Velvet Hand Designs

I don't always have a muppet print go viral, but when I do there's definitely a Canada Post strike.
How has this happened twice?
#canada

My tiny gouache painting of Business Bun's Casual Friday

Layers upon layers of gouache and neon watercolours built up into this whimsical little mush painting. #artsky #canada

I have sold nearly every one of these new stickers in less than a week. I've reordered. Never underestimate that Canadian pride, y'all
#Canada #etsysellers

How did it go after all?

The "cheese " in question.

On another platform I asked people about cheese and got massive engagement. Show my work and crickets.
Maybe I need to combine the two 🤔 😅
#artsky #cheesesky 😆

A couple of scrap carvings for #tinyprinttuesday
#printmaking
#artsky

New printed headed to the shop. The common experience of existential dread . #printmaking #artsky #canadasky

Imagine if Trump had to defend himself from a screaming toddler despot in a language that wasn't his first language. The man needs a translator for accented English.
This timeline sucks.

In times of upheaval, my instinct is to create art that speaks to the moment. And I just can't seem to get there. My brain works with phrases and assigns images to them, and the only place I seem to land, lately, is the idea of "freaking out together is better than freaking out alone" #artsky

Crokinole!

Canadian Sunday things
#canadasky #canadian

#canadasky #artsky
The patriotic artwork is happening. Nice to have reclaimed the flag from the Convoy-ers.

*nerds, passionate nerds
#overthegardenwall

Imagine you're a volunteer in a small (small) northern AB town and you and a group of passionate needs want to organize a youth play production of Over the Garden Wall by @patrickmchale.bsky.social .
How would you do this? Could you? Is there a script that could be acquired?

"She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain"- L.M. Alcott
#booksky #artsky

IcYMi Good Guys Don't Ban Books.
#Canadian #madeincanada

A shadow war on libraries Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

This is a town near me. I've met some of these people at protests in support of Trans rights. This is a scary truth about Alberta.

New prints coming tomorrow #printmaking #artsky #shopcanadian

What is HAPPENING

I am a small Canadian artist who's current customer base happens to be largely in the US. I sure would love to get some more Canadian eyes on my work. Follow me in all the places! ⏰️ 🧵 😬📖
I SO appreciate your shares and follows right now.
#canadiansmallbusiness #smallbusinessthreads

Be super cool if @alexhirsh.bsky.social saw this fanart

My latest linocut print inspired by Gravity Falls
##gravityfalls #artsky

Printmaker POV

It's how most of my lovely aesthetic reels start out

Especially if you didn't tell her what it was going to be first lol

Ok, listen, I have a read a loud book story, but it is NOT a recommendation. I once read "A Clockwork Orange " aloud to my husband on a road trip (it may have even been our honeymoon!). It was.....an experience lol. But reading it aloud did help me decipher the language 😆

It's the honest truth behind having to fake it at a content creator

And so, I carry forth making silly cards for a valentines market in February