gallery

the ‘gallery’ category is for finished art

lee (a white person with glasses and a side shave) holds up a leather dragon mask in black and dark green. ze sticks hir tongue out at it.

dragon mask

leather

a two image collage showing the front and back of a person, neck to waist. she's wearing leather suspenders with a button attachment, buckles for adjustment, and a stitched diamond where the straps cross in the back.

brooke's suspenders

leather

two wrists, each wearing a black leather wrap bracelet. the upper bracelet is a thin strap wrapped 3 times around the wrist. the lower bracelet wraps twice, with a thicker strap, and has carefully placed spikes that avoid the wrap spots.

wrap bracelets

leather

a hand wearing a knitted fingerless mitten. it's knit in a slubby, almost tweedy yarn, with the body being blue grey stockinette and the cuffs and tips a vibrant green rib.

acadia mitts

knit

ok so. five image collage showing the front, 3 inner spreads, and back of a riso-printed zine in green and light blue. it's called 'on the shoulders of giants' and it's about a knitting technique I learned from Stephen west and how I built on that technique. it talks about joining two adjacent panels without seaming, instead knitting the second panel onto the selvedge of the first. then it uses that technique to approach two panels knit with significantly different weights of yarn

on the shoulders of giants

zine

knit

someone's torso in a knitted short sleeve shirt. the front is teal, and the bit of back we can see is mustard yellow. looking closely, it's notable that the stitches are turned 90 degrees from a standard knit garment.

sideways canvas shirt

knit

a collage of 4 images, each showing a fabric patch created by collaging 5 or 6 scraps of fabric and joining them with a simple running stitch in white thread. patches of running stitch go back and forth both horizontally and vertically.

scrap patches

patch

a largely unseen person holds up an expansive knitted shawl, built in 6 sections of different textures and colors. in the background, trees and dappled sunlight.

textures unite

knit

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2 copies of the same print, one in black ink and one in dark teal. The print is text that reads 'fix your hearts or die', with the text shaped into a somewhat long and narrow heart.

fix your hearts

print

A print of a loon rearing up with wings spread

loon

print

A 5 photo collage showing the front and back cover as well as 3 full spreads of a folded zine about Kestrel, my dog, who is a 65lb Malinois with a goofy smile and floppy ears. it is printed in two layers of color, blue and orange, and each image depicts Kestrel in various posts... alert and watchful, resting, looking mopey, wearing a sweatshirt.

kestrel zine

print

zine

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A digital card with front and back stitched together into one image. Front - a collage of photos - brooke with blue hair and kestrel wiggling in her lap; kestrel on his back with one back paw clutched in his mouth; lee sitting holding some custom art of kestrel, showing kestrel the pictures; lee looking intently through a long camera lens; brooke, back to the camera, swaggering across tidal flats in her hand-stitched jacket. over the photos, hand-lettering reads 'happy solstice!' in two shades of pink. Back - two photos - the duckies clustered around the camera; and kestrel leaping gracefully through shallow water with his tongue out in a blep. Overlaid text reads '~ Lee, Brooke, Kestrel, & the Flock'

happy solstice 2024

lettering

highlight

A pile of hand-printed A2 size greeting cards. A loon rearing up with outstretched wings spans the front and back of the cards.

greeting loons

card

print

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2 copies of the same print side by side. In yellow, black, and purple ink, a brown creeper, a small bird, is depicted, well camouflaged against a tree trunk.

brown creeper

print

A print in two layers of color showing two rotund quails on a branch. Most of the details are in black ink, then there is a layer with a brown gradient filling in some color on the head and breast.

quorbs

print

highlight

A print in dark teal ink depicting a power drill with text in cursive below that reads 'ceci n'est pas un exercice' or 'this is not a drill'

not a drill

print

shirt

A stack of hand-bound journals showing long stitches aligned with the spines. They are leather bound and have tie closures.

