Star Trek - “World Against Time”
Gold Key Issue 42
More goddamn space brats, what gives?
RATING: 11%
(Where to place: Between Balance of Terror and Arena)
Star Trek - “World Against Time”
Gold Key Issue 42
More goddamn space brats, what gives?
RATING: 11%
(Where to place: Between Balance of Terror and Arena)
There once was a bird in a fit,
whose feathers were garbled in knit.
With a long beak used to prod
and great legs for a wet plod,
behold all the marbled godwit!
Want to hang out with the marbled godwit and our shorebirds? Check out our Aviary Cam!
The embroidery of Tulip Cake (which is an anagram for Katie Culp, in case you were wondering the source of the somewhat adorable name) is pumped full of attitude, sass and a whole lot of customization. Unlike many other machine embroiderers we’ve featured on Gear Threads, Katie’s medium is digitized embroidery, a technique still relatively unexplored by offbeat artists and embroiderers.
Tulip Cake works mostly in custom jobs, but for a more unusual type of clientele, resulting in off-beat and hilarious embroidery examples. I’m especially fond of the Y’allywood film festival.
She works heavily in patchwork and decidedly snarky content, and provides a fresh departure from traditional machine embroidery custom jobs. You can see more of her crafty pursuits, (including puppets and doll-repair, among other things) by visiting her website, or follow her exploits on instagram.
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Gear Threads is brought to you from the offbeat gals at Urban Threads. Created by illustrator Niamh O’Connor, Urban Threads is revolutionizing machine embroidery one edgy, elegant, innovative, and/or offbeat design at a time. Discover the future of digital stitchery at www.urbanthreads.com.
The Irreverent Embroidery of Tulip Cake was originally published on Mr X Stitch
Star Trek - “The Final Truth”
Gold Key Issue 31
Ok, killer moss, sure, why not?
RATING: 11%
(Where to place: Between Balance of Terror and Arena!)
Mercury astronaut Gordon “Gordo” Cooper looks over the Faith 7 space capsule, May 10, 1963. (NASA)
A humanmade forest
In this image from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s EO-1 satellite, you see the communities of Thetford and Brandon in England. Surrounding those cities is Thetford forest, the largest lowland pine forest in England. The forest is surrounded by farmland but has become a haven for a variety of life, including rabbits, deer, and a variety of rare birds.
The existence of this forest is something of a story as well. 100 years ago there was no forest here.
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