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Main image, West End From Primrose Hill Commissioned by Transport for London for 2007 poster campaign – A New View of London

Above, Telecom Grey

'.... [He was] inspired to create a series of London images to mark how the city was changing as the Millennium approached. “The Millennium Dome was being built, Bankside was converted to Tate Modern… I wanted to capture that moment,” he recalls....

Above, Gherkin II Commissioned by Orion Books for Michael Moorcock’s London Bone and Other Stories

Above, Bridge Lime

“Paul’s work resonates with anyone with a love of architecture, and his own passions translate with a simplicity of form that belies the immense work that each piece requires. In many ways Paul is the master of ‘less is more’.”

Above, Trellick Blue IV

Drawing on the best traditions of classic midcentury poster design Paul utilises his expert eye for composition and colour to inject his prints with fresh energy, dragging old icons kicking and screaming into the 21st century and imbuing new buildings with a nostalgic edge.

Above, Lloyds III

Above, Battersea Landscape

Paul’s work was spotted by Transport for London’s poster art commissioner Michael Walton, who remembers being “electrified” by a flyer for one of those exhibitions.

Above, Finchingfield Commissioned by Transport for London for 2011 poster

'......Transport for London has commissioned and displayed many works by Paul and his first for us, Tate Modern, is a reminder of his huge talent, which, enhanced by time, has developed into what I consider to be the foremost linocut artist at work today....'

Above, Tate Modern Commissioned by Transport for London to commemorate the recently opened Tate Modern.

Above, City of London Orange Commissioned by Transport for London for 2017 poster campaign

All images and text from his website

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I found the following products at my local TKMaxx for anyone else located in the UK

NIOD

Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex (MMHC2), 15ml

Non-Acid Acid Precursor 15% (NAAP)

The INKEY List

Excess Oil Solution

Polyglutamic Acid Serum

Dry and Rough Skin Solution

Rosehip Oil

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Main image 'The Struggle Lake District'

Above 'Morning Sun, Silverdale Beach'

Above, 'Morning Shadows'

Above, 'Mist Over Bowfell, Lake District'

Above, 'Autumn Shadows, Peak District'

Above, 'Summer Sun Arnside'

Above, 'Sunset, South Lakes'

Above, 'Autumn Shadows, North Pennines'

Above, 'Morning Light, South Lakes'

Above, 'Fingland Wood, Cumbria'

Above, 'Evening Shadows'

Above, 'Evening Light, North Pennines'

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Above, 'Autumn Sun, North Pennines'

All images from her website, and here

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Main Image- The Legendary Peveril

Ben Ark – Mixed Media Artist based in Salford

Ben’s style deliberately slips from precise photorealistic detail to less defined washes of colour. He uses a balance of detail, symmetry and movement to create artworks largely featuring contemporary landscapes and urban culture in the North West of England.

The City Road Inn

An Exotic Blend

The White Lion Manchester

The Deansgate

Everything Changes But You

The Life Cycle

...last tram home.....

Where the Journey Began

All found here and his website

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Main image, Xenomorph

Indiana Jones

Golden Idol

Ark of the Covenant

Back to the Future

Beetlejuice

Zoltar

Ghostbusters- Vinz Clortho, The Temple of Gozer and Zuul

Tron Arcade Game

Vader Chamber

Audrey 2

Bladerunner

Predator

All prints by Brian Reedy

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Main Image, 'Caller' The sixth print in ongoing series, Other Islands.

“I draw stylistic and conceptual influence from nature, contemporary fiction, Medieval and ancient art, pre-Colonial American art, myths, ukiyo-e, and the decorative arts, particularly those of early twentieth century America,” source

Above, Kathleen Neeley and her linocut print 'Marauder'

I’m most inspired by nature and books. Much of the content of my prints are personal stories layered under themes of environmentalism....

Above, 'Willow' (key proof). This is the key image for a multi-block color linocut, in progress. Part of the The Understory.

I do commercial work sometimes, mostly album and poster art. Lately I’ve been making more book illustrations, which I really love and hope to keep doing.