leather long-stitch journals

leather

book

Two red leather lobster ornaments, about 4-5 in long each.

lobstah

leather

A pile of hand-printed A2 size greeting cards. Only the front is visible, showing a particularly round quail.

greeting quorbs

card

print

A print in black ink on brown paper. It depicts a stem of euphorbia, a plant with long, thin leaves and many clustered flowers.

euphorbia

print

patch

A landscape-oriented white card with a two-color print of a blue-footed booby.

booby (congrats on the top surgery)

print

card

patch

gender

A print of a tattooed woman in bright highlighter yellow underwear.

luminescent

print

A print of a brightly colored flower in 4 layers of color

kniphofia

print

5 small triangular pouches made of leather in two sizes and various colors.

triangle pouch

leather

A collage showing various small (around an inch) stamps that depict people or animals.

tiny portraits

print

4 square pouches that close with snaps. 2 have loops that attach keyrings. They are in various colors of leather.

snap pouch

leather

A green leather bracelet, stitched along the edges with dark blue thread, holds an ouroborous o-ring in place with two black snaps.

o-ring bracelet

leather

Several oak-leaf-shaped leather patches with stitching holes punched around the edges.

leaf patches

leather

A black leather bow tie with black stitching.

bowtie

leather

A collage showing 3 pictures of a red and brown leather card wallet. The red pocket separator folds around to the back to become a fetching curlicue.

swoop wallet

leather

Two identical prints of a delicata squash. The body of the squash is cornsilk (muted yellow), the stem and stripes in mint green, and the shadows in lilac.

squarsh

print

patch

Two pink leather bracelets with stainless steel hardware and aqua stitching.

rachel's bracelets

leather

4 copies of the same print in various color schemes, laid out in a 2x2 grid. The print shows testosterone-driven bottom growth of a clitoris. The color schemes are, clockwise from top right, brown on turquoise, red on cornsilk (muted yellow), violet on magenta, and mint green on lilac.

bottom growth

print

patch

gender

A collage showing a red and black leather dog collar tooled with roses and the name Sora. It's fully stitched with dark red stitching and has brass hardware.

sora's collar

leather

Two leather shrimp-shaped cat toys. They have long dangly antennae and are stitched in red and orange.

shrimp cat toy

leather

A card wallet with one main pocket and one quick access slot with a thumb slide. The cover of the main pocket curves around the thumb slide.

foldy wallet with thumb slide

leather

Olive green leather cuffs with silver spikes and a shearling lining.

brooke's cuff bracelets

leather

A brown/grey leather mask of a long snouted dog with visible teeth and red detailing.

aaron's mask

leather

highlight

A sunflower made of leather. Many individual natural toned leather petals are sewn onto a brown center .

sunflower

leather

A four part collage showing a single piece of deep red leather folding up to become a card wallet.

foldy wallet

leather

A brown leather wallet with a subtle trans flag stitching across the top.

proud dad wallet

leather

gender

A collage showing a wallet in a patchwork style, with different colors of leather all stitched together to make up the exterior and the top interior pockets. Other pockets inside are dyed various colors.

patchwork wallet

leather

A leather bag sized for a large smartphone with a main pocket and a wraparound smaller pocket. It has a magnetic clasp.

mom bag

leather

a coiled up purse strap in gradient cool colors - we can see green, teal, indigo, and a slightly pinkish purple. It has brass hardware and is stiched along its length with cream stitches.

gradient purse strap

leather

A collage showing a green leather wallet with a zippered pocket built into one external side.

zipper bifold (green)

leather

A collar rests on a leather-wrapped lighter. It is lined with shearling and built of two other layers of leather - a wider mustard yellow layer and a thinner teal layer over that. the teal layer holds a heart shaped o-ring in place.

vix collar

leather

A print that reads 'trans the world' surrounding an image of a globe and a trans symbol. It's in a ping-to-blue gradient.

