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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Aug 21

Things I have been thinking about lately

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sweater progress. I think this one might actually get done before the weather changes.

When the method becomes the work, does work become meaningless?

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Aug 12

How hard work, value, process, and performance get all tangled up with consumption, capitalism, and art on social media. Do you think performance makes the object and process interchangeable? Will we no longer care about the product of the work when the work is what we consume?

Creatives perform labor for free for the masses.

How do you trust the process when you don't trust yourself?

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · Jul 17

“My fascination with inflatable structures began when I realized how absurd, tender, and unstable they could be—all at once,” artist Rong Bao says.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/rong...

an abstract inflatable artwork that resembles a pink and green, alien-like creature

an abstract inflatable artwork that resembles a pink and blue, alien-like creature

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Jul 10

How do you trust the process when you don't trust yourself?

Fear of failure often prevents us from attempting the things we desire most.

What if the weight dragging you down is you?

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 23

What are some of your favorite Tumblr accounts?

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · Apr 21

if your man:

- always soothes you when you're anxious
- likes to hang out at your favorite record store
- has dreamy ambient pads
- plays at 172bpm

that's not your man, that's a liquid drum n' bass record from 1996.

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 21

I haven’t finished the hanging design at the top… still pondering how I want this to hang.

Approx. 24” W x 34” H

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 21

I mostly used meet and separate, which I think made it go faster, but I ended up having to sew so many slits afterward that I’m not sure I’d do it again like that. I used the interlocking method in the pixelated part.

I learned SO MUCH by making this and I am very happy with the result.

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 21

The design is inspired by a large set of AI outputs I created by feeding AI with my drawings and asking it to get weird and chaotic in the results. Then I drew the design on my iPad, printed it out in sections and taped it all together.

Digital minimalism, logging off, and the intimacy economy

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 21

Here is my second large weaving, completed in March. This one took me a lot less time (~3 months) and I worked from a very simple cartoon outline and added all the colors and details as I went.

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 19

Does anyone know how to get a Meta Account Manager for a Business? I have a serious issue with a biz account and I am unable to get help through the standard chat and support. I would appreciate any referrals / help 🙏

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Apr 3

We’re moving away from the Attention Economy and toward the Intimacy Economy, where we will value the quality of our followers, where we allow for more vulnerability. Will this new Economy bring us back together IRL?
blobzine.substack.com/p/digital-mi...

Where do we go from here?

The dreamlike cakes of Hana Betakova aka růstcakes

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Elated Pixel @elatedpixel.bsky.social · Mar 19

A year ago, nearly to the day @jaimederringer.bsky.social nailed a major paradox (there are many) for artists i think #artistdilemma

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Mar 13

I'm excited to share my newest weaving but I decided not to post any process photos before it's done. I think it will be done some time in April! It's probably going to be about 24" x 30". I tried a lot of new things in this piece.

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Mar 5

I still have some sticker sheets available in my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/1154...

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Mar 4

Hana’s cakes feel like they belong in a Grimm’s fairy tale with dark folklore and enchanted forests.

A Berlin-based baker crafts wildly imaginative edible art

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Feb 25

I still check the others, but much less frequently. I peek at IG daily at some artist stories/posts then bounce, or, I post something and then bounce. Most of the time I can unhook myself pretty quickly. For me, there is still value to staying on the platforms.

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Feb 25

Making Substack my most used social network/platform has dramatically improved my mental health, doomscrolling, and restored my much-needed critical thinking. My attention span has started to improve, too.

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thanks!

Algorithm-free zones and pursuing pleasure with Walt Cassidy aka WALTPAPER

Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Feb 20

Sketchbook is getting weirder #drawing #sketchbook #weirdart

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Feb 6

"Creativity will get you over every obstacle in life." blobzine.substack.com/p/algorithm-...

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Jaime Derringer @jaimederringer.bsky.social · Feb 5

I loved chatting with Walt Cassidy, aka WALTPAPER ~ former Club Kid, forever creative. Read his typed and handwritten Q&A on BLOB ~ blobzine.substack.com/p/algorithm-...

"Creativity will get you over every obstacle in life."