Nice to see you posting here in person! 😀

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Glad you liked the post, be sure to subscribe for more wtf’s 👍

I really like these modern ukiyo-e/modern ‘horror’ mash up prints, the older wood blocks are also great fun…

Above, Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798 – 1861)

If you like this they’ve have Iron Maiden’s mascot, Eddie in the same series, plus another Kiss print… the site is not the easiest to navigate tho

Cheers, I had fun selecting them 😀

Me too!

The tags say ‘old car’

The accompanying tags are ‘car’ and ‘old car’ so I’m guessing it’s either the door handle or possibly bonnet/hood icon…I did think it was an insect when I first saw it, love the green!

I’ve not found any photos of the woodblock, however I did find a video, unfortunately it’s via instagram and I can’t verify it (don’t have an account, and don’t want one)

I did find a photo of one of his other prints (I’ll be doing a mega post in the future of this series)

edit also a link to his mural street art which is really interesting (but not printmaking)

Unfortunately they haven’t posted one on the website, I’ll have a look around and see if I can find one

I honestly thought it was David Tennant, sporting his David Ten-inch

Ha! It was completely coincidental, but I do love the Aztec influence and art too…there’s another Mexican printmaker I want to post, but was struggling to remember his name, hopefully I’ll remember before the end of the week- his work is seriously impressive

Also I’m planning a ‘Halloween Special’ for both printmaking and collage so there should be a few skeletons for you to checkout

Glad you liked the post 👍

Hi, I took onboard your comment and checked out my local adult learning college. I’ve signed up to do a maths course, I’m going to see how it goes and try not to freak out or drop out!

I just think if I can make sense of day to day maths, I’ll consider it time well spent. I would absolutely love to understand science and its mathy language, the mini test I had to had graphs to interpret (which I couldn’t) so who knows…?

Anyway, thanks for the kind words, your encouragement and the friendly kick up the arse 👍 😍

Thanks for the informative link!

Amphibians can be delightfully weird in their breeding habits, off the top of my head there’s the toad/frog that incubates their eggs on their back, with them hatching through the skin… I would find a link but I’m currently on mobile and also have sausage fingers

Gestating in the stomach and giving ‘birth’ via the mouth is quite something though…evolution has produced some really interesting solutions to ensure reproductive success

The gastric frog is part of a small series of extinct species including black rhino and dodo, which is depressing as it is artistic

One BIG burst of zing…and then it’s gone 😵‍💫

That’s really lovely! Are you still friends or in contact with them today?

I was taken under the wing of a motherly school friend after I was ostracized and bullied by previous ‘friend’ group…I got my diagnosis 30+ years later

Impressive aren’t they? I assume he has millions of glossy magazines available for when he gets creative

Thank you, I’ve starred your comment so I can use the link later on. They do have adult education classes near me so I can also see if that’s appropriate.

Your mentioning about the science is partly why I’d like to understand maths, I love science and the natural world. I know when I’m watching BBC documentaries that the info is accurate, but I’d like to see how the maths proves and supports it… or just be able to see the patterns it makes

Ironically, my dad was an accountant and would go through my homework when I was in primary school. You’d think he would be helpful and supportive? Nope, he get angry and shout and tell me to “just think”…!

I literally didn’t have a clue where or how the correct answer was supposed to pop into my head. Not very helpful at all

As an autistic woman who was beyond inept at maths, I wish I’d had you as my teacher.

I can always remember the day when I found out I’d scored around 12% and 8% on my simultaneous equations homework, and the teacher went through it on the board… I was so embarrassed that I went bright red, and even worse, my glasses steamed up

I would love to understand and be able to do maths

I am currently in the act of my own version of ‘skin cycling’

I’ve had a good look online for which actives have the research to back them up (some of which I was aware of before) and then try and arrange everything so it gets a fair distribution, without irritating the crap out of my skin (last time I went for it my skin got slightly fried)

So far it seems to be working, I’m about 2 months in. I can do an acid exfoliation, Tret, copper peptides in the pm with an evening off, and alternate between copper peptides and Vit C/antioxidants during the day…then restart the process for the next 4 days

Also I’m trying out NIODs CAIS (copper peptides) and FECC (eye serum, peptides, matrixyl etc) since May. I’ve been using them as much as I can within my routine, without combining them when I exfoliate and use Tret, Vit C etc

I think I can see a difference around my eyes, I’m still not sure about the rest of my face, I have been using them on my neck and above the ole’ boobs…I’m not sure whether it’s only the CAIS (or a combi with the aha/Tret) but my decolletage does look better and my neck too, less crepey

It’s early days yet, but I will report back 😀