trans the world

print

patch

shirt

gender

A print that reads 'slightly weird man club' in a nonbinary flag colored gradient

slightly weird man club

print

patch

shirt

gender

Two hard enamel pins in my trans rights and trans wrongs skulls designs.

pins!

pin

A cat in a sunbeam snuggles a little leather mouse-shaped cat toy.

mousie

leather

A collage showing an orange leather wallet with a long zipper running the length of the outside.

long zipper bifold

leather

two tooled leather patches. they have scrolls tooled on them that read various pronoun sets.

tooled leather patches

leather

gender

a keychain with an iridescent fishhook style attachment linked via leather to an iridescent keyring. the leather is stitched with nonbinary flag colors.

fishhook pride keychains

leather

gender

A round bag in brown, mustard yellow, and rich deep orange, with a teal shoulder strap.

circle bag

leather

A white woman with a shaved side cut wearing a black leather collar with a large dangling o-ring.

stephanie collar

leather

3 tiny mushroom stamps next to their impressions. They are all about 1 inch square. There is a chanterelle in yellow, a russula in pink, and witch's hat mycena in indigo.

tiny mushrooms

print

A two-picture collage showing the inside and outside of a wallet made with piñatex, a leather alternative made from pineapple leaves. It is two tone blue with a pink accent and has a zippered pocket built in.

piñatex wallet with zipper

leather

A nylon webbing harness in bright teal laid out on a desk.

moss harness

leather

A keychain on an iridescent rainbow split ring. It is dark brown/grey leather and has LEE CAT ART stamped into it.

maker's mark keychain

leather

A green leather collar lined with brown/grey shearling and fitted with two sizes of silver-toned spikes.

brooke's collar

leather

A nylon webbing shoulder strap in bright teal with clips on each end.

bag strap

leather

A hand holding a mushroom with a whitish surface. Scratched into the surface and showing up as brown lines is an illustration of many leatherworking tools.

artists conk!

Several blades with leather sheaths, and a few extra sheaths. There's a #2 blade with an orange sheath with yellow stitching, a #11 blade with a blue sheath with light grey stitching, and a skiving knife with a plum sheath and pink stitching.

x-acto knife sheath

leather

A leather pouch shaped a bit like a d10 but with eight sides. It has a rainbow zippered opening and a wristlet strap.

little critter pouch

leather

highlight

A collage showing a hand-stitched leather bifold with a zippered coin pocket on one exterior side.

zipper bifold

leather

A collage showing a hand-stitched leather card wallet with 3 card pockets, a hidden pocket, and a zippered coin pouch.

vertical zipper card wallet

leather

A collage showing a hand-stitched leather card wallet with 3 card pockets and 1 interior pocket.

vertical card wallet

leather

A collage showing a hand-stitched leather vertical bifold wallet with 6 card pockets, 2 hidden pockets, and 1 bill pocket.

vertical bifold

leather

A 3-picture collage showing a hand stitched full grain leather bifold wallet in dark plum leather. It has a main bill pocket and a asymmetrical interior with a hidden pocket and 3 card pockets on the right, and a hidden pocket and 2 card pockets on the left. The left front pocket has a small naturally occuring hole.

eight pocket bifold

leather

A 3-picture collage showing a hand-stitched leather wallet in plum and light natural leather, with a double bill pocket.

double bill pocket bifold

leather

A hand stitched full grain leather bifold wallet in dark plum leather. It has a main bill pocket and a symmetrical interior with a hidden pocket and 3 card pockets on each side.

nine pocket bifold

leather

A bic lighter wrapped in leather and hand-stitched up one side.

leather lighter case

leather

Someone from chin to mid-torso, wearing a dark teal leather chest harness with matte black fittings over a t shirt.

leather chest harness

leather

A print in rainbow ink that says autism with the anarchy A.

anarchy autism

print

patch

sticker

shirt

card

pin

A print of a nude trans woman in an asymmetrical rope harness.

