Spindle Printer

Cut a fresh new mount for this wee wood engraving that will be auctioned off later this year by Doves for Peace to raise funds for War Child. Very happy with it...not a tatty mess which I was half expecting.

#handprinted #dove #woodengraving #engraver #birdart #birdprint #printmaking #inky

A linocut print inspired by the X Files episode ‘Home’. The illustration shows a dilapidated shack in long grass sitting on a child’s skull. It’s quite grisly - even more so written down - apologies…

X is for X Files from my linocut series #folkhorroralphabet available now.

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The Ganderling....a limited edition medieval style beasty in gold and dark blue, now available > see website link in my profile. 💥💥💥🕺

#medieval #medievalart #beast #goose #medievalhistory #linocut #lino #inky #goldengoose #historicalart #printmaking #linoprint

A regal bird for a wee personal project I'm working on.

#birdart #linocut #linoart #handcarved #birdprint #birdlove #inky #inkyart #makeartnotwar

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Layer 1 is complete! There's a medieval- inspired beasty on the way....

#medieval #medievalart #linocut #linoprint #ink #handprinted #linoart

My first event in Nottingham is done and dusted! It's knackering but oh so good to be engaging with people face to face without an algorithm getting in the way. It was amazing. Time to snooze...

Here's a little update shot of my new print with the final touches being brushed on.

#linocut #printmaking #artist #blueskyart #printing #lino #contemporaryprint #handprinted

Thanks buddy!

Today layer #2 was rolled out and my new print is complete (after a little hand colouring too which you'll see in another post). Very happy with my little bat friend. Thinking I might so some smaller bat-focused prints.... probably.

#bats #batlove #linocut #linoprint #printmakingtoday

Not managing to keep up with Bluesky very well after the initial push to get off Insta. In a bit of a creative drought so can't reveal any new stuff..... Here are a couple of lambies for your viewing pleasure instead.

A woodcut of a winged burgonet helmet, the design on the front visor is a strange face which almost looks like a fish from the angle shown. The wings are on either side of the helmet and look like a fan, with heart designs on them.

If you were designing your own helmet, what would you want it to look like? How about something like this flashy winged burgonet with a face mask on the visor.

A burgonet helmet was a Renaissance-era and early modern combat helmet.

This new block is nearly complete!

#lino #linocut #printmaking #artprocess #handcarved

Happening soon is the delightful Saltaire Makers Market at Victoria Hall. There'll be loads of good eggs selling their wares from 24-26th May. Roll on by if ya can!

#saltairemakersmarket #saltaireinspired #printmaking #yorkshire #craft #craftmarket

It's a printing day!

#linocut #inking #inky #printmaking

Cheers! Glad you like that ☺️

A strange costumed child with rams head hood

This is the Tale Teller, and it’s official: this little grump is now on my website 🎉

Printed on deckle edged a4 sized Nepalese lokta paper.

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Mini print to welcome in the long weekend.... So brave, so feathery.

#birds #linocut #birdart #handprinted #printmaking #makingart in

Cheers very much!!

The new sign for my stall is finished! It took a good few hours of careful brushwork and blurring eyesight but got there in the end! Now to get back to making prints....

#signmaking #medieval #medievaldesign #printmaking #linoprint #printlove #makeart #whippets #handmadeart #crafts

Have a lovely Friday all!

Studies of donkeys, cats, apes Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1616 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

Not sure how I’m supposed to read in here with these two staring at me.

#printmaking #wallydogs #staffordshiredogs #blockprint #librariesofinstagram #gargoyle

New sign/logo thing is complete!
Now to figure out how to make it into a sign ...🤔

#medieval #medievalart #whippets #printmaking

A stack of books in a cardboard box with large bubble wrap packing them in. The book is 50 LGBTQ+ Finds.

It’s here! 😍

Sketching out a design for a new stall sign / logo type things along with channelling my inner medievalness ....and whippet fanaticism.

#gonemedieval #medieval #whippets #linoprint #linocut #printmaker #logodesign

A series of small carved stamps featuring weird creatures - each with a sort of expressionless human face. The top one is kind of a fish, then a moth, then a furry quadruped, then a frog and lastly a lion. The stamps are arranged vertically on the left, the corresponding images they print are on the right. The printed images are alternating teal and orange.

Some little carved friends! I’ve been doing these recently to explore ideas and textures…

#printmaking #print #illustration #reliefprint #art

It's #printpromptmonday and this week's theme is #foliage sooooo I'm sharing a bit of my The Yard print which has a nice bit of planty stuff going on. It's a print that celebrates derelict empty spaces and how nature reclaims those spaces. Life finds a way.....

#linocut #linoprint #inky #natureart

A pottery owl figurine displayed on a transparent pedestal. The figurine is intricately painted in black, red, and beige, with finely detailed feathers, large round eyes, and a slightly tilted head.

A small Corinthian aryballos in the shape of an owl 🦉(circa 630 BC). It served as a perfume container.

On display at Antikensammlung München

📷 me

🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

The Bellarmine jug drawing is pretty much sorted I think.