2025 in review: a lot of my favorite person, Izzy Gesell, who left this earthly plane too soon; a little bit of art; a few new pins including #Resist and #SpeakUp, and protest signs. As was Izzy’s tradition, I picked a word to focus on in the new year - for me it is COURAGE.

Tomorrow is the final day of my original art sale - most everything at $200 off or more. #NeuroArt #FiberArt www.laurabundesen.com/shop/art

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 This is one of the first embroidery pieces I ever made (about 25 years ago). It's done almost entirely in backstitch, because that was the only stitch I knew at the time.

Day 24 of #ArtAdventCalendar is my current stitching WiP. I'm working on it in the waiting room for the ferry 🎄🎁🤶

A kindred stitcher!

Updating my most liked #ArtAdventCalendar post with progress to date and a look at the really big #NeuroArt piece it will fit into. Started in 2024 - I hope to finish in 2026. #HandEmbroidery is SLOW art. Happy Holidays to one and all 💝

Day 23 of #ArtAdventCalendar!! Another older cyanotype, made using an orange slice and salt crystals as well as pressed plants. :)

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24: "The Infinite Eye" A solar eclipse photographed through clouds near Kosoma, Oklahoma.

A bottle shaped vase I made a long time ago, with I think a chun glaze on it (I can't remember!). #ArtAdventCalendar #BlueskyPotters

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 24 From Town End, Flagg More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here https://cognissart.co.uk/from-town-end/ @textileart @fiberarts #Art […] [Original post on mastoart.social]

#ArtAdventCalendar “River of Rage” Quilted fiber art 2013 #beauty #fiberart #quiltsky #artquilt #collage #womensart

Day 15 - one of my favourite things I made this year, a trio of badges for @marinemumbles.bsky.social #ArtAdventCalendar

It's a lovely winter day in Glasgow, cold but sunny, and the first snowdrops will soon appear in the garden. Here's a reminder that spring will arrive before long. But for now... Merry Christmas everyone! for #ArtAdventCalendar day24

“Brenna’s next adventure” 4”x 6” #collage on canvas #ArtAdventCalendar day 24 originally published in @harpyhybrid.bsky.social

I did not get my act together to participate in #ArtAdventCalendar this year, but I’ll swoop in at the end with this year’s Christmas card. I took up #linocut relief printing this year and this is a two block print.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 A snowy embroidery scene for Christmas Eve.

Day 24 #ArtAdventCalendar is an array of 50 full-sized paper bags gussied-up with acrylic paint to hopefully bring joy to a few people when they receive their Meals on Wheels delivery. Merry Christmas to all & thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for the December diversion.

🅳🅰🆈 24 - "Frør..." I live in a hard cold place that's currently in a dark cycle, literally & figuratively. Yet #photography is mostly about finding good light. This is also a good strategy for #life in general. Stay alert. Be kind. #artadventcalendar #frozen #alberta #yeg #beauty #nature #yuletide

December 24: "Steam Garden" (2025) mixed media on canvas, 30 in. x 15 in. #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 24 of my #ArtAdventCalendar ✨🎄 “Nocturne In Blue” — a painting for Christmas Eve. That moment when the world goes still, light feels closer, and everything seems to be holding its breath in anticipation. #torilart #christmaseve #winternight #nocturne #landscapeart #painting #forest

Seasons Greetings from Cape Cod, Massachusetts! 💫✨ Happy Holidays to all who celebrate. May everyone have a day that brings joy and peace. Love Y'all! 🎄☃️🎅🤶🔔🌟❄️ #photography #ArtAdventCalendar #holidays #EastCoastKin #capecod

‘A Stitch in Time’ commission created in collaboration with a neurologist who specializes in sleep medicine and the matching pin 😉 #ArtAdventCalendar Day22 #NeuroArt #FiberArt www.laurabundesen.com

This seems like a good day to share: how it started….how it’s going. Improvisational stitching for my current work in progress (the really big brain 😉). Kind of fun I’m working with green during the lead up to Christmas 🎄 #ArtAdventCalendar Day21 #FiberArt #Solstice

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20. Just an owl, decked out for Christmas ...digital art.

