Jake Blanchard

My new exhibition ‘Visard’ opens next week at Cultures in Saltaire, featuring 48 pieces of work including masks, paintings and prints! Please pop in and have a look if you’re in the area and of course feel free to buy something!

Artwork for Wonderful Brutalism, new LP by Jef Mertens & Dirk Wachtelaer. Pre-order now from Many Chants or Ramble records. Taishogoto and drum duo (Flower Corsano fans take note).

Just added 12 paintings to my Big Cartel-
jakeblanchard.bigcartel.com
£40-£60 each.

I’ve been unable to work the last few weeks due to a wrist injury and my usual chronic pain situation so any support is greatly appreciated!

#paintings #artwork #acrylic #psychedelic #nature #illustration #posca

Poster design for the excellent Lightning Bolt and Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders @lidders.bsky.social in Philadelphia, sadly a bit far for me to go! Went for a sort of mutant, cybernetic bear thing…. #gigposter

My artwork for Bhajan Bhoy ‘Summer in St. Mary’s’ features on todays BBC Look North! Fame at last! @ajaysaggar.bsky.social #news #illustration #albumart #looknorth

Yeah I think it is.

Swift?

Ceremonial County Series Vol.XVII - Bristol | Hertfordshire, by Folklore Tapes 2 track album

A pleasure to be asked to contribute to @folklore_tapes Ceremonial Counties series. Tape now available for pre-order- folkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/ceremo... I was tasked with making music inspired by the folklore of Bristol (it’s a county!). @geologydisco.bsky.social provides the other side.

Bhajan Bhoy- Summer in St. Mary’s @ajaysaggar.bsky.social is out today! Church organ fans take note! Recorded in a church in North Yorkshire. Artwork by me.

We've done Som Tam (Thai papaya salad) with swede instead of papaya before and it's good. Might work with turnip too?
I often use Kohlrabi in a slaw too.

I had a team look at my situation after my first leg op wasn’t successful. They were just trying to figure out next step for me. It just resulted in me being referred to a different consultant with more experience with the surgery they think I need. I didn’t actually meet them all myself.

Spore Collectors. Shirts available here- jakeblanchard.teemill.com

Jake Blanchard Prints and artwork by Illustrator Jake Blanchard

Yeah prints are available here- jakeblanchard.bigcartel.com I haven’t added the fungi artwork yet but might do if there’s enough interest. Pike is on there.

Fung House! It’s a whole lot of Fung! Another Fungal t-shirt available from my Teemill shop- jakeblanchard.teemill.com Loads of other designs on there too, why not treat yourself?

A trio of new fungi themed t-shirts now available from my Teemill shop! Here’s the first! Various sizes and colours available. jakeblanchard.teemill.com What’s your favourite fungi?! #fungi #fungus #mycology #mycelium #mushrooms #tshirt

Excited to share some of my packaging artwork for @spoke-board.bsky.social a capacitive touch circuit board. Loads of different things you can do with it! Ideal for building a fruit and veg keyboard! Developed by @vulpeslabs.bsky.social Go and check it out!

Snarl. Painting (acrylic on canvas) from a while ago. Sold.

Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper This consultation seeks views on the approaches government should consider around reform of the health and disability benefits system and employment support.

There’s a Government consultation regarding the appalling welfare reforms for disabled people. PIP has been a lifeline for me whilst I’ve been struggling with my hip disability and endlessly wait for NHS treatment, there are many people that rely on it even more than me. Tell them what you think!

Got a bit of a quiet spell at the moment if anyone’s in need of artwork, record sleeves, t-shirts, a drawing of your dog, etc etc. I’ve done stuff for Richard Dawson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Pelt, Elkhorn, Pretty Lightning, MV&EE, Wooden Wand and many others. Might be more affordable than you expect!

Go see him play though, he's great!

They've spelt Mohammad wrong!

Happy birthday Rooster! (From Dana and Peach too!)

NHS waiting list question. If you have a surgery and it doesn't fix the problem and then you're referred for a second surgery (same consultant) do you go back to the start of the waiting list or go from where you left off? I was never actually at the front of the queue as I got a cancellation.

It's literally two minutes walk from my house so if I take enough painkillers it should be fine as long as I don't end up having surgery before then, but that's unlikely.

Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders in Tod! You may have seen my artwork for them and for Elkhorn (who are in the band). Also Dead Sea Apes are always good!

Really hoping I can make it along to this if my stupid leg will let me!

Also having plants like Press On Vinyl that do short runs and are Indie only is very helpful, keeps the turnaround times pretty quick.

There are a bunch of indies that work together to co-release stuff and give it wider distribution- Cardinal Fuzz, Feeding Tube, Centripetal Force, Radio Khiyaban, Eiderdown, Ramble Records etc etc… Obviously IOSS, GPSR, Tariffs are complicating matters. I know that’s not exactly what you meant…