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Artistic Chaos by Maxine Green

Much of 2024's artistic output has been in the form of these colourful hand drawn 'doodle' badges on a wood base coated with resin, most of which have been gifted for free, swapped in art exchanges, or offered in exchange for art materials to make more badges. Bunny remains open to requests and craft exchanges.

Cute frog badge with 'Forg' written above. Cute black cat badge with 'Catto' written above. Cute white rabbit on a badge with 'Bny' written above in pink. Cute dog badge with the word 'Doggo'. Cute minimalist cartoon chicken, with 'Chckn' written above. Cute cartoon goose drawn saying 'Honk', with the word 'Goos' above, on a green background.

The cute animals in the original set of doodles were very popular on social media and prompted the idea of the summer art giveaway, improving Bunny's mental health, and bringing joy to as many as possible of their friends and followers. A kind contributor volunteered to fund materials and postage so the artist could distribute their work cost-free.

Snail (snil), Duck (dcuk) and Squirrel (squirl) cartoon animal badges. Cute cartoon red dragon with Drgn written above. Cute colourful pigeon with the word 'Pijn' above, on an orange background. Honking cartoon goose on a pink background

Having recently moved house, Maxine was without a studio space, so set up a temporary desk in his bedroom for making tiny art, though the badge making kit is also portable enough to go outside.

Photo of a rolling table in a bedroom set up with various brightly coloured badges laid out to work on. Close up photo of rolling desk with paint pens and in-progress badges. Photo of paint pens and in-progress badges taken outdoors on a stone background. Close in photo of in progress badges outdoors. You can see the shapes being drawn are a squirrel, frog and goose.

The art giveaway inspired a lot of tiny art.

A stack of colourful badges that haven't yet had fixings added. A selection of finished badges ready to be sent to gift recipients. Badge with a cartoon possum on a lilac background that reads 'Be the ENTIRE problem' Gift badges include a ginger catto, two pink Bny bunnies, a kitn, a Drgn, one that reads 'Neon' in neon lettering, and an 'embrace chaos' badge, alongside a polymer clay frog. Badges depicting a unicorn with a plaid bow, a bee (labelled 'B'), a flower with 'protect trans kids', a blue and white china-inspired badge, and a lilac spider. Text badges: 'Alive out of spite' on a rainbow background, and 'DO NOT READ THIS BADGE' on a colourful camouflage style background Badge showing an anatomical heart in black and white on a red background Text badges: 'I'M FINE', 'AN EFFORT WAS MADE', 'WE'RE ALL MAD HERE', 'FUCK', plus cartoon crow ('corw') and Cthulhu ('chthu'). Bright yellow badge with nature symbols and text: Ecologist at Work' Four badges: Harvestman, Spider, Chaos Entity and Ecologist at Work Crow and Cthulhu badges on gift cards ready to post out, with a hand drawn card reading 'tea is for tentacle' Hand drawn card reading 'Tea is for Tentacle', depicting a green and white tentacle holding a green and white tea cup.
A pile of brightly coloured badges on a wooden background (desk).
Three badges with a red 'blood splatter' background: 'WE'RE ALL MAD HERE', 'AN EFFORT WAS MADE', and 'I'M FINE'. Six cute dragon badges in mixed shades of pink, purple, blue and turquoise. Cute green dragon with 'Drgn' written above. Cute pink dragon with blue and turquoise background. Cute purple dragon with green and turquoise background Reverse of the purple Drgn badge, with a purple back that reads 'Drgn' and 'MSG 2024' above and below the badge fixings. Purple and pink splatter effect badge: We're all mad here. Green and yellow splatter effect badge: We're all mad here. Badge with many hearts in white with outlines in a rainbow of colours Multicoloured splatter badge reading 'Embrace Chaos' in black, white and gold. Gift card with a line sketch of two roses growing on the same stem. Card addressed to an art giveaway recipient, with two badges: a pink rose, and an orange catto. Two badges pinned to a hand drawn gift card with a frog sketched on it. Two badges pinned to a hand drawn gift card with hearts and a poppy sketched on it.

Tiny Duck Ponds! - Crafted with hand-poured and hand painted resin, without a mould.

A small plastic duck sits on a circular base made to look like water, atop a finger ring. A small plastic duck sits on a circular base made to look like water, atop a finger ring. Two small plastic ducks sit on circular bases made to look like water, atop two finger rings. Three wearable duck pond rings, in decreasing sizes

Sculpted in polymer clay.

A 3-dimensional version of the Forg, sculpted in a bright green polymer clay, sits on a grey tabletop. The 3D Forg sits in a hand, dangling his feet over the edge of the fingers. 3D Forg pictured with a circular wooden base made to look like a pond, with a lilypad reading 'place forg here'. Close up on the Forg Pad, which has been coated in resin for durability. The Forg sits on his lilypad base. A small box which used to contain a single egg has been modified to say 'One medium free range FORG, from British ponds.

Making enemies in the language of flowers.

