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

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 👍

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

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

Really beautiful photo!

Some years ago, I saw a neat photo collage centered around power lines by some artist

Was it something like this?

Alex Hyner

I posted his work to collage sometime ago