Emma is worth 50 J.K Rowlings.

My strange little Batling is done! Now the glue for the backing needs to set up, and I can plunk him in the shop tomorrow...

I was worried that my roses didn't make it through the winter; they took so long to come up this year. But a little fertiliser and lots of water are helping a lot. I think it was just literally a late bloomer...

Thanks! It'll be so great once I add the beaded frame and whatnot.

I'm working on a bat brooch, and people are always surprised to hear that I think smaller pieces are more difficult than larger embroideries. It's because the details are so important, and take a while to do juuuuust right.

That's so sweet!

I got my physical this morning, and now I've got a little treat for being a good Maus about the blood draw...

There are strange winter apples in the forest. Are they delicious? Healing? Poisonous? All three? If you find them, you must tell me... #painting #whimsigoth #apples #arttok #fyp TikTok video by Michelle Mausi Cohen

I'm so pleased with how this came out, with the incomparable inks from Ferriswheel Press!
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Thanks so much!

I think I'm finished with this painting at last! Once it's dry, I'll have the fun of taking the tape off the edges...

A handful of flowers from the garden...

The Punkabun is all finished, and has a home awaiting his pumpkiny self!

I usually like using light cotton canvas for brooches and teaching. I've also got a huge pile of dyed linen that I use for fancier pieces. Quilting "fat quarters" works well,too. Basically,organic fibers that aren't too stretchy. (Though I stitch onto knitwear a lot and break that rule all the time)

Oh hey, do you wanna see a little bat brooch I'm working on? I've got a way to go, but the cuteness is emerging...

More leafs!

Shiny leafs are shiny!!

Happy Friday! This morning I'm putting down some base colors for a larger version of the frost apples I had so much fun with recently. I really love Ferriswheel inks; the colors shift with the sun...

This time of year is the time where I get to stretch my wings a bit and make lots of things for Halloween. A friend bought this tiny sewing box from me, and it's a nice reminder for me to make a few more...

Today is leaf day! So many, many leaves to stitch up. Time to find some good leaf-music to help with the stitching...

“Blue Mothman” 5 by 7 watercolor and colored pencil drawing In the cool, liminal space between sunset and dark, the Mothman walks under the trees. What is he thinking, as he sees you staring at his magnificent wings? His thoughts, like his antenna, are all …

And now it's in the shop! It's tiny though, only 5 by 7...
“Blue Mothman” 5 by 7 watercolor and colored pencil drawing – MsFledermaus Arts share.google/Zy3taN0q4o3g...