rope (one)

print

patch

A black tank top laid on a desk. In white ink it reads 'Artisans Cooperative' with a print of some chickens and a quail.

artisans cooperative shirts

shirt

print

patch

A print of a small shrimp with slender little leggies in orange ink.

shrimp

print

patch

card

sticker

pin

A butch cooking and wearing a cropped tee with blue cap sleeves that reads girldick in blue G.I.Joe font.

girldick

print

patch

card

sticker

shirt

pin

gender

A butch holding a chainsaw and wearing a tank top that reads boypussy in pink Barbie font.

boypussy

print

patch

card

sticker

shirt

pin

gender

A print of the word queer in black ink. The letters are rounded with elongated oval negative space.

queer

print

patch

card

sticker

pin

gender

A card and print in the same design - a chick and a broken eggshell, and a simple font reading 'congrats on coming out of your shell'

coming out

print

patch

card

gender

A card and print in the same design - a bouncy, cheery font reading 'happy biHRTday'

happy biHRTday

print

patch

card

gender

A print of a cluster of foxgloves. The background is inked in green, with negative space and pink details making up the foxgloves.

foxgloves

print

patch

card

shirt

artisans cooperative cards

print

card

Clear and holographic stickers in the same design - a smiling skull with speech bubble reading 'trans rights!'

stickers!

sticker

A row of shirts hanging in front of a window, with a variety of hand-printed designs.

shirts!

shirt

A print of a nonbinary flag waving, with yellow, white (uninked), purple, and black stripes.

nonbinary flag

print

patch

card

gender

A block print of five mule deer grazing in a dark green field. The deer are partially negative space and partially brown ink detailing.

five of them

print

patch

card

shirt

A block print of a tiger swallowtail butterfly dangling from Japanese snowdrops, a white drooping flower.

swallowtail on snowdrops

print

patch

card

shirt

A 3-part collage showing a blue journal with leather straps woven into the covers.

leather strap journal

book

A block print in black and orange ink of a rufous hummingbird, tail flared, hovering in midair. Clutched in eir tiny claws is a banner that waves in the wind and reads 'become ungovernable'

hummingbird become ungovernable

print

patch

card

shirt

A 4-part collage of a hardcover book, showing a coloring page with 'stampede!' written across it.

stampede journal

book

A 4-part collage of a slim handbound book.

orange green journal

book

A 3-part collage of a leather-covered book with baseball-style stitching across the spine.

baseball journal

book

A smiling skull with devil horns and a little spiked tail, and a speech bubble reading 'trans wrongs!'

trans wrongs skull

print

patch

card

sticker

pin

gender

Two Canada geese and their reflections in the water. One is calmly swimming away, while the over leans over towards them and HONKS! Both have speech bubbles; the calm goose says 'trans rights!' while the honking goose says 'trans wrongs!'

geese/trans wrongs

print

patch

shirt

gender

A block print of a spotted towhee mid-leap.

spotted towhee

print

card

Four knitted shrimp in various shades of pink. They are all somewhere around hand-sized, and have little yarn antennae and leggies.

knit shrimp

knit

Two Canada geese and their reflections in the water. One is calmly swimming away, while the over leans over and HONKS!

geese

print

patch

card

shirt

A block print in black ink of a rotund raccoon raising a welcoming paw towards the viewer.

fat raccoon

print

patch

card

shirt

A block print of a superb speciman of pigeon, inked mostly in black but with patches of green, blue, and purple to indicate iridescence.

big pidge

print

patch

card

shirt

A print in mostly black ink of a smiling skull with a speech bubble. In pink and blue, the speech bubble reads 'trans rights!'

trans rights skull

print

patch

card

sticker

pin

gender

A print of a stellar's jay, a beautiful black and blue bird, about to take off from a branch

stellar's jay

print

patch

card

shirt

A print in black ink of belly hair.

