Ele Willoughby
@minouette.bsky.social
Artist/marine geophysicist (PhD Physics)
Printmaker
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minouette.Etsy.com
minouette.blogspot.ca
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I post art, science, #sciart and stuff with typos. She/her, Settler in Tkaronto 🇨🇦
Printmaker
Find/contact me at:
minouette.Etsy.com
minouette.blogspot.ca
Instagram.com/the.minouette
https://cara.app/minouette
I post art, science, #sciart and stuff with typos. She/her, Settler in Tkaronto 🇨🇦
Lastly for 12th night: the kallikantzaros (or kallikantzaroi in plural) is a sort of subterranean goblin or troll who can come above ground during the 12 days of #Christmas, or the #yuletide fortnight after the winter #solstice, while the sun ceases its forward movement, found in the folklore of
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Lastly for 12th night: the kallikantzaros (or kallikantzaroi in plural) is a sort of subterranean goblin or troll who can come above ground during the 12 days of #Christmas, or the #yuletide fortnight after the winter #solstice, while the sun ceases its forward movement, found in the folklore of
Epiphany is also the day for La Befana! The latest in my slightly sinister winter holiday folklore collection: the Italian Christmas witch. La Befana is a witch of Italian folklore who brings sweets & gifts to good children & coal or cinders to bad children on Epiphany Eve. She flies on her broom &
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Epiphany is also the day for La Befana! The latest in my slightly sinister winter holiday folklore collection: the Italian Christmas witch. La Befana is a witch of Italian folklore who brings sweets & gifts to good children & coal or cinders to bad children on Epiphany Eve. She flies on her broom &
Epiphany is time for my #linocut of Perchta, also known as Frau Perchta or Berchta (or Bertha in English), a figure from Alpine folklore, who visits during the 12 days of Christmas. Her name may come from “the bright one” or the German word for the feast of the Epiphany and her history is linked to
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Epiphany is time for my #linocut of Perchta, also known as Frau Perchta or Berchta (or Bertha in English), a figure from Alpine folklore, who visits during the 12 days of Christmas. Her name may come from “the bright one” or the German word for the feast of the Epiphany and her history is linked to
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If you’re still looking for a little calendar for your desk I have my little 2026 Terms of Venery Postcard Calendars on sale minouette.etsy.com/listing/4358...
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
If you’re still looking for a little calendar for your desk I have my little 2026 Terms of Venery Postcard Calendars on sale minouette.etsy.com/listing/4358...
If you’re still looking for a little calendar for your desk I have my little 2026 Terms of Venery Postcard Calendars on sale minouette.etsy.com/listing/4358...
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
If you’re still looking for a little calendar for your desk I have my little 2026 Terms of Venery Postcard Calendars on sale minouette.etsy.com/listing/4358...
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788)! 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬 #histsci My #linocut celebrates her calculated path of the solar eclipse of 1764. She also worked with Alexis Clairaut & Jérôme Lalande to precisely calculate the date of return of Halley’s Comet, solving the
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788)! 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬 #histsci My #linocut celebrates her calculated path of the solar eclipse of 1764. She also worked with Alexis Clairaut & Jérôme Lalande to precisely calculate the date of return of Halley’s Comet, solving the
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Same with scientists. Each "fun" generative AI thing shared makes me a little less confident in the quality of your research.
Deleted a repost of a thread.
Looking closer, the person is comfortable sharing AI images & video. Was the thread also AI? Was it accurate?
I’d rather not take the chance and share it.
Journalists, keep this in mind. “Fun” AI videos & images undercut your credibility.
Looking closer, the person is comfortable sharing AI images & video. Was the thread also AI? Was it accurate?
I’d rather not take the chance and share it.
Journalists, keep this in mind. “Fun” AI videos & images undercut your credibility.
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Same with scientists. Each "fun" generative AI thing shared makes me a little less confident in the quality of your research.
