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Honestly, I don't understand people who rank their favourite albums / films / books etc. How can you even do that?! #music

I have just done a test exposure with the new emulsion and got a 4 minute exposure time with the LED UV lamp. I'm pretty pleased with that! This emulsion should be much more hard wearing than the previous one. #screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker

Mixed the inks for my next print, Safe Harbours B (that's the working title!). There are two colours and three shades of grey, plus white. #ink #screenprinting #printmaker #printmaking #art #craft

#nowplaying today has included: Zephyranthes "Zephyranthes IV" ESOCTRILIHUM "Ghostigmatah - Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm" Honk "Closing Down Sale" Town Portal "Grindwork" #music

I have logged out of my printmaking account on Instagram for the last time. I'm tired of the torrent of shit which was doing my head in and also not reaching anyone. I will keep administering the Winchester Print Fair account though. #instagram

I have blocked/muted loads of accounts and been blocked by probably thousands because someone maliciously added me to loads of lists. Does this mean Bluesky is broken for me?

If you see this, post your bird art. #birds #linocut

Working on something new...a new Safe Harbours print. This is a work in progress but I'm happy with how it's going. #wip #illustration #printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #art

Name ten current female artists you love. Amber Webber Angel Olsen Wendy Eisenberg Francesa Pidgeon (dilettante) Jayne Dent (Me Lost Me) Mary Halvorson Hedvig Mollestad Sissi Makropoulou (Sissi Rada) Róisín Murphy Anna Meredith

I love all these emails which are now promoting their Christmas range and saying "get in early". You're too late; I've been Christmas shopping since January and I've already bought everything. #christmas #shopping

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

We have been putting together Christmas card sets to sell at the Nutshell Christmas Maker's Market. #christmas #robin

What are your top five most collected artists on Discogs? #discogs #music

What is hilarious about going to the gym is there are always a couple of young lads there who basically stand around looking at their phones, setting up equipment and then doing nothing. #gym

Buying music on @subvert.fm and testing the app! It's really good. Can't wait to be able to upload my music on there. I had to get this @giantclaw.bsky.social album I did not have digitally. #music

Had a great Way Out West cocktail on Sunday at the Cabinet Rooms in Winchester. It’s an old fashioned with mezcal as well as whiskey. #cocktail

My hearing is still awful. I am waiting for a hospital appointment about my eustachian tubes but I guess it could be ages. #hearingloss

OK I'm now putting them down for a few weeks! I will come back to these in December, hopefully. And print in January. #coast #birds #illustration #art #printmaking #printmaker #gull #puffin #curlew #turnstone #plover #tern

This is how they are all looking. At the moment it looks a bit like there are three sets of two pairs; I need to alter colours a bit to make them more individual. #illustration #art #coast #birds #gull #puffin #curlew #tern #plover #turnstone #seaside

This is how my Curlew illustration is looking. I am getting very close to putting them down for a few weeks and doing some printing. #illustration #curlew #art #printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #coast

I put my Steenbeck pin onto my hoodie (only a year after I got it!) #film #movies

Recent vinyl purchases (listed in alt text): #nowspinning #nowplaying #vinyl #audiophile

Agnetha and Frida cuddling up together. #caturday #cats

My print Cocklers, printed earlier this year. Part of my working people series. #coast #cockler #cockles #beach #printmaking #printmaker #screenprint #handprinted #art

Checking out bands announced for @atgfestival.bsky.social next year. Excited to be seeing Igorrr again! Also I may have bought the Geese album, despite not liking the voice. It has grown on me. #music

I'm going to put down the Ringed Plover now; this is how it's looking. I added some stones and other details. #plover #bird #coast #coastal #screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker #illustration #art

Work in progress... They are all going to be worked on again but this is how they are looking. #coastal #birds #bird #gull #puffin #plover #tern #turnstone #curlew #art #illustration #printmaking #printmaker

Essential vinyl. One of the best albums of the last 20 years. It is essential you own it. If you don’t own this record you have no taste. It should be on everyone’s record shelves. Bollocks. #nowplaying #vinyl

Had an absolute nightmare with Adobe Creative Cloud earlier. It decided to log me out of the account, close every app and uninstall Photoshop. When I eventually got back in and re-installed Photoshop it had lost all my settings. Sigh. I had actually backed everything up but still... @adobe.com

@adobe.com it'd be nice if Photoshop didn't lose all my settings every time it updates...

I need a name for this illustration, but it's part of my Safe Harbours series. I am just separating the illustration ready to make positives for screenprinting. #printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #safeharbours #harbour #rope #coast #seaside #sea #illustration #art

“I’m icing my back.”

#nowlistening to this jenniferwalton.bandcamp.com/album/daught... #contemporary #music

I have to urgently put down my British coastal birds for a bit as I suddenly realised I need to print two prints I've been working on to use for 2026 event applications. I'm sure I'll be back onto the birds soon. #printmaking #printmaker

This is how the Ringed Plover is looking. #wip #art #illustration #coast #plover #bird

Missing John Peel who died on this day in 2004. Here's an illustration I made for a print I, so far, haven't printed. #music #johnpeel #radio

I need to have a quiet weekend after the over excitement and feeling crappy of the week. Too much impulse buying and too much stimulation. #mentalhealth

We had a fun evening yesterday seeeing Tuba Libres in Winchester. But slightly disappointed there were no tubas in sight! #music #livemusic #sousaphone

This is what the four worked-on illustrations are looking like. Two more to go. #illustration #gull #turnstone #puffin #tern #birds #printmaking #printmaker

I have improved the Turnstone and added a log. #turnstone #bird #illustration #art #printmaking #printmaker

Recent music I've been enjoying immensely: zephyrnc.bandcamp.com/album/zephyr... idiotaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/fungas... gimic.bandcamp.com/album/we-are... joannaduda.bandcamp.com/album/deligh... helloianband.bandcamp.com/album/come-o... millpool.bandcamp.com/album/one-la... #nowplaying

We are now going to four music festivals next year! I am excited about seeing so much live music. #music

I’m wearing the “stay positive” hat this evening to try and keep me in the zone.

Made scrambled eggs in a bain marie for lunch. Such a treat! #scrambledeggs

Very excited to share with you my newest work, a commission for the National Trust of Lanhydrock in Cornwall! This will soon be available on many items including a tea towel at Lanhydrock. I am available for more commissions! #printmaking #printmaker #art #illustration

Just 5 weeks left to apply! Get your applications in! Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #printmaker #printmaking #printfair

This is the Common Gull illustration. I'm pretty happy with it for the moment but I will come back to it in a couple of weeks and see if anything needs doing. Like the feet need fixing! And the ground needs texture. #gull #coast #coastal #bird #harbour