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Von der Decken's Hornbill part 2

This came out so good I'm in tears and about to hyperfixate so hard on more multicolor prints...just look at my baby she looks so good I'm gonna put her on a t-shirt and wear it until the day I die

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Outcome and inking process

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✦ Thistle linocut print ✦

available here

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Nice paper is so nice to print on

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& some birds!

[ID: several block prints of a grey jay, each with a rectangular border. the first image has two in green, with the second upside down. the second image has eight in orange, some with errors and smudges. /end ID]

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Dance of the Skybeasts

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CozyPunkPrints is Back, Baby

Now with free shipping on all patches!

My spring break etsy hiatus was a little longer than I planned, but we are back with some new colors (on upcycled fabric as always)

And, starting now, I'll be switching to shipping patches as letters, with tracking from Pitney Bowes. Customers will be charged a $1.00 handling fee and NO shipping!

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printmaking

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Dentition (Multi-layer linocut on mixed media paper)

I used my own teeth as a reference.

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Today i tried linocut for the first time and i liked it so much - look at this baby 🥺

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some tomatoes:)

based on a sketch @elektragirlfriend did for me <3

[ID: four more or less identical block prints of half of a sliced tomato, with the inside and seeds visible. it is printed in red ink, with a square border around each tomato. /end ID].

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Another linoleum block print for my Patreon. I drew the image on the block all the way back in 2011, and found it recently, so I decided to carve it.

“Two for Joy,” a tiding of blackbirds.

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I didn't get a ton of pictures but I recently finished this scarf for a friend. They're lino printed with Speedball opaque white block printing ink.

Really very happy with how it turned out. 🤭

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Rediscovering Hobbies

Or maybe reinventing is the better term here.

I've always loved art, I've been drawing ever since I can remember and recently, I picked up block printing again. I've tried it before but not in the capacity where I can really try everything I want to and I finally picked up all the supplies.

It has improved my mood so much and weirdly enough, my energy levels as well, working on the prints is very grounding.

Anyway, here's something I made :)

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Been super busy lately so this took awhile but it's finally done :)

Rhinoceros snake based on pictures from the Smithsonian's open access archives - highly recommend for any artists looking for references!