Fab day on Good Ship #Verda - sunshine, art and doggos, what more can you ask? We're doing it all again tomorrow, 16/11, come see arts and crafts and maybe enjoy a little mulled wine🍷 Find us on Google maps at 20 Riverbank, #Shoreham, BN43 5YH, or what3words: bespoke.carpeted.dorms 🎨🖌️

PINCH! It's just possible that this adorable #pinchyboy will be on #Houseboat #Verda this weekend. Or, maybe I'll keep him, I mean, _look_ at him 🦀. See beautiful things made by #Shoreham #Brighton & #Worthing #artists - swipe the pic left for info. #craftfair #crustmas #crustmascrafts #crabs 🎨 🪥🖌️

Well, it's official, you need to come see my #art on the Good Ship Verda for your #wellbeing :) For mind, body, & all your arts & crafts gifting needs, enjoy many beautiful things made by local artists 🎨 15-16 Nov, #Shoreham, what3words: bespoke.carpeted.dorms. Guardian piece by @andrewgregory.com

I'm designing some lovely new #Christmas cards for you with my little #Sausage :) PM me for mail order; local folks can see them first at our Winter Fayre on Good Ship #Verda on 15&16 Nov, 20 Riverbank, #Shoreham, BN43 5YH. See you there :) #Dachshund #dachshunds #artistsopenhouses #ChristmasCards

I think I need to draw an #illustration of a #manta #ray. Can you imagine being friends with a six metre magic carpet? #thelastdive #mantaray #mantarays 🧪 🦈 🎨 🖌️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Come see lots of lovely #art on the Good Ship Verda in #Shoreham! We finished hanging it all for you today, and look forward to welcoming you aboard :) Find us on the #AdurArtTrail www.adurartcollective.co.uk/art-trail-ve... Google maps: 20 Riverbank BN43 5YH, what3words: bespoke.carpeted.dorms.

Who's coming to see me on #Houseboat #Verda in #Shoreham this weekend? Here's another of my new greetings cards, come see them all on the #AdurArtTrail :) #sussexartist #brightonartist #aoh #Brighton #pavilion #brightonpavilion #illustration #openhouses www.adurartcollective.co.uk/art-trail-ve...

My piece for the #Peace and #Joy #exhibition at St Mary de Haura, #Shoreham. 7-22/6, go take a look if you're local :) Originally made for #NPCA to promote America's #NationalParks & #Kenilworth #Aquatic #Gardens #Washington #DC. #adurarttrail #sussexartist #brightonartist #OpenHouses #waterlilies

Another new greetings card, this one is a #Brighton #Seagull based on a #collage I made from #upcycled #plastic. See my #cards on #Houseboat #Verda on the #Adur #Art Trail in #Shoreham in June :) #adurarttrail #sussexartist #sussexartists #brightonartist #aoh #seagulls #BrightonSeagulls #OpenHouses

Really pleased with how my new greetings cards have turned out, especially my new #illustration of #houseboat #Verda. See them on Verda on the #Adur #Art Trail in #Shoreham in June. #adurarts #adurarttrail #sussexartist #sussexartists #brightonartist #aoh #houseboats

Aaand #Relax. It's been a loooooong day, so here's my little #sausage taking a #bath. You can see my #art on #houseboat #Verda #Shoreham #Sussex on the #adurarttrail in June. HMU for #pet #portraits or #dachshund greetings cards www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Cand... #doxies #drawing #sketch #adurarts 🐶 🖌️

An #illustration of my little #sausagedog #Prince, based on real life events :) See my #art at #houseboat #verda #shoreham #Sussex on the #adurarttrail in June, HMU for #pet #portraits, or #dachshund greetings cards www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Cand... #petportraits #doxies #drawing #sketch #adurarts 🐶 🖌️

Last day today! So good the mayor went to look at it! See my art! See other people's art! Make that special art #exhibition face and appeared cultured! Go to the beach after and have your chips stolen by a seagull! #Brighton & #Hove #Arts #Council Annual #Art Show, ends 5pm today! #BHAC

