By popular demand, it’s time for a new edition of my original’Turtles all the way down’ #linocut. Made for an exhibition about #cosmology I also took the opportunity to highlight the #biodiversity of #turtles. This hint of an infinite stack includes from the top down: an eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum), a red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), a
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Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to heat a hot thing;
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Linocut prints I've shared so far (2021 - 2025)

Since I made all these block prints of Ontario food crops helped by insects for my upcoming show, I thought I would use them to make some repeat patterns too! You can find these ‘Harvest’ print patterns on fabric or wallpaper in my Spoonflower shop.

They include cranberry, eggplant, green bean, apricot, field cucumber, blueberries (both low and high bush), gooseberry, plum, raspberry, pole bean, haskap, pumpkin,

Je vais tenter ce weekend de faire deux marque pages sur un format A5 en lino
Avec deux de mes oiseaux prefs du coin: le héron cendré et le cormorans huppé (pas fan de la compo pour le cormorans la ) #illustration #linocut #wip

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

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.

Linocuts are always a fun way to pass an evening #linocut #linoprint

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 got the notion to do a Baba Yaga hut block. Sketched something up I was reasonably happy with and made it happen. I’m still learning, and definitely see things I want to improve, but I do really like how this came out. #LinoCut #Art #Handmade

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.

The first Saturday in June is National Black Bear Day so enjoy this Black bear linocut on translucent washi paper with bark inclusions

New bookmark! Well I made it last year but only just printed them up and got them listed on the shops. Little Mothman who loves a good spooky read.

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.

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I ordered some blank cover notebooks to experiment with printing my own images on them. These turned out really well! I’ll definitely be doing some more. #LinoCut #Art #Stationery

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"

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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.