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Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
Another scientist of unknown birthday: my #linocut of Chinese Han Dynasty #polymath & statesman Zhang Heng (78-139) who invented a seismoscope (simplified seismometer which does not make a record of earth motions) to detect distant earthquakes & indicate their direction 2000 years ago! 🐡🧪⚒️#histsci
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Starting 2026 with some unknown birthdays: 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬 #histsci Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 1673), 17th-century English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, writer, with her imaginary world from her strange sci-fi novel ‘The Blazing World’ which she appended to 🧵
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Starting 2026 with some unknown birthdays: 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬 #histsci Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 1673), 17th-century English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, writer, with her imaginary world from her strange sci-fi novel ‘The Blazing World’ which she appended to 🧵
Looking at some of my art sales statistics and finding out that a implausibly large number of people are searching for “velvet worms”
Since I’m sharing 2025 work for #artAdventCalendar, another thing I did this year was make a large collection of repeat patterns, like this Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design! 🧪🐡
These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm are from NZ (Aotearoa)
These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm are from NZ (Aotearoa)
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Looking at some of my art sales statistics and finding out that a implausibly large number of people are searching for “velvet worms”
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Guadalupe Carpio (1828 - 1892) was a Mexican painter and the first woman allowed to study at the Academia de San Carlos.
Autorretrato con familia, 1865.
#WomensArt
Autorretrato con familia, 1865.
#WomensArt
January 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
For the #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt ‘even’ -the number of quarks in a meson, a type of particle first observed & published by Bibha Chowdhuri (1913-1991) & her supervisor D.M. Bose in extensive air showers from cosmic rays. 🐡🧪👩🏾🔬🎢 #histsci My portrait shows her, a mountain on which she gathered her 🧵
January 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
For the #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt ‘even’ -the number of quarks in a meson, a type of particle first observed & published by Bibha Chowdhuri (1913-1991) & her supervisor D.M. Bose in extensive air showers from cosmic rays. 🐡🧪👩🏾🔬🎢 #histsci My portrait shows her, a mountain on which she gathered her 🧵
I missed Mary Somerville’s Boxing Day birthday, so happy belated birthday to her! 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬🔭🧮🎢 #histsci
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #polymath, Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872). 🧮👩🏼🔬🔭🎢🐡🧪 #histsci As a young widow she made a name for herself when she won a silver medal in 1811 from the Military College at Marlow math journal. Wallace suggested she read Laplace & finding she understood it as 🧵
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I missed Mary Somerville’s Boxing Day birthday, so happy belated birthday to her! 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬🔭🧮🎢 #histsci
Happy New Year 2026! I hope this year is a better year than the last.
This linocut shows how I imagine the great white stork of European folklore, who carries babies to new parents.
The ancient stork-the-baby-bringer legend was made popular by Hans Christian Anderson’s story called ‘The Storks’. 🧵
This linocut shows how I imagine the great white stork of European folklore, who carries babies to new parents.
The ancient stork-the-baby-bringer legend was made popular by Hans Christian Anderson’s story called ‘The Storks’. 🧵
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Happy New Year 2026! I hope this year is a better year than the last.
This linocut shows how I imagine the great white stork of European folklore, who carries babies to new parents.
The ancient stork-the-baby-bringer legend was made popular by Hans Christian Anderson’s story called ‘The Storks’. 🧵
This linocut shows how I imagine the great white stork of European folklore, who carries babies to new parents.
The ancient stork-the-baby-bringer legend was made popular by Hans Christian Anderson’s story called ‘The Storks’. 🧵
Husband: if you’re going to the drugstore can you pick up birdseed if they have it and it isn’t too expensive?
Me: Ok. You usually buy that. What’s “too expensive”?
Husband: If you pick it up, look at it and say, “Oh my god, that’s too much!”
Me: Ok. You usually buy that. What’s “too expensive”?
Husband: If you pick it up, look at it and say, “Oh my god, that’s too much!”
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Husband: if you’re going to the drugstore can you pick up birdseed if they have it and it isn’t too expensive?
Me: Ok. You usually buy that. What’s “too expensive”?
Husband: If you pick it up, look at it and say, “Oh my god, that’s too much!”
Me: Ok. You usually buy that. What’s “too expensive”?
Husband: If you pick it up, look at it and say, “Oh my god, that’s too much!”