You've still got today and tomorrow to go see this adorable little guy on show at the #Brighton and #Hove #ArtsCouncil Annual #Art Show - on till Saturday, lots of lovely artwork, and it's free - go see if you're local 🎨 🖌️ #exhibition #BHAC #puffer #pufferfish #popart #brightonartist #sussexartist

In 2022 we produced 400 million tonnes of #plastics - about the same weight as every human on earth combined. >158Mt was #packaging - the weight of a million blue whales. We generated 267Mt of #plastic #waste, >30kg per person, & only 9% was #recycled. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #plasticfree

For #whalewednesday, you can go see this dapper gentleman on show at the #Brighton and #Hove #ArtsCouncil Annual #Art Show - on till Saturday, lots of lovely artwork, and it's free - go see if you're local 🎨 🖌️ 🐋 🐳 #exhibition #BHAC #whale #whales #popart #artist #brightonartist #sussexartist

That time I made a goth fish in a jaunty hat, by #upcycling #plasticpollution and #ghostgear. This was part of a flotsam weaving workshop with @joatherton.bsky.social while we were celebrating the arrival of the #eXXpedition Round Britain crew in London.

More #springflowers - if I keep posting them, maybe I can somehow manifest actual #spring. It's been 6 weeks since #groundhogday, make with the #sunshine 🌞 You can find greetings card in my #Etsy shop, www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Cand... #purpleflowers 💜 #illustration #botanicalillustration #botanical 🌺

You know, it looked like #spring last week. What happened to that please? Still, the #daffs are out and looking... springy. #flowerfriday #floralfriday #daffodils #illustration #art #botanical #botanicalillustration

#Microplastics can cut plants' ability to photosynthesize by about one tenth. Negative impacts of decreased #photosynthesis can include lower crop yield and seafood production, and it can hamper efforts to fight climate change. #plastic #plastics 🧪

Ghost gear, #plastic #fishing #nets discarded at sea, can drift for decades, injuring or drowning #seals, #turtles, #seabirds & #whales. #whalewednesday #whale #ghostnet #ghostgear #ghostnets #ghostnetart #marineart #upcycling #upcycledart #plastics #plasticfree #oceanplastic #sciart 🧪 🐋 🐳 🐢

For #whalewednesday, and it's #humpday 😊 (see what I did there?) This dapper gentleman is still looking for a forever home 🏡 #whale #whales #humpbackwhale #humpbackwhales #humpbacks #pink #popart #screenprint #art #painting #artist #brightonartist #sussexartist #petunias #douglasadams 🐋 🐳 💐 🌎

This little cutie has also gone to a new home :) #axolotl #axy #axolotls #axies #lotls #amphibian #amphibians #pink #kawaii #cute #popart #screenprint #art #paintings #painting #artist #brightonartist #sussexartist #sussexartists #womeninart #womenartists #neurodivergentartist #aquariums #aquarium

This little #mosspiglet #painting went off to a new home today :) #tardigrade #tardigrades #popart #screenprint #art #brightonartist #brightonartists #sussexartist #sussexartists #womeninart #womenartists #microbiology

The #violets are out at #Brooklands Park in #Worthing. Looking lovely in the #sunshine 🌺

For #SketchSaturday, my little #sausagedog #Prince, meeting a #toucan. Pen and #ink #WIP, and with added #watercolour. HMU for a #portrait of your #pet, or #dachshund greetings cards www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Cand.... #art #illustration #petportraits #portraits #toucans #doxies #drawing #sketch 🐶 🐦 🖌️

My #happy #eel #painting for #FishFriday :) 🐟 🐠 #eels #fish #popart #screenprint #marineart #BrightonArtist #SussexArtists #art #smile #LiveLaughEel

My little #puffer #painting for #FishFriday :) 🐟 🐠 #pufferfish #fish #puffers #popart #screenprint #marineart #BrightonArtist #SussexArtists #art

Went to #Brighton #Airport to take some reference photos for some new #artwork, finally got around to taking a look at the #Shoreham #Airfield #WWII #Gunnery #Trainer #Dome. Fascinating piece of #history, shame it's falling into disrepair.

