John Bloor Printmaker

Screenprinter and lino printer. Illustrator. Music nut. Trying to make music as well as find every bit of new music that's good. Lapsed photographer.

Trained as a cinematographer. Diagnosed with ASD as an adult, with anxiety and paranoia. Trying to find a way forward. Printmaking saved my life! 

https://linktr.ee/johnbloorprintmaker

#printmaker #print #screenprinter #screenprint #linocut #linoprint #autistic #ActuallyAutistic

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2024-06-29 15:06:43

Here's me printing...
#scandi #screenprint #printmaking #PrintmakersOfMastodon
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2024-06-25 13:02:40

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@npub1hqx…944s
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2024-06-16 22:23:03

I must go through my Bandcamp wishlist properly or these albums will be lost like tears in the rain.
#bandcamp #music

2024-06-07 17:20:15

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@npub1mqx…xqll Is that Billy Connolly? Initially I thought it was Don Van Vliet!

2024-06-06 20:51:15

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@npub13dd…h2el Bought it!

2024-06-06 16:18:16

All set up and ready at Craft Festival Bovey! We open tomorrow at 10am and are open all weekend.
I always feel terrible about my work when I see the stand set up. Everyone else's work looks so good.
#craft #festival #fair #prints #printmakers #printmakersofmastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/570/577/271/093/622/original/6e51ef948b7230cb.jpeg

2024-05-29 12:33:27

Our tree out the front has bracts...its very pretty. It's a dogwood. Thanks to everyone for helping to identify it.
I took this photo today.
#bracts #tree #bloomscrolling #dogwood
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2024-05-22 09:49:45

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@npub12rk…uvf3 that's a great idea too!

2024-05-08 16:45:26

RIP Steve Albini. Gone way too soon.
#music

2024-05-01 17:13:08

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@npub1mqx…xqll Spoon "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"

2024-04-28 22:09:17

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@npub1hqx…944s What is vert?

2024-04-27 15:55:59

Peeling blue paint. Seen today.
#paint #peeling
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2024-04-19 09:57:25

Fuck Sunak.
Fuck the Tories.
Fuck Trump.
Fuck Biden.
Fuck Putin especially.
#uspol #UKPolitics #Ukraine

2024-04-16 17:20:13

Here's a quick video of me printing Running Hare.
Bear in mind that I don't normally print one handed!
#linoprint #printmaking #PrintmakersOfMastodon #video #art #craft #printing #handprinted
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/282/022/953/631/913/original/016a3e048688f922.mp4

2024-04-16 14:16:28

Now printing the Running Hare.
#Linocut #printmakersofmastodon #printmaking #art #craft
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2024-04-04 08:49:27

One of many sketches that never got turned into anything...
Seven years ago everything going around my head was to do with bundles, dioramas, terrariums, cloches, that kind of thing.
#belljar #cloche #sketch #terrarium #idea #bedtime #bed #illustration #art
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2024-04-01 11:28:32

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@npub12rk…uvf3 Gorgeous photo!

2024-03-27 14:03:58

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@npub12rk…uvf3 we'd like two different people's names!
We quite like Audrey (as in Audrey Tatou).

2024-03-27 13:57:18

We still can't come up with names for our kittens who will be arriving in 5 weeks.
We need two female names like Thelma and Louise, Céline and Julie or Amy and Leela.
But none of those are quite right!
Maybe French actresses?
Any ideas?
#CatsOfMastodon #cats

2024-03-27 09:13:58

Inking up the Take Flight Tawny Owl almost a year ago.
#tawnyowl #owl #ink #roller #linocut #linoprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/166/882/487/550/527/original/9960c3845e3043f4.mp4

2024-03-22 11:48:48

I printed this Woodland Badger four years ago.
Alice says it looks psychedelic! Anyway it's a bit of an outlier for me but shows a mixture of mark making.
It is not very popular at fairs but tends to sell occasionally!
#badger #wood #woods #woodland #england #animal #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #PrintmakersOfMastodon #art #illustration #craft
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/139/179/385/670/551/original/33ff0ea99aabd5cf.jpg