Above, Linocut and Digital. Commission for Sailors Grave Brewing

I’m not sure I have a favorite but I’m quite proud of my most recent color linocut, Moss Lord. It was one of those rare freak things where you see the scene in your head and fall in love with it and somehow it turns out the way you pictured.

Above 'Moss Lord' A Five-color multi-block linocut. Part of The Understory.

Learning how to make multi-block color prints was a big deal for me. Up to that point, the only color relief print technique I knew was reduction, which is arguably more efficient and easier than multi-block, but it has the serious limitation of not being able to reprint. Once you cut the key, that’s it. No possibility of alternate colorways or future editions.

Above, 'Downstream' Five-color multi-block linocut. Part of The Understory.

I was first introduced to linocuts by my high school art teacher...

...My (bad) college art was figurative and mostly themed around nature and myths—not too different from what I make now.

Above, 'Pourer' Part of Other Islands.

My studio is a dining room that is never used for actual dining. There’s a secondhand table for carving, a workbench for printing, and a tall metal flat file where I store prints and paper and art I keep meaning to get framed.

Above, 'Picker' Part of Other Islands.

I like seeing what’s behind the figures, seeing more of the world they’re in, and I guess this naturally translates into a sort of 3D look. Plus I just like pushing the two-dimensionality associated with this medium. I like layers interacting with each other.

Above, 'Dredger' The eighth print in ongoing series, Other Islands.

I just really like carving on linoleum. I find I can get finer details and cleaner lines than I was with wood. Plus you don’t have to worry about grain.

Above, 'Herder' The eleventh print in ongoing series, Other Islands.

[She uses] A baren for large areas of black, then a metal spoon...

....Pfeil carving tools, mostly Speedball and Cranfield relief ink, and Awagami paper (specifically kitakata and okawara).

Above, 'Bearer' Part of Other Islands.

Printing is the most exciting part of the process, but it’s also the most physically demanding—and, when a print doesn’t turn out how you planned, the most disappointing.

Above, 'Bather' Part of Other Islands.

I love to draw, though I think carving is probably my favorite aspect of making prints. It’s extremely satisfying to physically work the image out of the block.

Above 3 images, 'Botar Sirens' Commission for Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution.

I think translating complicated visual narratives into tidy black and white lines is always going to be appealing—for more reasons than just cost-effective translation to print mediums, like comics and books. It sometimes feels to me like a wish for our own lives and problems to be as cleanly solvable. Or, if not actually solvable, then at least aesthetically pleasing.

Above, 'Cornered but not caught'

All quotes from Draw Cut Ink Press, unless otherwise stated

Her website

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Main image 'Storm Clouds Over Criffel Hill, Solway'

Above 'Mountain Mist, Isle of Skye'

Above 'Morning light, Scottish Highlands'

Above 'Sunset Silloth on Solway'

Above 'Sunset Silloth on Solway'

Above 'Sunset Outer Hebrides'

Above 'Storm clouds over Isle of Harris Scotland'

Above 'Mountain mist Isle of Skye'

Above 'Luskentyre Beach Isle of Harris'

Above 'After the Storm, Isle of Skye'

Above 'Evening Reflections, Western Isles'

Above 'Autumn Mist, Isle of Skye'

Above 'After the Storm, Isle of Skye'

Her website

edit, now with expanded images!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They’re over 70.

No need for a proper sink in the kitchen as they exist on Wiltshire Farm Foods 👍

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well that's worse than useless....

I'm fully convinced it's a house for sex parties. Glossy wipe down surfaces for added hygiene, plus the plastic covers on the seats and table, a pointless sink to rinse your dick in, the weird bedroom/toilet/utility room. It's high up on a hill so there's the potential for some al fresco fucking, a marque out front....I've clearly been thinking a lot about this

edit- I forgot about the glass gimp box under the stairs....

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Found this delight on Rightmove today!

Elegance personified.....

Coco Chanel would have loved to see her logo on a toilet lid

I think there's a fridge freezer in the bedroom???

I don't know what this thing is

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Main photo 'After the Storm, Oxford Street, Manchester'

Janet Kenyon is a multi-award winning water colour artist hailing from Bolton, in North West England.

