A 7 mile circular walk from Coinistone to Grassington yesterday.🥾😍 #YorkshireDales #Wharfedale #YorkshireWalks #Grassington #WalkingUK

On Thursday evening we celebrated 10 years of York Printmakers with a party at Jacob’s Well, in #York. 🥳 Each of us brought food to share and handmade hats from our prints. 👏🥂

My new book, Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut, is in Bookshop.org’s Top 25 Indie Champions! 🥳 @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.socia#linocutu#newbooko#booksk#artbooko#indiebooksellersr#bookshopo#ChooseBookshopsps

Here I’m carving back the non-printing areas of my long-tailed tit linocut print. It’s often when designs start to come to life. #Linocut #Printmaking #GardenBirds #BirdArt

A fun, creative day making multi-coloured lino prints using the jigsaw linocut method 🎨 #Linocut #LinocutPrint #ColourLinocut #printmaking

Four fabulous linocut prints from today’s intro #linocut workshop. If you’ve been thinking of giving it a go and don’t live nearby, join me for one of my online courses: www.michellehughesdesign.com/linocut-work... #linoprinting #printmaking #Linoprint #ArtWorkshop

A peak of one of the new linocut prints featured in my new book, Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut. This is the start of carving a long-tailed tit print, where I’ve carved in the key lines. I often have a flock of them fly by my studio window. #Linocut #Printmaking #GardenBirds #BirdArt

Save the date for #YorkOpenStudios. 18-19 and 25-26 April 2026. #York #NorthYorkshire #Printmaking #Linocut

Yesterday I went to my first life drawing class since leaving fashion college 35 years ago! 😬 I found the 3-minute sketches easier than the longer ones, because I started overthinking things and the self-doubt and “this is rubbish” train of thought had time to creep in. Thank you, #Ilkley Arts.

Dreaming of warm summer days. 🥾 It’s been a dreary, wet week in York, so here’s the linocut print inspired by one of my favourite walks. The Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors. www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #Linocut #NorthYorkMoors #VisitYorkshire #YorkshireWalks #YorkshireArt

“I bought your little owl print as when my parents lived in France, a family of little owls used to nest in their chimney. When the youngsters fledged, they would often fall down the chimney, and my mother spent a great deal of time rescuing them and reuniting them with the mother-owl!!” #linocut

Four fabulous linocut prints from yesterday's linocut workshop. There’s just one place left in March for my winter workshops. Or sign up to one of my online courses: www.michellehughesdesign.com/linocut-work... #linocut #linoprinting #printmaking #Linoprint #ArtWorkshop

A HUGE thank you to every single one of you for all your kind words and support about my new book. I couldn’t think what to put as an image, so here’s a photo of me doing what I love. Carving lino! #linocut #printmaker #YorkshireArtist #LandscapeArt

📚 The author's copy of my new book has arrived! Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut, about how to make linocut prints, is available for pre-order and will be published in spring 2026. Find out more 👉 www.michellehughesdesign.com/printing-bir... #linocut #printmaking #books

An edition of Slater’s Bridge went off new home at the weekend. Slater’s Bridge is a lovely old packhorse bridge in Little Langdale. Signed and mounted original #linocut prints are available at www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #printmaking #LandscapeArt #Langdale #LakeDistrict

A preview of the #YorkPrintmakers River exhibition at City Screen #York. On until 7th Feb. #York #Printmaking #ArtExhibition #NorthYorkshire

LOVED watching #Hamnet last night. 🥳

I‘m always fascinated by the patterns that ice makes. These are a few photos I took over the Christmas break along the #RiverWharfe while I was looking out for the #Ilkley otter. I’ve never seen ice pancakes before. #WinterWalks #Wharfedale #PancakeIce

Another creative day making one-colour #linocut prints.👏 Last few places left for winter or learn online and join one of my online courses: www.michellehughesdesign.com/linocut-work... #linoprinting #printmaking #Linoprint #ArtWorkshop

Three more fabulous linocut prints. It’s been a lovely, chilled-out day, snug in my cosy studio. After swapping stories about yoga, Lise’s fox print was aptly named Downward Fox! #linocut #linoprinting #printmaking #Linoprint #LearnSomethingNew

Kicking off my first #linocut workshop of the year with a private booking and four wonderful prints. All complete beginners. One for #DieselTrain buffs. Do you reckon we got the ink colour right for the Rail Blue? #printmaking #CraftWorkshop #linoprint #Yorkshire

To celebrate York Printmakers' 10th anniversary, we all decided to create work exploring the theme ‘Rivers of York’. York City Screen, #York, 11th Jan until 7th Feb #YorkPrintmakers #Printmaking #York #YorkshireArt #artinyork #visityork

A couple of days ago, I posted a few photos from my walk from Arncliffe in Littondale. This was a linocut print I made of the view from the other side of the valley, looking towards the footpath on Cogar Scar. #Linocut #Printmaking #YorkshireDales #LandscapeArt #YorkshireArtist

Join me in my studio for my monthly Online Course live Zoom Q&A. Open to students who are currently enrolled in each online course. www.michellehughesdesign.com/lino-printin... #Linocut #printmaking