2024-03-20 13:43:26

How's it going today for you? Are you having a good Wednesday? Do let me know.
I am missing my drugs, Lloyds Direct let me down (over three weeks and they still haven't got my tablets in). I am trying a different supplier.
I was told never to run out.
Getting on with my commission. Taking screen recordings of me working which will be put together into a time lapse video! It is going well. Can't wait to share it with you.
#wednesday #HumpDay #MentalHealth #progress

2024-03-20 09:42:18

My Majestic Fox at Twilight print was very popular last weekend and the weekend before; we sold four.
There are now only 13 left and they won't be reprinted. Like all of my prints, this is hand printed by me.
I am still working on my commission, two weeks to go! Can't wait to share it with you.
#fox #majesticfox #bus #urban #city #houses #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/127/355/485/038/915/original/0cbbf420e8dc1fa2.jpg

2024-03-16 21:41:33

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@npub12ze…hunm Excellent!

2024-03-14 12:06:59

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@npub1g5t…xw4h that sounds like a great idea for a game

2024-03-13 10:29:20

I am delighted to say that we sold two Rooftops of St. Ives prints last weekend! This is definitely a slow burner so this makes me really happy.
We will be bringing them to The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair this weekend of course!
This is my best print to date and shows my development as an artist. I can't wait to see what happens next though it's pretty hard to carve out time.
#stives #cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #art #heron #rooftops #coast #harbour
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2024-03-11 22:10:24

Looking for a web developer who specialises in WordPress.
We have a site I installed years ago which is now breaking, I think because of a theme I installed.
We would like to get it working again!
I can email all the details.
Thanks! Boosts welcome.
#wordpress #WebDev

2024-03-11 11:59:02

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@npub1rax…8p4w sorry to hear that, I hope you get it sorted. Is there a bus?

2024-03-10 16:55:50

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@npub1hfw…kcp2 @npub12ze…hunm I have edited on u -matic machines and also used 1" tape machines.

2024-03-10 12:28:48

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@npub1lv4…ru5g @npub1uld…xht3 Lovely photos!

2024-03-10 09:38:16

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@npub12ze…hunm He's famous!

2024-03-10 08:09:42

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@npub12ze…hunm @npub1h3x…6m7c @npub1tg2…fwae @npub15kp…r5e5 @npub1dj2…8wnx You could be the next Pino Palladino!

2024-03-09 20:20:35

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@npub1cus…6789 It doesn't have verses and choruses

2024-03-09 20:19:03

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@npub1cus…6789 It is not pop music it is rap.

2024-03-09 20:15:45

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@npub1cus…6789 That's not pop...

2024-03-09 16:48:56

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@npub12ze…hunm So what make is it?

2024-03-09 16:14:22

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@npub12ze…hunm But is it any good?

2024-03-08 14:57:35

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@npub12ze…hunm yeah they do!

2024-03-06 11:16:01

Printed five years ago almost exactly, this is my Seaside Garden print.
Inspired by Derek Jarman's garden in Dungeness and the surroundings it is a four colour screenprint.
I have some exciting news which I can't wait to share with you! Yes, on top of the commission. Feburary was a horrible month but it looks like March might be really bright and full of promise.
#seasidegarden #garden #seaside #boat #house #thrift #plover #seaweed #kale #seakale #bunnytails #rocks #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #art #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/048/437/988/073/867/original/1d2f0147b93da811.jpg

2024-03-05 11:14:31

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@npub1rax…8p4w thank you so much!

2024-03-05 11:00:22

Almost exactly three years ago I made this Between Tides print. I should have made more. It was quite popular!
I guess this was an important milestone in the development of my style.
#betweentides #tide #mousehole #cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #boats #gull #lobsterpots #harbour #wall #stones #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/042/725/579/307/368/original/296ea31e98576416.jpg

2024-03-04 16:16:47

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@npub12ze…hunm aren't they the band with the really colourful logo?