She began experimenting in water colour whilst studying for her degree at Leeds Polytechnic, where she achieved a BA Hons in Graphic Design.

Her experimental approach continues to push the boundaries of this medium, capturing both natural and artificial light and its interaction with the landscape.

In this post I want to show off her work from my neck of the woods ..... 'sunny' Manchester, and the rather grim, rundown seaside town of Blackpool, famous for its 'Illuminations' where the seafront is decorated with festive lights....

Above- 'The Principal, Manchester'

I enjoy the challenge of painting in watercolour because it's not the easiest of mediums, there's a lot of trial and error which makes it all the more rewarding when it does work out..... source

Above- 'Urban Light, Peter Street, Manchester'

Above- Evening Light, Printworks, Manchester'

[She] is interested in capturing those hidden moments of tranquility or ‘pockets of space‘ .....that exist within the hustle and bustle of a modern-day city.... source

Above- 'Evening Light, Oxford Street, Manchester'

Above- 'After the Storm, Oxford Street, Manchester'

'In my paintings I love to explore the different qualities of light, and through much experimenting over the years, I’m still developing my technique. The method I use to capture light, in my paintings, is the same whether it’s natural or artificial and is made up of many watercolour layers. To achieve this I use clear wax to mask off certain areas and lots of water and repeat this many times over. The highlights in my daytime scenes and the artificial lights in my night time scenes are the first areas to be masked off, then the process of applying and removing the watercolour starts.' source

Above- 'Urban Light, Oxford Street, Manchester'

Above- 'The Palace Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester'

'....I particularly love the challenge I get from painting cityscapes, the shapes, structures and the space between with each city presenting it’s own unique qualities of scale and layout.' source

Above- 'Northern Edge, Manchester'

Above- The Opera House, Manchester'

'There’s still so many cities I’d like to paint one of them being the city of Reykjavik, Iceland which I’m visiting at the end of February, for a few days: hopefully the light will be good as I’m looking to gather as much information as I can for future paintings.' source

....and not forgetting our own Aurora Borealis of The North, Blackpool!!

Above- 'The Golden Mile, Blackpool'

Above- 'Northern Lights, Blackpool'

All work by Janet Kenyon, from her website, and here

I am intending to post some more of her work probably next week..... either her other cityscapes or landscapes (which are amazing!)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback, I'm trying something a bit different instead of just posting nice pictures....but it also helps that I actually went to the exhibition 😀

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15288452

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Main photo, etching Neilltuad

I visited an exhibition recently at Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw in Llanbedrog, North Wales, showing some of his work.

It was unfortunately a retrospective exhibition as he died not that long after the opening

...[The exhibition] celebrates the career of Berwyn Jones and includes a range of works produced during a period of nearly 40 years through many mediums.

Born in Llanbedrog in 1942.... [he] established himself as a self-employed artist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, making a series of small woodcuts mainly of Llŷn landscapes. [Llŷn Peninsula, North West Wales]

In the 1970s he turned his hand to pottery and built an oil-fired kiln. Janet, his future wife, joined him as an Apprentice in 1974 and this began a productive period of creating pottery....

....In 1984 he bought an engraving press which led to the creation of a series of engravings, mainly of local landscapes and seascapes. Then, in 1994 he turned his sights once again to painting oil on canvas creating works such as 'Yn y Berllan' and 'Hen Sugn, Hen Dai'.... Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw

I have to admit I didn't like the pottery, it was a bit too Bernard Leach country pottery- serviceable but not aesthetically pleasing, and also his abstracts weren't working for me....

The woodcuts were a bit too 1960's colour theme and somewhat 'clunky' in the carving

I did however love the etchings! I was particularly drawn to the etchings featuring water or sand ripples.

Also of interest for me were examples of his work sketches and planning for the etchings, including the different plates with colour layers, plus ink samples

Below is a small collection of the etchings, and some of the better wood carvings....

Twlldan Grisia....(A massive favourite of mine, and featuring in the work planning sketches that accompanied the exhibition)

Towyn

Llwybr Llymriaid.....(if I had the money I would have bought this, I really loved the depth of colour)

Garreg Fawr

Bwlch Coch.....(Again another favourite, and featured in the work plan sketches)

Haul Gaerau

Bwlch

Tany Fron

Now some of the wood cuts....