A few photos from our New Year’s Eve walk from Arncliffe in the #YorkshireDales. #Littondale #YorkshireWalks

Happy New Year! The most wonderful sighting of an otter in the River Wharfe in Ilkley. We watched it for at least 20 minutes! #Otter #Ilkley #Wharfedale #Yorkshire #BritishWildlife

A huge thank you for all your support in 2025. Wishing you all a peaceful and Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with nature and creativity. Michelle

I thought I’d share how I printed the original linocut print for this year's Robin Christmas card. I hope you like them if you’ve received one for Christmas. 🎄 #linocut #printmaking #BirdArt

Just the most incredible #curlew sighting today. We were just walking back from Moss and Moor towards #Ilkley along the busy A road and spotted the two fields next to it were filled with curlews and #lapwings, far too many to count. #birds @curlewaction.bsky.social @curlewrecovery.bsky.social

🎁 Book ideas for Christmas. 🎁 I’ve written a blog post featuring a selection of my favourite printmaking, craft, art, and nature-writing books and magazines. www.michellehughesdesign.com/post/printma... #linocut #printmaking #CreativeBooks #craftbook #learntoprint #linocutbook #artbook

🎁 It’s not too late to buy a gift voucher. 🎁 Give the gift of creativity with gift vouchers for workshops and linocut prints. www.michellehughesdesign.com/gift-cards #linocut #printmaking #CreativeGifts #YorkshireGifts

Gifts for Creatives 🎁 These are my top 10 gift ideas for budding #linocut artists, from affordable lino-printing kits to high-quality Pfeil cutting tools. www.michellehughesdesign.com/post/christm...

Have you thought about learning how to make #linocut prints? I teach online courses with live support and linocut workshops in my #York garden studio.

📮Last orders for Christmas Delivery by Post. Order by 3pm Wednesday, 17th December. www.michellehughesdesign.com/shop #linocut #printmaking #HandmadeInYorkshire #landscapeart #MadeInYorkshire

🎄What’s on your wishlist this year — Yorkshire Coast, Dales, Moors, Lakes or Wildlife? Hand-printed #linocut prints, all made in my York studio. For Christmas 📮, order by 3pm Wednesday, 17th December. www.michellehughesdesign.com/shop #HandmadeInYorkshire #LandscapeArt #BirdArt

I’ve got a couple of the Hutton Le Hole original linocut prints left. These will be the last to be printed in the edition. #inocut #printmaking #Huttonlehole #NorthYorkMoors

Tomorrow marks 250 years since the birth of #JaneAusten. It reminded me of one of my #linocut prints, which was used as the book cover of Tras las Pasos de Jane Austen (Following in the Footsteps of Jane Austen) by Espido Freire.

Aren't these just wonderful? 😍 Bridget has been learning how to make linocut prints through my online course. 🎨

🎄Christmas Delivery Dates 🎄 📮By post: Order by 3pm 17 December 🏡York pick-up: Order by midnight 21 December. #linocut #printmaking #MadeInYorkshire #michellehughes #landscapeart #BirdArt

These are a few of my one-colour landscape prints that have gone to new homes this week. Each linocut print is limited edition, signed and numbered and pops straight into a 5x7” photo frame. #linocut #Printmaking #YorkshireDales #YorkshireArt #YorkshireGifts #Ilkley #IlkleyMoor

Choose from landscape prints of the Yorkshire Coast, North York Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Wolds, Lake District, wildlife and birds, botanicals and steam trains. www.michellehughesdesign.com/shop #linocut #printmaking #HandmadeInYorkshire #landscapeart

A kingfisher original print and a robin Christmas card 🐦✨ One of this week’s Christmas gifts going off to a lovely new home — don’t they look perfect together? 😍 #linocut #BirdArt #printmaking #MichelleHughes #WildlifeArt

Newlands Valley, Lake District. The linocut print features Hinscarth and Robinson mountains, part of the Newlands Round, in the distance, with bracken in the foreground. www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #NewlandsValley #Linocut #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

Hand-printed Runswick Bay #linocut print. www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #RunswickBay #YorkshireCoast #Printmaking #YorkshireGifts #HandmadeInYorkshire

A view of hay meadows and a traditional stone barn in Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales. www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #Linocut #Printmaking #YorkshireDales

Hand-coloured Blue Tit linocut print www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #linocut #printmaking #BirdArt #birdgifts #BritishBirds #HandmadeinYorkshire

Can anyone recommend a hand lens for looking at lichens and plants while I'm out walking? #lichen #nature #wildflowerhour #botany #mossmonday #naturephotography #naturelovers

Thoughtful gifts for #nature lovers 🌿✨My hand-printed #linocut prints are £25 each. Over 40 designs to choose from, inspired by #BritishBirds, #wildlife, and #landscapes. www.michellehughesdesign.com/shop #HandmadeInYorkshire #WildlifeArt #BirdArt

Hand-printed Runswick Bay #linocut print. www.michellehughesdesign.com/product-page... #RunswickBay #YorkshireCoast #Printmaking #YorkshireGifts #HandmadeInYorkshire