#Study links having #takeout in #singleuse plastic containers to increased cardiovascular disease risk, and finds exposure to leachate from the disposable containers can alter gut microbiota and metabolites. As many 4.2m #microplastic particles /cm² can leach from microwaved #plastic containers. 🧪

Study finds #microplastics & #nanoplastics to be significantly higher in #placentas from #premature #births than from full-term births. www.theguardian.com/environment/... More here (scroll down to 17) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #MNPs #plastic #placenta #pregnancy #plasticfree 🧪

#snow in #Brighton the other day. #photo taken through the #snowy upstairs window of a #doubledecker #bus. #brightonskies #photography #brightonbuses #Sussex @bsky.art

For another day of #Crustmas, some of my cherry #shrimp eating their dinner with lots of #tiny hands. #Neocaridina #cherryshrimp #crustaceans 🦐 🦑

For another day of #Crustmas, my painting of a hermit crab 🦀 . Love these colours, especially the Klein blue. #hermitcrabs #crabs #crustaceans #marineart #popart #paintings #screenprinting 🦑

For #Fishmas, my little dog Prince looking at himself #swimming with a #catfish. My #illustration is on cards here if you fancy one :) www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Cand... #SausageDogs #dachshunds #doxies #mixedmedia #ink

Another day of #Crustmas: beautifully #camouflaged tiny European hairy #crab, less than 1cm across, spotted on a Sussex beach. #hairycrab #bristlycrab #marinebiology #rockpooling #crabs

JOSEPH: got any rooms INNKEEPER: no JOSEPH: i want to see your manager INNKEEPER: okay but i think it’s pronounced “manger”

For #Crustmas, #tiny hermit #crabs, on #Lancing #beach in #Sussex, #UK. That's the gap between two of my fingers (no banana available for scale). #hermitcrabs #crab #crustaceans #Paguroidea #pinchyboys #cute

For another day of #Crustmas, a #shrimp, fish, #caterpillars, #coral, #barnacles & #mouse #foetus combo situation at Cumberland House, #Portsmouth Natural History #Museum. Under what circumstances did these items end up the same jar? I mean, I suppose there's always a few odd bits left over??

Beautiful #sunset on #Worthing #beach earlier. A huge nearly full #moon was already up behind me, making a really low #tide, with a fabulous #murmuration of #starlings over the #pier. It was almost enough to make me forget that it's bloody freezing. #springtide #sunsets

For another day of #crustmas, meet #Hermione, the movie star hermit #crab. I made her out of #upcycled #plastic found on beach cleans, as a #prop for a short film. #plasticpollution #beachcleans #upcycling #upcycle #plasticfree #crab #hermitcrabs #sculpture #props #STEAM

Today's top beach clean find. Not sure if this was someone from the sixties reliving the glory days of shell ashtrays, or a Gen Zer who thinks they invented the concept :) Whoever they were, I emptied it for them. #beachcleans #take3forthesea #zerowaste #plasticfree

I can't begin to tell you how much this fills me with #Crustmas joy.

Oh my days. This is so the #Crustmas content I am here for. Baby #isopods are tremendous.

Okay I'm totally into this #Crustmas thing. I saw these gloriously orange pinchy boys in the #Galapagos, when I sailed the Pacific with my #eXXpedition seasters, researching #microplastics, making #art, & #puking rather extravagantly for hundreds of nautical miles. #sailing #seasickness #crabs

For the somethingth day of #crustmas, I made this #lobster at a #stainedglass workshop. Bit of a Friday afternoon job in places, but not bad for a first attempt. Never worked with stained glass before, great and terrifying fun. Lots of tiny fragments embedded in my fingers. Too many if anything.

The first thing I've found on bluesky is #Crustmas. Gotta say, that's a holiday I can get on board with. Here's my attempt at handfeeding my #crayfish Rizz (don't worry, she does get the pellet. No one wants to see a miniaturised lobster have food disappointment)

Can't believe my handle, my actual name, was already taken was I got here. And this time it wasn't just that I'd made an account previously and then forgotten about it. Also mildly vexed that I have to learn to operate a new platform. Again. I miss livejournal. Go on without me, I've got stitch.