Badge featuring a bright pink and red rhododendron flower. Reverse of the rhododendron badge reads 'Rhododendron - Danger' and the artist's signature. Badge featuring a bright coral coloured aloe flower spike, and spiked aloe leaves. Reverse of aloe badge reads 'Aloe - Grief' and the artist's signature. Badge featuring yellow tansy flowers. Reverse of tansy badge reads 'Tansy - I declare war', and the artist's signature. Badge featuring white nettle flowers, and nettle leaves. Reverse of nettle badge reads 'Nettle - Cruelty', and the artist's signature. Badge featuring a blue nigella flower and green leaves. Reverse of nigella badge reads 'Nigella - Devilry', and the artist's signature. Gift card with 'Revenge is Sweet', and a sketch of tansy flowers drawn in gold pen. All five of the flower badges pinned to the inside of the gift card, reading 'Thought these might help when colleagues are being annoying! - Bunny, xx'

Badges made in honour of Carmarthen Pride and donated to the event.

Rainbow badge reads 'Oops, I've come over a little bit queer!' About a dozen rainbow badges in progress, laid out on a table. Some have white punctuation marks, or the word 'GAY' across them. Badges laid out to be exchanged for donations to the pride festival. Variations on 'queer' badges. A badge made to look like a ring donut, with icing in the colours of the trans flag. Rainbow badges reading 'Balcher' (pride in Welsh), and 'Caerfyrddin' (The local name for Carmarthen. Badges with joke versions of the queer, gay and trans agendas.

"Fucks to Give" - A gifting art project that everyone needs.

Five very simple black and white badges reading 'FUCK' in various styles of lettering. Coloured 'fuck' badges, in blue and sparkly purple An array of brightly coloured badges, contrasted by two stark black and white 'fucks' and a white on beige 'tits' badge. The family-friendly version of the fuck badges, just reads 'Nope'. Three badges have text that looks like curling tentacles, reading 'Fuck' in various ways. Also one on a red blood-splatter background, one that looks like wood texture, and a last badge that reads 'Existing is Hard' in multicoloured jagged text.

The bunny was challenged by a friend to create nipples for someone whose real ones were invisible. These were the result.

Badges made to look like beige and pink nipples, with a little steel ring attached to each. Badges with a beige background and the word 'Nipples' written across in a deeper pink tone. The artist models the 'pierced' nipple badges over a polka dot t-shirt, in a photo that was then shared to Facebook. A smaller pair of beige and pink nipple badges.

One in approximately lesbian flag colours, one in nonbinary colours.

A hand painted badge in the approximate colours of the lesbian flag (reds, pinks, oranges and yellows), with an abstract design reminiscent of a vulva. The 'clitoris' and spirals of 'pubic hair' are gilded. A hand painted badge in the approximate colours of the lesbian flag (reds, pinks, oranges and yellows), with an abstract design reminiscent of a vulva. The 'clitoris' and spirals of 'pubic hair' are gilded. Viewed from a slightly different angle so different colours show up. An abstract design reminiscent of a vulva, drawn in non-binary flag colours (black, white, yellow and purple). The 'clitoris' and a thin circle around the outer edge are gilded. An abstract design reminiscent of a vulva, drawn in non-binary flag colours (black, white, yellow and purple). The 'clitoris' and a thin circle around the outer edge are gilded. A small steel ring has been added through a hole in the top.

Painted using magnetic pigments to create a hologram effect.

A circular image of white mushrooms on a purple background. Light is reflected to the left hand side of the image. The same circular image of white mushrooms on a purple background, but light is reflected to the right hand side of the image. A circular image of red amanita mushrooms on a purple background. Light is reflected to the left hand side of the image. The same circular image of red amanita mushrooms on a purple background, but light is reflected to the right hand side of the image.

Another project in tiny art, but more based in graphic design has been this series of playful ID cards.

A mock ID card with a pink background reads 'Woman Card. The bearer of this card is a woman. No external validation required. There is an image of a hand with middle finger raised, wearing pink nail varnish. Smaller print reads 'The bearer of this card is not required to fit stereotypes or conform to others expectations in any way.' A mock ID card with a blue background reads 'Man Card. The bearer of this card is a man. No external validation required. There is an image of a hand with middle finger raised, wearing the same pink nail varnish as is seen on the woman card. Smaller print reads 'The bearer of this card is not required to fit stereotypes or conform to others expectations in any way.'

Woman card/Man card - No validation required.

A mock ID card reads 'Non-Binary Identity Card' in official-looking text, with 'NBI' below in large blue text. Smaller print says that the bearer of this card is authorised to use whichever toilet has the shorter queue. A rainbow card reads 'This card certifies that the bearer is a Genuine Card-carrying Queer Person' in large text, and 'you are valid' in smaller print. A card with colours shading from pink through purple to blue reads 'This card certifies that the bearer is a Genuine Card-carrying Bisexual' in large text, and 'you are valid' in smaller print. On a rainbow background, white text that looks like it is written in dripping paint reads 'Gender Fluid' with 'top- up card' written below. Show this card to top up at any Gender Fluid Refill Centre. Don't forget to hydrate!

Creative Licences - Made by artists, for artists.

Cancer Cards - An on-the-spot commission at a summer camping festival.

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