2024-03-02 14:24:49

I will be bringing the new Leaping Animals prints to Craft Festival Cheltenham next weekend and to The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair the weekend after!
They are £15 each, A4 landscape, two colour screenprints.
#leapinganimals #leaping #animals #hare #screenprint #printmaking #PrintmakersOfMastodon #art #illustration
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/026/544/770/671/205/original/1b43383170a15592.jpg

2024-02-27 12:08:09

I'm struggling a bit at the moment so not posting much.
Here is the other Take Flight print I made last year - the Tawny Owl.
This is supposed to be at night so the blue background is a kind of midnight blue.
#tawnyowl #owl #takeflight #flying #bird #england #linoprint #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/112/003/357/216/968/481/original/d6f7fc3ddc92512b.jpg

2024-02-24 11:13:01

Olivia Dunham staring at something for #Caturday
#cat #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-02-21 11:12:28

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@npub12ze…hunm I have been to Wembley Arena shows in the past when I was young, and Reading Festival. I would never do that again.

2024-02-20 23:27:40

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@npub12ze…hunm the festival we used to go to was a capacity of about 3000 and that was about as much as I could take. Although that was spread across three stages.

2024-02-20 20:00:02

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@npub12ze…hunm I don't really listen to big artists

2024-02-20 10:47:27

We will be at Cheltenham soon between 8th and 10th March.
I will have all the new prints including a framed Mevagissey Harbour, Coverack and Rooftops of St. Ives. Plus unframed prints, cards, scenes and garlands.
I am so excited to show you my new work but that will not be done in time for Cheltenham. I feel like I'm still moving forward which is great.
#cheltenham #craftfestivalcheltenham #festival #fair #screenprint #printmaking #mevagissey #Print makersOfMastodon #art
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2024-02-19 20:05:28

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@npub12ze…hunm you have too many national holidays

2024-02-18 19:52:11

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@npub12ze…hunm @npub1fg4…jy7c can I see your art? And do you dance on TikTok?

2024-02-18 19:38:18

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@npub12ze…hunm @npub1fg4…jy7c I'm not trendy or young enough to use TikTok

2024-02-18 19:23:47

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@npub12ze…hunm @npub1fg4…jy7c I browse Instagram on my computer and it never opens an app. Do you mean on your phone?

2024-02-18 19:19:24

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@npub12ze…hunm what websites?

2024-02-14 13:04:57

#WhiskersWednesday is Astrid Farnsworth resting her head on the sofa because life is hard.
#cat #cats #astridfarnsworth
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2024-02-13 10:48:16

Here's a short video of me printing that Rooftops of St Ives print I showed you.
#screenprinting #screenprint #printmaking #rooftops #stives #cornwall #process #processvideo #video #handprinting
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/923/767/632/782/438/original/5340a71cf7645d45.mp4

2024-02-12 15:42:44

Every Winter we have these cyclamen in our front garden. They have spread a huge amount since I took this photo nine years ago. I am sure one day they will cover the whole garden which will be fantastic.
#cyclamen #flowers #bloomscrolling #PhotoMonday #PhotoMontag #photo #photography
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/919/268/666/293/651/original/af2399f79d460886.jpg

2024-02-11 10:52:14

For those of you who wanted to see it, here is the whole finished Mevagissey print.
#mevagissey #cornwall #linocut #linoprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/912/462/366/728/092/original/d4d6a8df1295e562.jpg

2024-02-09 00:21:48

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@npub12ze…hunm my slippers have triple knots and they come undone

2024-02-01 23:07:23

Olivia Dunham sits on the record shelves. As she's wont to do.
#cat #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-02-01 18:31:02

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@npub12ze…hunm flying is £61 from London to Edinburgh return and train is £160 return

2024-02-01 18:13:28

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@npub12ze…hunm you should see our train prices. No wonder people fly and destroy the environment.

2024-02-01 17:57:19

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@npub12ze…hunm is that a long way?

