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

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

"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."

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