A group of peacocks, like those in this linocut, are called 'an ostentation', for obvious reasons. I am making a series on the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure. This is the fourth in a series of such prints.
The word 'Ostentation' is in a rather rococo and ostentatious typeface.
#linocut #printmaking #lettering #peacocks #birds #termsOfVenery #mastoArt
My Print & Play students are very talented.
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This linocut shows a flamboyance of flamingos. The collective noun for a group of flamingos is a "Flamboyance". Isn't that perfect? And, ridiculously fun to say? Try it: "A flamboyance of flamingos." Alliterative, apt, succinct, this flaboyance of three pink and fuchsia flamingos are a chorus line of long-legged aquatic birds about to break out into a can-can routine.
Ilkley Moor, the alternative reality I can escape to in minutes. A distant horizon, the absence, mostly, of human clamour - and the wildlife, sadly depleted in this impoverished island, but still glorious.
A 180x90mm wood engraving. Gritstone, lichens and mosses, bilberry, cottongrass, crowberry and heather, green hairstreak butterfly, adder, curlew and red kite. And the ever present meadow pipit.
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Your art history post for today: by Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), detail, “The Wedding Colour Alteration Ceremony,” also called “The Bride Changing Clothes After the Wedding Ceremony,” ca. 1844-1847, woodblock print, ink and color on paper. As a print it appears in many collections, both public and private. #arthistory #asianart #woodblockprint #woodblock #printmaking
A group of bullfinches is a bellowing, & this linocut shows a bellowing bellowing, singing loudly. I am making a series on the weird & wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (& other things). Some are evocative, some strange & obscure. This is the third in a series of such prints.
How could I resist a “bellowing” of bullfinches? We don’t actually have bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
I’ve been working on this design featuring Long Meg for a few weeks now, following a visit the circle for some sketches. Lino cutting begins tomorrow #LongMeg #stonecircles #StandingStoneSunday #printmaking
Wyndham Court in Southampton.
I really like this building, it has real character.
I made two versions of this print, monochrome and watercolour. 
For #WorldOceanDay I thought I would share a print with both a vertebrate and invertebrate ocean species. This linocut and gel plate print shows the humpback whale swimming above and a close up of the whale below with six Coronula diadema barnacles.
The Coronula diadema name comes from its barrel and crown-like shape, which can grow to 5 cm (2”) tall and 6 cm (2.4”) in diameter.
Lemonwood engraving block (180x90mm) and the first test print off the block - fauna and flora on Ilkley Moor. Some tidying up needed here and there, particularly the sky, but almost done.
makers, beware:
"Machine that could CHANGE the Maker Community forever"
UV printer kickstarter - like an inkjet printer on steroids. And it builds up *dimensional* colour, too. Given what it can do, and how slick the app is, I was surprised at the price.
(Definitely gonna resist. But can you? 
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I love that he didn't just demo it, but tested materials and durability of the result.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IwtKvhBTAi8&si=P26ZHf5EpCinXlVv
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The first Saturday in June is National Black Bear Day so enjoy this Black bear linocut on translucent washi paper with bark inclusions
It’s my Improbability of Puffins.
I love this term of venery for puffins (who are indeed improbable looking sea birds). It’s part of my series of prints of groups of animals and the weird and wonderful collective nouns to describe them.
I managed to make a small print of two common eiders just in time before I have to hang it up later this evening! Two days of a lot of work
This linocut shows a crash of rhinos in all senses of the words. The collective noun for a group of rhinoceros is a "crash". Though would one really need multiple rhino before a "crash" would be a good description? Luckily, my crash of rhino are all on paper. These three are all headed for collision. The typography of the words represents their meaning; "crash" appears to implode and the stout letters of "Rhinos"
I learned something new today!!!
I wanted to sew a patch on my pencil case, but since I couldn't put a needle through the case, had to sew from the FRONT ONLY with a curved upholstery needle.
I had help from an expert (thank you Joyce), but still think i'm one of the cool kids now.
This linocut shows a conspiracy of lemurs in all senses of the words. The collective noun for a group of lemurs is a "conspiracy". Isn't that marvelous? These ring-tailed lemurs definitely appear to be up to something. Caught in the act of scheming. The word “lemurs” mimics their tails, of course!
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a wet-nosed primate, endemic to Madagascar. 1/n
I have this ongoing series of linocut beetles on assorted Japanese washi papers and on papers I myself have printed too. 
The print shows, from left to right, top to bottom: Goliath beetle, Calligrapha verrucosa, blowout tiger beetle, Fruhstorferia sexmaculata, Phaedon oviformis, Reindeer beetle, Ceratophyus martinez, Erythrus ardens.
