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Dress by Félix

c. 1885

France

Chicago Historical Society

Has there ever been an anti-anti pope (not the pope, not an anti pope but a secret third thing)

You mean the Pisan popes?

So we had the pope in Rome and the antipope in Avignon. This whole thing was called the Western Schism.

There was a council and a conclave, with cardinals from both sides that attended a council and appointed a THIRD pope in Pisa in the hopes that it would end the Western Schism (spoiler alert, it did not).

See it was kind of difficult to determine if it was valid because only one cardinal that attended was appointed BEFORE the schism. The others had all been appointed by either the popes or the antipopes and so they were evidently biased.

They did try to agree to abdicate at the same time at one point but then they both went back on it...

There was also discussion about wether they could even call for a council because the pope is the one who is supposed to do that. So both Pisan popes are largely considered as antipopes and the roman line is considered the 'true' line of popes.

So eventually the Roman pope agreed to resign, the Pisan pope was removed. The Avignon pope was not co-operating so he was excommunicated and a whole new pope was elected.

The Avignon popes kind of kept going for a little bit longer but eventually the next Avignon pope resigned too and recognised the Roman pope as the true pope

Dressing Gown

c. 1900

unknown maker

Chicago Historical Society

Chinese jade carvings: corn, grapes, cabbage, and bok choy. (cr 簇拥烈日的花)

Hi!! I was wondering if you had any recommendations for corn snake morphs that are grey and yellow? The closest I’ve found is caramel but I’m not very well researched. Thank you so much!!

I'm sorry to tell you that this is a bit of a tough (but not impossible!) order, my friend, and I'll explain why:

Corn snakes have three main pigment types: melanin (black), erythrin (red/orange), and xanthin (yellow). Most of the known color morphs will affect one or more of these pigments but they tend to be interrelated, so masking or removing one will often affect the others to some degree, and xanthin seems to be the first to go in many cases.

Most morphs are going to reduce or eliminate melanin (Amel, Hypo, Lavender, etc.) and/or enhance erythrin (Strawberry, Lava, Sunkissed) so you're going to be hard-pressed to find a morph combo that retains melanin without washing to brown but also eliminates erythrin while maintaining xanthin.

The Anerythristic A morph (aka Anery) removes erythrin and masks xanthin. Grey snake, but no yellow. Some adults will get yellow in the neck area but it won't be full body.

The Caramel morph, which you've already found, enhances xanthin and reduces melanin and erythrin. Brown snake.

There are other morphs and a potential selectively-bred yellow enhancement that you might explore that could accomplish what you're hoping for, but you'll be at the whim of breeders who, quite frankly, aren't likely to be focusing on this particular color combo.

For possible morphs that might fit your aesthetic, you could look for high-yellow Caramels, selectively bred Miami or Okeetee Caramels, Caramel Kastanie, or a morph called Dark Yellow which is a combination of Scaleless, Caramel, and Anery. I've also heard of a yellow-enhancing trait called Yellow Coat but I've never seen it and I don't know if it was a fluke, a selectively-bred trait, or a genuine recessive gene that has just fallen off the radar due to lack of popularity.

I would advise to look at adult photos and disregard baby photos, as baby coloration almost never stays the same. You might find that a muddy brown or grey baby corn snake grows into a gorgeous yellow and dark grey adult.

I wish you the best of luck in your search and if you can't find exactly what you're looking for, perhaps you can work with a breeder to launch a project, or if you have the resources you can start one yourself!

Dress

c. 1880-1885

France

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

This is one of the more ambitious pieces I've done for a bit, and I did it on an absurd deadline, but my trans dragon back patch is done! The project ended up taking 130 hours of working time to finish, using two strands of cotton floss for both fills and outlines. The base pattern was from my own collection and was originally from 1936.

Caved and bought myself a whole new bed setup. After spending time in various hotels for work over the summer I realized my mattress is just. Not my friend. And my current setup is a king, which is just way too big.

Did I have the money for this? No! But I'm tired of waking up with so much back pain so. Here we are.

I studied this in class for about 4 months, the idea is for it to be perceived differently at different tides. At certain points in the day you can walk all the way through it! If you like it you might also enjoy the (slightly more anatomically correct) snake he did for his "Empires" piece as part of the Monumenta series in Paris https://francetravelplanner.com/go/paris/museums/monumenta.html

150 meter aluminum sea serpent skeleton sculpture in Nantes, France. Artist Huang Yong Ping