Since I’m sharing 2025 work for #artAdventCalendar, another thing I did this year was make a large collection of repeat patterns, like this Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design!

These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #surfaceDesign #invertebrates #velvetWorm

& babies develop inside their mother until large enough to be born, in batches of 4–6, as colourless miniatures of the parents! Peripatoides novaezealandiae is a species complex of velvet worms in the genus Peripatoides, found throughout NZ. My print was made based on photos of P. aurorbis, but all the P. novaezealandiae have no morphological characters that distinguish them.

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19945769-blue-velvet-worm-on-raspberry-purple-by-minouette

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #surfaceDesign #invertebrates #velvetWorm #mastoArt

Blue Velvet Worm on Raspberry Purple Fabric | Spoonflower

Shop Blue Velvet Worm on Raspberry Purple custom Fabric by minouette for sale on Spoonflower

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i've been kinda bad at keeping up with posting on socials, but heads up! i'm one of the artists at Plush Party this weekend in PDX! ;3
here's a little preview of some new merch i'll have at my table - come say hi! w^

#tuxarts #bugs #slug #velvetworm

Ich will auch #Sekundenkleber spucken können! Das wäre in so vielen Situationen soooo praktisch... Abgesehen vom #Basteln und auf-der-Straße-festkleben, zum Beispiel wenn jemand zu viel redet, ihm einfach ins Gesicht spucken, und schon ist Ruhe 🙉😛

Artikel: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-velvet-worm-slime-hardens-in-seconds-to-trap-prey/
Link zum Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=do9YivjrAFk

#VelvetWorm #Stummelfüßer #Klebstoff #Biotechnologie #VorbildNatur

How Velvet Worm Slime Hardens in Seconds to Trap Prey

The velvet worm’s extraordinary goo could inspire recyclable bioplastics

Scientific American

"will you be long?" well...yes?

some species of velvet worms can have a lot of legs, and i thought it'd be funny to illustrate that on the silly~

#tuxarts #velvetworm

Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar: an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa I made for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #MastoArt

two worms cozied up under a mushroom~ 🌧️ 🍄🐛

#tux_arts #velvetworm #worm

Here’s the final print of an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #peripatoides #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #Onychophora #NewZealand #mastoArt

Scientists discover a new #VelvetWorm species in #Ecuador https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-velvet-worm-species-ecuador.html

A #NewSpecies of #VelvetWorms of the genus Oroperipatus (Onychophora, Peripatidae) from western #Amazonia https://zse.pensoft.net/article/117952/

"the velvet worm is generally nocturnal and exhibits parental care, meaning the mother takes care of her young after they are born. These #animals are hunters that use a sticky substance secreted from a pair of anterior glands to trap their prey."

Scientists discover a new velvet worm species in Ecuador

Scientists have described the first new species of Ecuadorian velvet worm in more than 100 years. Named the Tiputini velvet worm (Oroperipatus tiputini), it was discovered in the lowland forests of the northern Amazon.

Phys.org

I couldn’t resist the pretty blues of the New Zealand/Aotearoa velvet worms, so I selected a different species than suggested for #InsertAnInvert2024. Here are my 8” x 8” linocuts drying….

#linocut #printmaking #wip #wildlifeArt #sciArt #invertebrate #velvetWorm