New print for #Spacetober_challenge prompt day 16: parachute! 🪂

This is a collaged lino block print with an image of the parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it landed on the planet February 18, 2021. The spacecraft team selected the red and white stripes to encode a secret message in binary: "DARE MIGHTY THINGS" along with
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#linocut #printmaking #sciart #histsci #Mars #Perseverance #spaceArt #washi #mastoArt

For #InternationalCoffeeDay: Once I’ve had a coffee, I can face the day, and contemplate doing things which require higher brain functions, like carving letters in reverse, or the molecular structure of caffeine. This is a linoleum block print, in a rich, dark, coffee-brown on beige (like creamy coffee) coloured Japanese kozo paper, 8” by 10” paper (20.3 cm by 25.4 cm). The print is my illustration of a coffee mug 🧵

#coffee #linocut #printmaking #chemistry #sciArt #molecule #caffeine #washi

A raccoon to appreciate for Raccoon Appreciation Day!

I appreciate raccoons; they are really quite extraordinary. This little guy came to my back door like that to politely inquire where I had moved the compost bin to. I snapped his photo and carved his portrait.

#raccoon #linocut #printmaking #typography #highFive #urbanEcology #washi #RacoonAppreciationDay
#mastoArt

Washi: The Japanese paper crafted to last 1000 years (4 min video)

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0m4mg2j/washi-the-japanese-paper-crafted-to-last-1-000-years

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