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Patricia Morrison

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"Floodland" vinyl insert, very slightly digitally enhanced so it's in one piece

#sisters of mercy

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patricia morrison of sisters of mercy, photographed in the early 9o's .

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patricia morrison of sisters of mercy, photographed in the early 9o's .

#sisters of mercy

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Noxious | Corpus Delicti

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Made a spooky necklace last night so thought I'd make a tutorial of it, it took about 20 minutes:

1: To make this I used 1 spider pendant, 2 jump rings, 2 split rings, 1 lobster clasp, scissors, needle and black thread, and spider trim I got last halloween.

2: First, cut the ribbon to about the right length. You want it to go around your neck with maybe a 1.5cm gap for the clasp and attachments.

3: get one of the split rings. The ribbon I'm using is uhhh not great quality to say the least (the eternal problem of trying to make a thing that will last years from halloween items designed to be used once) so instead of looping it through the gaps in the ribbon I'm sewing it in place in the thickest bit of the material I can find. To do this, I'm just looping circles of thread between the centre of the spider and the split ring.

4: Continue this about 20 times until it's steadily held in place then tie the thread off.

5: Attach the lobster clasp/whatever other clasp you're using to the second split ring, then do step 3/4 again to attach the second split ring to the other side of the ribbon. Now, the overall structure is complete.

6: Add the pendant: I did this quite differently to how I usually do this (more discussion at the end) as the halloween spiders ribbon is so fragile and loves to tear apart. So I attached 2 split rings to the pendant, then used the same method as step 3/4 to sew the ends of the split rings onto the two spiders on each side of the pendant to distribute the weight. And that's it!

Here are 2 other necklaces I made with basically the same method. The other two are just hung on with split rings because 1: the ribbons are much sturdier, so I wasn't as worried about wear from movement 2: split rings are probably better for this because they'll scratch the ribbon less at the opening (currently having to redo an old project because I made some bad jump ring and ribbon decisions) and are less likely to fall off, but I had spent the afternoon hitting my thumb with a hammer so really could not be bothered opening split rings lol. Also, the spider with the skull on the thin ribbon is held closed with a safety pin because I was out of lobster clasps when I made it, so that's also an option. Then the last picture is me today with the necklace

#tell me if anything about the tutorial is weird and unclear I am going to try and run a workshop session for making these for our #entomology society stall and was thinking of basically using this tutorial #this is my first time writing a tutorial or anything... so not 100% sure how to do it #goth fashion #goth diy #goth goth #spider #jewelry

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To be honest a large part of the reason I hate the term 'trad goth' is because I see 'trad' anything and immediately get concerned lol but it's also so annoying because it's so vaguely defined like I've seen people saying 'trad goth' is:

Dark punk fashion style common in early goth subculture

Modern goth fashion style characterised by large hair, pointy high contrast makeup, corsets, long skirts

Goth music, but only the early stuff

Literally Just Bauhaus, the Cure, Siouxie and tsom

Any actual goth music

#useless and terribly named term

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My dream hobby that I would love to get into but there is like 0 probability of it ever happening is learning how to weave brocade fabric so I can make some Strange Sinister Patterns

#carboniferous arachnids and seedless vascular plants brocade...

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me: has a ton of half finished shirts coats etc

also me: I need to start a new pair of gloves immediately

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Redoing this is so funny because it was the first article of clothing I made fully when I was first getting into goth stuff and sewing and well. I did not make it that well structurally

never mind, the people who said goth is about suffering are right (I keep hitting my thumb with the hammer when I'm making lines of eyelets for my sinister waistcoat ☹️)

#I mean it's not that bad butttt parts of the threads are starting to come off #I also kind of want to add a lining #the main issue is the lacing at the sides though definitely

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sure youtube

#my favourite pop band mors syphilitica

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never mind, the people who said goth is about suffering are right (I keep hitting my thumb with the hammer when I'm making lines of eyelets for my sinister waistcoat ☹️)

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I tried cross stitch for the first time!! ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ.⋆˚౨ৎ˚⋆. <3

I used some boomark-sized pieces that I think are from my grandmother's supplies that she passed down. I love the lace they have, and the brown colour of the material :-)

First I did an ivy pattern with some grey butterflies and specks. Second, I made a night sky scene with a crescent moon, pine trees, ferns, and an owl on a branch. I've also started a little garden scene, with rows of plants.

It was all freehand, and didn't really thin out the embroidery thread for a lot of it, so the lines are thicker and more solid-looking.

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Whitby Goth Weekend 2 (1995) - with Suspiria & Children on Stun

#absolutely my favourite era of goth fashion #listening to this now...