First they came for the green bins and I said nothing because I had forgotten to put them out. Then they came for the black bins and I said nothing because I had put out the green bins by mistake. Then they came for the brown bins and I said nothing because nobody knows when it's brown bins.

I received my beautiful print from @unquietarcadian.bsky.social. How stunning is this?

I have made a new friend 🙂 This is Doobluvey the Woodwose. Isn’t he adorable 🥹 Thank you @unquietarcadian.bsky.social for EVERYTHING 🙂xx

So lovely to see one of the original Commonplace Oracle decks still getting good use on another continent! I love it’s when people share their decks - it’s like getting a postcard from a much loved family member 🌱

Oh My GOODNESS 😮 @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @danherb10.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’ve shown this foliate head or Green Man sconce in a few places this year and it always gets an intriguing response. Looking at its closed eyes as we get to the darkest depths of winter prompts a yearning for hibernation and stasis; safe beneath the leaves. 🌱 1/4

I just received these beautiful ornaments from @unquietarcadian.bsky.social . If you love legends and folklore inspired lino prints and other items, such as clothing, check out here beautiful work.

I’ll be closing my online shop for a short hibernation from Friday 13th December - when I’ll be taking my last orders to catch the Christmas post in time. There’s a few bargains still to be had, including zines, ceramics and discounted Tarot, Oracle and Lenormand sets amongst the many prints. 1/5

Folklore. There's a real buzz for folklore books in Britain at the moment. Lot's of big publishers interested, academic & trade. I suspect it's connected with a "state of the nation" identity crisis + environmental concerns etc. Understandable comfort in folklore immersion.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 3 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

Did you know I made some of my original linocuts into designs for tees, sweatshirts, hoodies and tote bags? unquietarcadian.teemill.com

Wicked looks good.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

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Word of the day is ‘hibernacle’ (18th century): a hibernating animal’s winter retreat. I believe it works on a human level too.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 1 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

Stewart Lee uses prehistory as a time marker (twice!) against our current troubles, and climate change, while exposing the truth about farmland as investment:

I’m not really sure if I believe in past lives, but I had an intense experience of deja vu visiting this shrine in my teens. I seemed to have memories of the tea rituals. Fast forward to now, after my father’s untimely death and foxes seem to guard our family and have become a totemic animal for us.

Just had a weird encounter with someone trying to scam me pretending to be TSB. Pretended that someone was using my cards for Air BnBs in Aberdeen and buying jewelry from H Samuel. Was very convincing, and they nearly got information out of me. Fell apart when I said I was going to call the bank…

Another Powell and Pressburger double bill on BBC2 this afternoon…the magnificent ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ (my favourite film) and the gorgeous ‘The Red Shoes’ Storm Bert can rage all it likes…I’ll be in heaven.

Everybody’s got something to hide ‘cept for me and my monkey… (Squatting lavatorium inhabitant, with pet monkey circa 1400 York Minster.)

I have a handful of these prints left after it was shown at the RA last year. All remaining proceeds from the prints will go to Two Queens fundraiser (to save a thriving arts community in Leicester!) for the remainder of their campaign. unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

Post you from a different era 1983, Sandringham (I’m in the rainbow wellies. Visiting a family friend.)

Gonna tell my grandchildren this is The Beatles

I have a few of these small stoneware decorations remaining after the print fairs. They have been created with some of my favourite linocut stamps which have been pressed into clay then fired and glazed with oxides. Currently half price… unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com/product/ston...

I'm gonna be so real with you, if I ever see you post the word "females", unless you're talking about like a scientific study on newts or sommat, I will never trust anything you ever say again.

Revisiting Hekate today. This is the first BIG linocut I made and it’s good to revisit the subject in the cold, darkness of winter.

Did you know I’m also arts consultant and provide access support for artists/writers/performers? Depending on an individual’s needs and requirements, part of this work includes one-on-one online sessions tailored towards accessing arts funding and writing proposals. jenniesyson.com

I make prints, ceramics, paintings and do writing as Unquiet Arcadian, a term I devised in an effort to harness some of the duality in artistic practice. Unquiet: agitated, restless, uneasy. Arcadian: striving for a quiet life, in harmony with nature. unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com

"They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price." 
 Kahlil Gibran

*blinks a little into the light* oh, we’re doing this again are we? Ok. Hello. By way of a small reintroduction, I make prints and pots and recently I put together a small Zine about winter. unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com/product/a-ce...

The archetypal wild child, The Woodwose is found across Europe from the Medieval period on. With parallels to fauns, satyrs, & Pan, the Woodwose is characterised by both its feral appearance & its fierce protection of wild places. This one is by Unquiet Arcadian. #FolkVent 7 #Advent

Melancholic Greetings cards. 2 different hand printed linocut cards expressing unusually melancholic sentiments. Approx 16x16cm. Prints are stamped by the artist on the reverse. Only available individually. £3 each unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com/product/mela...

Yuletide Forest card sets are now available on my website. Get them before they disappear! unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com/product/yule...

My website is now back online! More info coming soon Don’t forget to have a look at the events tab for more info on open studio dates and events over the next few months. unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com

Sneak peak at one of my new screen print editions which will be available this coming weekend at the Print Fair at Nottingham Contemporary! Looking forward to it but still have so much to do…

Getting my woodland whistles ready for a few print fairs and events I’m taking part in soon. They’ll also be available on my website when it reopens later this week…

After a bit of a social media break, I’m getting ready to reopen my website later this week and sending out a newsletter with information about new work and where you can come and see me and my prints in person over the next few months. Let me know if you’d like to receive my news.

So delighted to be showing my work at the next Print Fair at Nottingham Contemporary next month. I’ll be selling new linocut editions of stone monoliths, printed ceramics, new cards and papers and lots, lots more… Come and say hello to me and lots of lovely printmakers!

Samuel Palmer, A Hilly Scene www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...

Sunshine on a rainy day…

I recently made this small edition of ceramic oak serving spoons for salt, sugar, herbs and jam etc. Handmade stoneware glazed in speckled white. Last chance to get them online before I shut my shop for a bit during September 🌱 unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com/product/oak-...

My online shop is closing from this Friday so I can concentrate on making some new work and getting ready for print fairs and open studio events in the autumn. Do have a visit before the end of the week www.unquietarcadian.bigcartel.com

Gorgeousness at Attenborough Nature reserve. Even if I am feeling like a boiled ham.