hair

print

patch

card

gender

A print in black, brown, and red ink of a northern flicker (a type of woodpecker). Viewed from the back, he is looking over his shoulder and upward towards something unseen above him (my bird feeder).

flicker

print

card

patch

shirt

A print in black ink of a great blue heron, leaning downwards so that eir beak is level with eir feet.

heron

print

patch

card

shirt

A print of a 3-stage design of a green seedling barely open, starting to straighten up, and growing strong, with little piles of dirt beneath each one.

seedling

print

patch

card

6 versions of a print of lupine flowers with the leaves inked in light green and the blossoms inked in a variety of blues, purples, and pinks.

lupine

print

card

patch

shirt

A picture of multiple leather keychains sitting on a wood table. Many of them are simple rectangle shapes with stitching around the edge; a few are odd wavy or geometric shapes. A few say things like 'MOM' or 'EGG'.

leather keychains

leather

A print of a killdeer in black ink.

killdeer

print

patch

card

A print of a junco mid-takeoff from a branch. Eir head is inked in black, body in gray, and the branch in sepia.

junco

print

patch

card

4 skeins of handspun yarn, two in a somewhat pastel multicolor and two in a blend of orange, gold, and white.

handspun yarn in party mix and orange-gold

yarn

A print of a simple flatfish design inked in sepia.

flatfish

print

patch

card

A print of two chanterelle mushrooms inked in a dark-to-light yellow gradient.

chanterelle

print

patch

card

3 copies of the same print of iris flowers and a bud, done in slightly varied color schemes.

iris

print

card

A greeting card reading, in black. 'Congrats on the,' and then, in rainbow, 'Gay!'

congrats on the gay

print

patch

card

gender

A three panel collage showing a the endpapers, cover, and pages of a small hardbound notebook.

lined notebook

book

A two panel collage showing the cover and endpapers of a thick notebook.

flocked notebook

book

A six panel collage showing the covers, endpapers, and some of the pages of a notebook.

brooke's notebook

book

highlight

Feet propped up on a car dashboard, with a desert landscape beyond. The feet are in salmon-colored socks with black flecks, and decorative lines running down the socks.

pink socks

knit

Feet in a pair of colorful socks. They are identically striped and quickly vary between yellow, green, blue, white, and gray.

brooke's socks

knit

Several knitted drawstring dice bags sit in front of a bookshelf. They are in different pride flag colors; from right to left (skipping a few duplicates) bisexual, lesbian, nonbinary, trans, and genderqueer. The trans-colored dice bag in the center opens towards the camera, showing a variety of colorful dice inside.

pride dice bags

knit

gender

A two panel collage showing a square book with a tan cover and blue and gold endpapers.

square watercolor pad

book

A three panel collage showing a book held in the palm of a hand.

tiny books

book

A three panel collage showcasing a small book with foldout pages and a bright orange cover.

orange journal

book

A three panel collage showcasing a journal with a striped cover.

striped journal

book

A three panel collage showcasing a small green memo pad.

green memo pad

book

A three panel collage showcasing a blue and brown leather-covered journal.

blue and brown leather journal

book

A five panel collage showcasing a book that is part graph papers of various sizes, and part coloring pages based on Acadia National Park.

Acadia coloring journal

book

Rows of the same design, a skull with a speech bubble announcing varied pronoun sets, repeat in multiple colors along a stretch of off-white fabric.

pronoun patches

print

patch

card

gender

4 greeting cards propped up on a keyboard. On the right hand side, two cards read 'Congrats on the Autism'; one in rainbow ink and one in black ink with a glittery gold shadow. On the left, two cards read 'Congrats on the ADHD'; one in red and one in black, both with glittery pink shadows.

congrats on the autism/adhd

print

patch

card

3 copies of the same stamp in orange ink are spread out next to the hand carved rubber stamp they were made from. They show a cat lying on his back with paws curled, holding a butter knife in his mouth. Text around the cat reads, in all caps, 'become unbutterable.'

become unbutterable

print

patch

card