For Blobfest #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2

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#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #printersolstice2024

For the #Spacetober day 11 prompt wavelength: my #linocut of trailblazing US #astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863 – 1941) with her stellar classification system which sorted stars based on spectral types, revealing their temperature from hot blue to cool red stars: O,B,A, F, G, K & M. Named the Harvard Classification after the university, her tremendous contribution was less visible. 🧵1/n

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #DisabledInSTEM #printersolstice2024 #MastoArt

For #InsertAnInvert2024 worm prompt “not long, limbless” an animal that is fuchsia, indigo and yellow (that I used for the #printerSolstice split complimentary colour scheme prompt). 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #invertebrates #fuchsiaFlatworm #miniPrint #printersolstice2024

The final #printerSolstice prompt is warm colours, so I made an animal in hues of orange and red. My hand-printed red frog crab (Ranina ranina), also known as a spanner crab or Huỳnh Đế crab, is hand-printed on Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. This crab is found in tropical and sub-tropical waters offshore Australia, the Philippines, Vietnam, the east coast of Africa, 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #printerSolstice2024 #crustacean #crab #frogCrab #spannerCrab #Ranina #wildlifeArt #MastoArt

A phalanx of frog crabs in warm colours coming up for #printerSolstice

The final #printerSolstice2024 prompt is warm colours.

#linocut #printmaking #frogCrab #spannerCrab #ranina #sciArt #crustacean #MastoArt

Next up for #printerSolstice @printersolstice is CMYK so I got out my process cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink and started experimenting with the gel plate. The first is my favourite, made with cut paper stencils and patterned Japanese tissue paper. I also used some carved Lino blocks and plant materials on the other prints.

#printersolstice2024 #gelPlate #printmaking #gelPlatePrinting #cmyk #gellimonoprint #MastoArt

Working on my next print for #printerSolstice prompt monochromatic.

Making Valentines for the malacologist/beach comber in your life. These are heart cockles! They will be in different tints of the same colour.

#printersolstice2024 #shells #sciart #heartCockle #cockle #invertebrates #linocut #printmaking #wip #carving #valentines #MastoArt

For #PrinterSolstice prompt analogous colours I made linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.

These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #PortugueseManOWar #invertegrates #siphonophore #printersolstice2024 #MastoArt