Cheers :) It's "stolen" art of course, I could not use this for anything commercial I am sure. But when it's just for me and my friends this is the way I prefer to do it.
I don't believe so. People may produce it for personal consumption at lower elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
I just liked the name, and it made me think of the Pixies song 'Debaser' about Un Chien Andalou which has the line 'slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know' which easily goes to 'slicing up apples, I want you to know'
i feel like the thread doesn't look like it's pulling on the lips at all... like, the lips should be slightly deformed from having thread squeezing them shut...