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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1h

#TextileArt #Rumi

HIVA ALIZADEH
"The moment your fingers touch the hair, you will taste the flame."

He invites us to venture into the "Ultrasensitive" world, full of vibrations and sensations.

His work is an interpretation of Persian weaving using synthetic hair and a psychic touch.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1h

@tractusfynn.bsky.social

Phalacrocoraxaphobia: The fear of cormorants!

Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 18h

#CapeCod #Watercolor #Halloween

ANDREW WYETH
it’s the haunting mood of the holiday that underlies much of his work

'the smell inside of a pumpkin when a candle is lit—the feel of your face under a mask walking down a road in the moonlight."

Flying pumpkin could definitely haunt me!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 23h

#CapeCod #CormorantCulling #Halloween

HALLOWEEN CORMORANTS?

They are hated and hunted. They are reviled.
Why?
Because they are other-worldly, ancient, turn their backs on humanity and stare meditatively out to sea.

A glimpse of another world, another mind...

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 23h

#CapeCod #Puppets #Halloween

TIM BURTON

"One person's craziness is another person's reality."

"I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream"

Life is but a dream...

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

#CapeCod #TextileArt #Halloween

Ghostly Weavings and Ethereal Threads:

LENORE TAWNEY

is world renowned for her ghostly, ephemeral weavings and tapestries, which emulated the ethereal forces of nature.

Ethereal spookiness!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

#CapeCod #RightWhales #Philanthropy

NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM
given $9M gift, largest in nonprofit’s history

RIGHT WHALES
will benefit! The aquarium works tirelessly to protect these critically endangered creatures!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

#CapeCod #Watercolor #Halloween

'O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!'

The intriguing and unsettling art of
ANDREW WYETH

Scarecrows always creep me out!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

....and the 80s!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 1d

#CapeCod #TextileArt #Halloween

SHANELL PAPP

For artist Shanell Papp, horror is a daily necessity. Her large-scale knitted works fascinate while creeping you out, and as for her installation haunted house....

“It’s all made out of yarn, so it’s not terrifying.”

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

#CapeCod #SeaTurtles

Leatherback Sea Turtle Fatalities are highest on CapeCod and Islands!

A recent study published in Biological Conservation identified the waters off Cape Cod as an especially deadly area for leatherback sea turtles which are fatally struck by boats and other watercraft.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

#CapeCod #ClamChowder

MILDRED'S CHOWDA

For forty plus years Mildred's was the king of clam chowder. It was so beloved that everyone from Presidents to the average Joe would flock to the cozy establishment.

Mildred's is one of the most popular establishments ever on the Cape!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 2d

#CapeCod #Watercolor #Halloween

WONDEROUS STRANGE!

Andrew Wyeth

"For me, the paintings have that eerie feeling of goblins and witches out riding on broomsticks—damp rotting leaves and moisture..."

Pumpkin magic!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 3d

#CapeCod #TextileArt #Halloween

LURENA SHEARY WILLIAMSON

"I am a self taught doll maker...A lover of vintage, crusty old things with soul. Fall and the Halloween season have always been my favorite time of year. I have fond childhood memories of costumes, parades, pumpkins and spooks."

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 3d

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AngelaKnapp

ANGELA KNAPP

"My work is inspired by the world of birds, their beauty, stories and battles for survival."

Amazing stitched painting with layers of fabric
Curlews are endangered!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 3d

#CapeCod #SeaTurtles

Cape Cod & Islands are a Hotbed for Leatherback Sea Turtle Fatalities

A recent study published in Biological Conservation identified the waters off Cape Cod as an especially deadly area for leatherback sea turtles which are fatally struck by boats and other watercraft.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 3d

#CapeCod #Watercolor #Halloween

WONDEROUS STRANGE!

Jamie Wyeth

Both Andrew and Jamie Wyeth loved dressing in costume and infusing the fantastic into the everyday.

Their pumpkin series is mysterious, uncomfortable and sometimes funny...

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 3d

#CapeCod #FiberArt #OctoberMagic

VALERIE BEGEMAN
Traditional Rug Hooking Artist,

Rug hooking is a centuries-old technique where artists transform strips of wool and stretches of linen into heirloom rugs. Dakota group devoted to keeping the art form alive.

A rug of Halloween magic!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

#CapeCod #OctoberMagic

Cormorant says goodbye to his competition before his flight to warmer waters...

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

...except when you're deceased!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

#CapeCod #OctoberMagic

OCTOBER MORNING MAGIC!

Sunrises at the Chatham Fish Pier are morning magic…boats, bird, buoys, skiffs, clouds & Sun

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

#CapeCod #HeadofTheMeadowBeach #Truro

A fantastic beach to check out is Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro…it’s on the Atlantic Ocean side with views of the nearby dunes and a beach that seems endless…

....and the seals visit to people-watch!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

#CapeCod #Watercolor #Halloween

ANDREW WYETH

"There’s witchcraft and hidden meaning there. Halloween and all that is strangely tied into [my paintings],”

'Feeding Gulls' certainly has a mysterious atmosphere!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 4d

#CapeCod #VillageHalloweenParade

The One and Only Greenwich Village Halloween Parade!

This parade is spectacular!!
YOU MUST
SEE IT IN
PERSON!

Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 5d

#CapeCod #OctopusTraps #SeaShepherd

Octopus traps are disguised as safe shelters luring octopus to their deaths.

But Sea Shepherd crews recovered thousands of
illegal traps and freed hundreds of octopus just moments from death!