Happy birthday to botanist & photography trailblazer Anna Atkins (1799-1871), née Children!
Atkins’ mother died when she was still an infant, but she was close with her naturalist father & received a much more scientific education than was common for women in her time. Her 250 detailed engravings of shells were used to illustrate her father’s translation of Lamarck’s ‘Genera of Shells’; 
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My panda family for #WorldPandaDay. The good news is that their status has improved from endangered to vulnerable but they do remain at risk. There are an estimated 1,800 in the wild.
Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant, & purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music,
Also mocking up a new linocut. I really want to try doing a block-printed zine?
Entering my blue phase...
Really enjoying working on this Arches paper. I thought the texture would hinder the pens but 2 passes with each color seems to do the trick.
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Pilot G2 pens and acrylic paint on 10"x14" cold rolled Arches
Kiki Smith, Tattoo Print, 1995. Smith’s work has been a lifelong influence on my visual work, jewellery design as well as my writing. I love this print of tattoo ‘flash’—with all its vulvamorphia and decorative motifs. Among the ubiquitous ‘first tattoo’ of butterflies there’s a ghostly (self)portrait, tendons, a tailbone and a scrotum. #KikiSmith #inspiration #tattoo #TattooFlash #feministArt #WomenArtists #Printmaking #art #doodle #FirstTattoo
For #InternationalWomensDay a short thread of my ongoing series of portraits of women in science through history. If you look for them, they’re there. I’m up to 67 now! Here’s to the day when a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field!
Sending out the second to last print of the Chaffinch today. Number 19 of a limited edition of 20. The Chaffinch print is from 2021.
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#50vogels #printmaking #LEGOLetterpress
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https://royscholten.nl/project/50-birds/
Years ago, I was asked to make a print for a missing element in a gallery show of the Periodic Table Printmaking Project, which gathered prints by different artists for each element . This small linocut represents the chemical element Silicon, with its diamond cubic crystal structure shown in silver. Its symbol, atomic number and a couple of its forms are shown in lilac. Silicon is common in the Earth’s crust 1/n
Somehow we’ve made it to March. “In like a lion…” This is an original first edition lino block print showing a lioness and a lion, sitting in the grass, watching. I was inspired by a photograph my mother took in the Ngorongoro conservation area in Tanzania. It is called, "The Watchers, Ngorongoro". The photo gives the strong impression the lions are watching the people back. 1/2
Hello there. I'm a visual artist, printmaker and author from The Netherlands (Ulft, Rotterdam, Hilversum).
I'm interested in how parts make wholes, late Romanesque / Early Gothic manuscript illumination, and long-form black metal. Maybe you have seen my bird prints?
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#introduction #letterpress #printmaking #LEGOletterpress #hilversum
Today is #Kalevala day.
As such, I thought it would share my Kalevala-themed #linocut prints from 2020.
There's the swan of Tuonela, who swims on the black river, which is the gateway to the world of the dead.
There's Otso, the bear king of the forest.
And there's Ikiturso, a mythological sea monster.
#printmaking #mythology #MastoArt
Apparently it’s National Tooth Fairy Day
I made this linocut when my son lost his first tooth. I made him (and several other small children) little tooth fairy shaped pockets in which to hide their teeth to exchange them for cash.
Realized I never shared the finished versions of these sorta experimental mashup linocuts I did a week or so back. I think they turned out pretty fun.
And hey, if they never end up selling I'll prob cut em down and laminate them into bookmarks or something.
My polar bear and aurora lightbox for #InterNationalPolarBearDay, a day to focus conservation efforts for these magnificent animals who face habit loss under climate change.
This multimedia light box combines my hand-printed linocut polar bear and aurora print on translucent Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper 1/2
Finally managed to get a little time last night to finish off this round of linocut bluejays.
Got a tidy edition of 40 out of this one and this yellow colorway will be exclusively for my next round of guerilla print drops.
Excited to hide them around the city once they're finished drying!
Happy Patch Tuesday!!!
This week's design is a celebration of warming weather, and looking forward to spring bike trips!
https://www.kenswinson.com/2025/02/25/patch-tuesday-bear-on-bik/