Deuglawdd....(I do actually like this, and the colours aren't too 1960's)

Pengarreg....(Holy 1960's Batman!! Seriously though, there is a charm about it, and I think it turned out well)

Ochor ‘Mynydd'.....(this one has an almost 3d type effect with the colours, especially the sky)

Enlli....(A bit too 1960's but I know the location, so it gets a pass)

All work by Berwyn Jones, and quotes via Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw

Any opinions are mine and please checkout the website for the rest of the etchings and wood cuts!

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I've seen lots of contemporary dance performances which have blown me away, one was called 'The Silk Road' and showed how dance, as well as material goods was passed on via the silk road.

It had traditional Indian dance and Spanish dance (the one where the men do the foot stomping, I've not been up for long and my brain is still in sleep mode). It was amazing. The dancing was beautiful and demonstrated how culture and ideas are transmitted, in this instance- the similarities of dance movements

Also saw a free performance of some students of Chethams School of Music (Manchester) perform the harp. I think there was 4, maybe 5 female students, and it was beautiful. I've never heard the harp performed just on its own and they used percussive rhythms made by drumming and tapping the instrument...

I have the flyers from both above performances, so I'll edit my comment later on after I've found them

Also adding Estas Tonne....my boyfriend is a big fan and we traveled down to London for a week which included one of his gigs....it was held in a church and was just him and his guitars (and 2 incense sticks)

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Title photo by Michaels Bubbles

Cyerce nigra is well-known for its cerata that resemble overlapping leaves or a ruffled ball gown.

It is found in the Central Pacific, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and grows to 15mm to 30mm in size

Above photo by The Three P Beach Resort Romblon

Above photo by elebe.foto

The dorsal surface features alternating black and white/yellow stripes.....

Above photo by Ludovic

.......while the ventral surface has orange or yellow spots on a black background.

Above photo by rob jeff

Both sides have an orange or yellow edge with two faint black and white lines.

Above photo by Rickard Zerpe

Above photo by touchement

On its head are forked receptors that are hollow halfway through and have the same striking colors, but with a different pattern.

Above photo by Ludovic

Above photo by Patrick Ess

[It]....lives on [the] sandy bottom, on algae fields in shallow water or seldom on coral fields...

Above photo by AGNIESZKA ADAMCZYK

...[It] feeds on algae genus Udotea, especially on Udotea geppiorum

Above photo by joycelynchang

Info from here and here

edit, forgot to add location and size!

edit 2, this isn't showing up in mander for some reason, hence the cross post

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

According to this they announced the closures sometime around April 2022, so it's they old stock they're offloading

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This came up when I posted it to awwnverts, and I did a bit of looking...

The info I found stated that indigenous Maori did and still eat a grub called huhu, but it mentions nothing about weta....so I'd imagine they're probably inedible, (lets face it if anything tastes good, or even 'tastes like shit, but you can live off it' us humans will add it to our diets, especially in leaner times)

Huhu are still eaten by some Māori today, especially the inland, bush iwi and hapū. They are prised from rotting logs and have a buttery-chicken taste.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I honestly thought I was looking at one of the 'less accurate' attempts at taxidermy while scrolling..... 🤣

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Do you mind if I cross post this to [email protected] or post it over yourself? Cheers :)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I never knew they filmed The Princess Bride there, it's a beautiful place, lots of nice rocky bits....good for mill stones!

One thing about having a community (or two) on here, is finding some incredible artists to share. I'm really having an art education renaissance which is fun, some of the work I've found is astonishingly good, so much talent out there!

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Hi, at the top underneath the title and my username, there's a star, next to it should be 2 squares over laid, that's the cross post

edit. you're going to have to do the cross posting for some reason I can't find floatingisfun in the communities list, cheers

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I was wondering if she used thin plastic as separators to keep the different molds apart, but I like your interpretation better

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nope, not me, she has other work online to check out

https://coolhunting.com/culture/dasha-plesen-mold-art/

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