2024-02-01 11:34:57

A bluebell shot looking the other way. I promise this is the last of them. Maybe.
Grateful for any boosts!
#bluebells #flowers #bloomscrolling #trees #woods #hampshire #england #sunset #shadows #photography #photo
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/856/005/540/666/620/original/9ebe974fbdf6af48.jpg

2023-12-24 11:05:24

Have you heard of Pest Control @npub12ze…hunm ?
I love UK bands!
https://pestcontroluk.bandcamp.com/track/enjoy-the-show
#punk #thrash

2023-12-22 23:13:34

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@npub12ze…hunm I'm really not into horror franchises. I love good horror films though.

2023-12-22 22:53:55

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@npub12ze…hunm he produced Candyman

2023-12-22 22:38:18

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@npub12ze…hunm yeah I loved it. I thought it was better than Us.

2023-12-22 22:03:50

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@npub12ze…hunm I loved his new film too

2023-12-22 12:57:37

The only linocut Christmas card I've ever made! I should make another.
#christmascard #christmas #linocut #printmaking #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/624/177/188/010/764/original/106be2c52b062bd6.jpg

2023-12-20 16:28:37

An old print today. This is Tin Mine from 2018, a three colour screenprint.
It's inspired by Cornwall (where are all the Cornish people on Mastodon?) and is quite abstract.
#cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #PrintmakersOfMastodon #handprinted #art #illustration #hare #fence #DryStoneWall #gorse #tor #TinMine
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/613/678/343/753/730/original/ad03446a8003a85b.jpg

2023-12-19 14:24:56

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@npub1dm5…5sqe that is so true. It's bad for your head.

2023-12-19 11:28:56

Thank you so much to everyone who has welcomed me so kindly to Mastodon.
It is a much better space for me than Instagram and Facebook. Let's not even talk about X and Threads which I haven't used at all as they just put stuff in front of my eyeballs I didn't want to see.
I feel like I've made some real connections on here but also:
Some people are actively listening to my radio show which is the first time that has ever happened!
People from Mastodon have been kind enough to buy my work. Again, amazing. I did not expect that.
I have reconnected with people from my past!
It is a safe space to talk about mental health issues even if I find it a struggle to read others' issues.
I have connected with printmakers, photographers and musicians. I have discovered new music!
So thank you, Mastodon definitely feels like a home to me where none of the other social media did.
#mastodon

2023-12-18 17:55:18

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@npub12ze…hunm love it. For some reason I love screaming but don't like growling?

2023-12-18 17:05:45

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@npub12ze…hunm I've got one for you...
https://head-records.bandcamp.com/album/band-of-brothers

2023-12-18 17:03:10

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@npub12ze…hunm his voice verges on annoying...yet I really like it!

2023-12-18 13:42:58

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@npub15zu…s7lx he isn't going to do anything!

2023-12-18 11:53:39

Town and Country purses, each two colours hand screenprinted. I had a lot of fun registering them on linen! But it worked!
Might even print more.
#townandcountry #purses #screenprint #hare #fox #badger #countryside #urban #rural #animals #wheat #fields #houses #fence #handprinted #handmade
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/601/271/456/391/118/original/28844e3da59dbd0f.jpg

2023-12-15 11:08:48

Sea Holly House is a three colour screenprint I made in 2020, an edition of 30.
It is one of my "art installation" prints which I was playing with at the time where I was imagining constructions of objects, balancing and tied together with rope.
#plover #seaholly #house #cornwall #balancing #pebbles #screenprint #handprinted #handmade #screenprint #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/584/109/500/845/785/original/dd84ae9a7c1343e0.jpg

2023-12-14 15:20:56

The first stuff I screen printed was onto linen (yes I don't know why I made things extra hard for myself). We made lampshades, cushions and tea towels.
And the first "range" I made (because I thought I had to make ranges) was called Cover Story. It was a design featuring trees, blowing leaves and a badger.
Here's a lampshade I printed in three colours as part of the Cover Story range.
#lampshade #coverstory #cover #story #leaves #blowing #autumn #handprinted #linen #handmade #PrintmakersOfMastodon #printmaking #screenprinted
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/579/430/570/635/212/original/1110d3e72e9acac3.jpg

2023-12-13 16:06:55

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@npub1dm5…5sqe there are a lot of gig posters in the US... It's a big industry.

