It's a process getting to the final prints each month. Some sets are a breeze, some are a battle but it always gets there. Having had my Patreon for over 5 years this rhythm of prepping, producing, and mailing out prints has been integral to my workflow.
Nachschwärmer
Die Laterne – ein kleiner Leuchtturm in der Nacht für Nachtschwärmer; sie ist umgeben von Licht- und Schattenspiel. Einfarbig Dunkelblau handgedruckt, geprägt und signiert. DIN A3.
Außerdem erhältlich mit Glow-in-the-dark Farbe die nach Lichteinstrahlung noch eine Weile nachleuchtet.
https://typeand.press/ has all the #printmaking & #letterpress links for things happening in the low countries and beyond. Recommended.
April 25 is #WorldPenguinDay so enjoy some Adélie penguins! ⠀
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This handsome couple, two Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), common to all the Antarctic coasts, are hand printed in black ink with a hint of orange on white Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 12.5” by 9.25” (31.8 cm by 23.5cm). Adélie penguins are the most widely spread and southernly penguins (along with the Emperor penguins).⠀
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#linocut #AdéliePenguin #printmaking #Antarctica #reliefPrint #printmaker #MastoArt
Happy birthday to #mathematician Felix Klein (1849-1925). This is a hand-carved and hand-printed image of the famous mathematical object, the Klein bottle, printed in a gradient of pale yellow-green to darker blue-green on paper 8” by 8” (20.3 cm by 20.3 cm). First described by mathematician Felix Klein in 1882, this object has a single surface, rather like a 3D version of a Möbius strip. 
#linocut #sciart #printmaking #mathart #FelixKlein #histstm #mathematics #maths #reliefPrint #MastoArt
Abstract preview of one of the prints I'm working on.
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#printmaking #letterpress #LegoLetterpress #abstract
More Lego printing. I call this piece Study in C2, piece 4, Lego edition
#Legopress #printmaking #Lego
I did a lot of digging around about using a laminator for linoprint, this video was one of the things that helped me decide to take the plunge. I got a laminator that looks just like the one in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nluytdWHIQ
#linocut #printmaking
I bought a cold press laminator for relief printing, and holy cats, you guys, this is a game changer. These are from my very first test run. So much easier and more consistent than hand burnishing!
#linocut #printmaking
It’s #InverteFest again! So here is my pollinator propaganda for Manufactured Ecosystems. Thinking about the future of pollination and seeking solutions from technological and nature-based knowledge. This is essentially my conclusion: we can aid our beleaguered pollinators with technology but their continued success is vital. We need to foster the insects to keep ecosystems functioning.
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #insects #entomology #ecology #pollinators #nativeBees #butterflies #moths
Turns out my ink-applying skills need work.
But I have nine very imperfect prints now, and one total scrap.
Made some flowers. This was a pretty small print, like 10 x 12 cm
#linocut #printmaking #mastoart #fediart
This is a unique hand made cyanotype on watercolour paper (11” x 14”) with an image of my Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) butterfly linocut on a cyanotype image of leaves and flowers.
#cyanotype #printmaking #linocut #butterfly #botanicalArt #EasternTigerSwallowtail
Part of my scheme of removing invasive plants and turning them into art!
Really been going for the rocky art the past two weeks. Will definitely riso print these in some form.