Just some cutie corals 🪸 I've been working on! To be added to a reef piece later 😻 #ArtYear #Art #MixedMedia #Sculpture #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Coral #Invertebrates #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡

Day 10 - in May, I started prepping for an art exhibition in the Summer. First up was this octopus who brings me so much joy ❤️🐙 #ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt

Day 21 for #ArtAdventCalendar "Screamer of the woods" Jay hand embroidered thread painting artwork www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p186/J... #embroidery #StunDay #birds #WildlifeArt

This felt like something from a book to me #trees #nature #fungi #artadventcalendar #solstice

For #artAdventCalendar: For the first day of winter, it’s the myth of Persephone. This is a linocut of the Greek myth of Persephone. The ancient Greek goddess Persephone, beloved daughter of Demeter was kidnapped by Hades god of the underworld, and taken to his home where she was tempted with many 🧵

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 This little sunflower will probably end up as part of a bag or other sewing project, but I like the simplicity of it. Satin stitch petals with long and short stitch in the centre.

‘Celebration’ 11x14 - Thread and Paint #ArtAdventCalendar Day20 #FiberArt #NeuroArt Original design lifted from the pages of my coloring book, hand embroidered on canvas and then painted with acrylics www.laurabundesen.com

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19: Finished this solar #Eclipse pendant necklace to close out 2025 with a bang 🤩 Inspired by the 2024 total solar eclipse, featuring the corona and "diamond ring effect". Made from real gold and a sparkly marquise diamond ✨ Only one available. More details below 🔭🐡🧪🎨

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar ☃️ I sculpted this large humpback whale last year, and it found a new home through Bsky! Made from coarse paper mache which I really love sculpting with due to the organic surface texture it gives you. Painted with acrylics.

'Mama, you are not doing me justice...' Mrs. Dashwood, Marianne, and Elinor. Illustration for the Bath bicentenary edition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, published by Palazzo, 2011. Ink on Fabriano hot pressed. #JaneAusten250 #ArtAdventCalendar

Green woman plaque for day 19 #artadventcalendar

Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar "Woman with a fish" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork #PortraitArt #embroidery #FigurativeArt

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic week. “The World in my Branches” This tree couldn’t be contained into just one panel. My largest encaustic to date at 30” x 60” Currently showing at Schack Art Center. #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar day 20 #watercolor #snow #holidaycard #berries

Day 8 & we’re staying in Singapore & April. It was an absolutely joy drawing some of my favorite people while I was there. Revisiting these has got me cooking up a portrait challenge for myself in 2026 1. Cousin 2. 2 aunts 3. Grandma (with scribbles) 4. Cousin & her son #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar. Dorset sheep sketch. Tried to capture her innocence and sweet nature. Animals are the best, they make me smile.💝 #animals #sheep #drawing #art #sketch #illustration #Saturday #bskyart

Day 20 #artAdventCalendar my newest #womenInSTEM #histsci 🧪🐡 #linocut: trailblazing Canadian aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill (1905 – 1980), born in Vancouver, became the first woman aeronautical engineer & professional aircraft designer in North America, & likely the world. 🧵

#ArtAdventCalendar “Leaves 2” Quilted fiber art 2012 #beauty #fiberart #quiltsky #leaves #nature

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 This aerial landscape is one of my favourites. I really like how the different stitches show the slope of the river banks.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 20 (it's getting Christmassy now 😉) Frozen Bones, Magpie Mine More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here https://cognissart.co.uk/frozen-bones/ […] [Original post on mastoart.social]

#ArtAdventCalendar day 20 A little piece from my ongoing found poetry project using my college Gray's Anatomy text book as the source text.

#artadventcalendar Day 20 Breathe

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar is this like embroidery thing I made.. I was trying to make a forest creek from above. I don't think it was successful as such, but I like the textures

Day 19 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar This is the measles virus nucleocapsid, which is a helical complex formed around its RNA genome to protect it from cellular enzymes More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/ #SciArt

Missing my summer garden today. #artadventcalendar

#ArtAdventCalendar day 19