2023-12-13 12:56:22

This was my very first screenprint which I offered for sale. (I did do a gig poster before this but it was pretty much a printing disaster).
I made this 7 almost exactly years ago.
This is called Teasel and Hare. I used a technique I called "digital linocut" but it was not great. It is not my best work but shows a point in time where I was starting out. It was an edition of 22.
#teasel #hare #screenprint #printmaking #screenprinting #PrintmakersOfMastodon #print #fox #mouse #art #illustration
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/573/207/414/453/988/original/d0a433363d432720.jpg

2023-12-11 11:21:34

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@npub1k6h…0wx7 thanks! We're hoping to go to North Cornwall next year.

2023-12-11 10:40:52

This print is called Along the Coastal Path and is a five colour print.
It is not of a specific place but is from my imagination. In this print I really started to combine stylised elements with textures.
#cornwall #coast #path #fence #stonewall #drystonewall #sea #tinmine #grass #printmaking #print #handprinted #handmade #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/561/343/834/356/355/original/65eb09520b674420.jpg

2023-12-09 11:34:32

Astrid Farnsworth for #Caturday when she was younger!
#astrid #cat
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/550/241/269/113/565/original/5a0d06605389e135.jpg

2023-12-08 18:32:24

Taking a break from social media.

2023-12-07 16:41:08

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@npub12ze…hunm I've seen loads more noise rock bands than metal bands

2023-12-07 16:10:54

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@npub12ze…hunm I haven't seen many metal bands! I've seen Red Fang twice, Wolves in the Throne Room, Neurosis, Sunn O))) maybe a few others.

2023-12-07 16:02:26

This is the entire print, Majestic Fox.
#majestic #fox #illustration #print #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #PrintmakersOfMastodon #animal
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/539/968/238/621/262/original/22facddcc1a9065a.jpg

2023-12-07 15:56:18

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@npub12ze…hunm my ears rang for days after seeing Motorhead in the 80s

2023-12-07 15:50:15

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@npub12ze…hunm @npub17s3…hp6p I got a cold and my ears blocked up...that's when the tinnitus started. I don't think I've helped it by going to lots of gigs but have had some musicians earplugs for about 15 years.

2023-12-07 15:26:36

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@npub12ze…hunm @npub17s3…hp6p mine will never get better... I've had it for 23 years so far

2023-12-07 10:54:42

Close up of my Majestic Fox print. Screen printed in four colours; cyan, orange, red and dark blue.
I made this as part of a series of Majestic Animals which were supposed to look like travel posters for animals.
#majesticfox #fox #screenprint #illustration #art #print #handprinted #handmade #handpulled #PrintmakersOfMastodon
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/538/753/257/061/444/original/affef3abf93b09ee.jpg

2023-12-06 23:35:13

I'm very stressed about my hearing which is affecting my head.
Bloody hearing. Last week my right ear was a bit muffled and I blamed it first on my hearing aid and then on my hearing. It eventually fixed itself after going to the gig.
Then today I get muffling in my left ear. So I think it must be the hearing aids! How can it possibly be anything else? I get very stressed about it and a bit down.
Now it seems to be fixing itself again. I guess I'll wake up tomorrrow and it might be all ok again. But I'm left feeling a bit ill by it all.
#hearing #tinnitus #hearingloss

2023-12-06 11:43:26

Icy seed head, taken in Laverstoke in 2006.
#seedhead #ice #icy #photo #photography
https://media.neurodifferent.me/media_attachments/files/111/533/290/110/824/693/original/fc1615365991b096.jpg

2023-11-23 09:59:03

Too much of a bad thing is a good thing, right?