Can’t wait!

I love those nice crisp lines, very satisfying… can’t wait to see the finished print 👍

I love Reedy’s work too, he has an incredibly large selection of film/comic/manga prints to explore. I could just post his work everyday and not get bored of it… and thank you for the feedback 👍

I could spend ages looking at all the detail and trying to interpret any hidden meaning/messages/symbolism in his work…They have an ancient (alien) civilisation feel

I also can’t get over the scale of the prints ‘Precession’ at 96x336 inches and still classed as an ongoing work!

It’s like being immersed in a temple or shrine with all the ceramic ‘artifacts’ in the installations, plus the monolith having echoes of standing stones/kabba/2001 Space Odyssey. It feels like he’s creating his own mythology… I can see why you’re drawn to his work, thanks for sharing 👍

If you like this they’ve have Iron Maiden’s mascot, Eddie in the same series, plus another Kiss print… the site is not the easiest to navigate tho

Ha! It was completely coincidental, but I do love the Aztec influence and art too…there’s another Mexican printmaker I want to post, but was struggling to remember his name, hopefully I’ll remember before the end of the week- his work is seriously impressive

Also I’m planning a ‘Halloween Special’ for both printmaking and collage so there should be a few skeletons for you to checkout

Glad you liked the post 👍

Thanks for the informative link!

Amphibians can be delightfully weird in their breeding habits, off the top of my head there’s the toad/frog that incubates their eggs on their back, with them hatching through the skin… I would find a link but I’m currently on mobile and also have sausage fingers

Gestating in the stomach and giving ‘birth’ via the mouth is quite something though…evolution has produced some really interesting solutions to ensure reproductive success

The gastric frog is part of a small series of extinct species including black rhino and dodo, which is depressing as it is artistic

I love your work, it’s like an updated voyager golden data disk packed with information…graphically elegant!

Guilty as charged

I discovered The CryptoNaturalist over at the other place, and ending up buying ‘Field Guide to the Haunted Forest’ and ‘Love Notes from the Hollow Tree’ by Jarod K. Anderson…

Which is unusual for me as I detest poetry. I think it’s a pile of long-winded, navel gazing wank…Except for haiku, (because they’re short and sweet, and condense things down to their essence, which I like).

I like The CryptoNaturalist though, probably because they write about nature in a weird, beautiful and wonderous way. I want to use the word ‘magical’ to describe it, but am reluctant, for reasons

Also, thanks to this post I just found out there’s a couple of other books available which I’m going to buy tonight 😀

Linocut is done on lino (which is ground up cork, mixed with linseed oil then adhered to a hessian backing)

Woodcut uses wood instead

Both lino and woodcut are relief printing where you use tools to carve out lines/sections, you then apply ink thinly using a brayer, and the paper is placed onto the inked surface to print the image

I recommend the links as they explain the entire process (better than me on Saturday morning without having had any coffee) plus all the tools/materials etc