I read this headline and my 12yo said,
“An infinite supply of teeth! I am a teeth farmer. I pull my teeth every day and give them to the tooth fairy for money and then grow new ones!”
but in all seriousness this could radically improve quality of life for some people doing without multiple teeth.
“An infinite supply of teeth! I am a teeth farmer. I pull my teeth every day and give them to the tooth fairy for money and then grow new ones!”
but in all seriousness this could radically improve quality of life for some people doing without multiple teeth.
Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
Scientists are on the verge of a dental miracle.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I read this headline and my 12yo said,
“An infinite supply of teeth! I am a teeth farmer. I pull my teeth every day and give them to the tooth fairy for money and then grow new ones!”
but in all seriousness this could radically improve quality of life for some people doing without multiple teeth.
“An infinite supply of teeth! I am a teeth farmer. I pull my teeth every day and give them to the tooth fairy for money and then grow new ones!”
but in all seriousness this could radically improve quality of life for some people doing without multiple teeth.
Bonne année! Happy New Year! Here’s my topical French Canadian folklore print I made for #FolktaleWeek2025: La Chasse-galerie!
The French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe tells of some hardworking voyageurs in their timber camp, who miss their sweethearts back home, 🧵
The French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe tells of some hardworking voyageurs in their timber camp, who miss their sweethearts back home, 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Bonne année! Happy New Year! Here’s my topical French Canadian folklore print I made for #FolktaleWeek2025: La Chasse-galerie!
The French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe tells of some hardworking voyageurs in their timber camp, who miss their sweethearts back home, 🧵
The French Canadian folktale of the Chasse-galerie, or the Flying Canoe tells of some hardworking voyageurs in their timber camp, who miss their sweethearts back home, 🧵
It’s too cold outside to do anything printmaking. The air is so dry I am just fighting against the ink. 😕
I guess I need a humidifier for the studio.
I guess I need a humidifier for the studio.
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s too cold outside to do anything printmaking. The air is so dry I am just fighting against the ink. 😕
I guess I need a humidifier for the studio.
I guess I need a humidifier for the studio.
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Calling all space artists! Only 1 day left to submit to The Art of Planetary Science (it’s free). All the details in the link.
Space artists: don’t forget to submit your work to The Art of Planetary Science exhibition by December 31st! The event is held in Tucson. Anyone can submit—all levels & types of human-made art. I’ll be submitting and attending again. 🐡🔭🧪
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
lpl.arizona.edu
December 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Calling all space artists! Only 1 day left to submit to The Art of Planetary Science (it’s free). All the details in the link.
In Toronto I don’t usually manage to observe many invertebrates in the last week of December for #Invertefest but I found a greater lady beetle in the snow
December 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In Toronto I don’t usually manage to observe many invertebrates in the last week of December for #Invertefest but I found a greater lady beetle in the snow
Working on my next block for #PrinterSolstice for the prompt “even.” This is particle physicist Bibha Chowdhuri (1913-1991) known for her work on cosmic rays, which were the primary way physicists could study particle physics before particle accelerators. 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬 #histsci We know quarks have fractional
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Working on my next block for #PrinterSolstice for the prompt “even.” This is particle physicist Bibha Chowdhuri (1913-1991) known for her work on cosmic rays, which were the primary way physicists could study particle physics before particle accelerators. 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬 #histsci We know quarks have fractional
Amongst the new designs I made in 2025 & just the thing for #invertefest: A little repeat pattern made with my linocut red-legged grasshopper! You can find it in the minouette Spoonflower shop & find the print in the minouette Etsy shop.
Red-legged grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubrum), 🧪🐡are 🧵
Red-legged grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubrum), 🧪🐡are 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Amongst the new designs I made in 2025 & just the thing for #invertefest: A little repeat pattern made with my linocut red-legged grasshopper! You can find it in the minouette Spoonflower shop & find the print in the minouette Etsy shop.
Red-legged grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubrum), 🧪🐡are 🧵
Red-legged grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubrum), 🧪🐡are 🧵
I am a mean Mommy because I will not go play in the snow while it’s raining and miserable out.
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am a mean Mommy because I will not go play in the snow while it’s raining and miserable out.
My lino block print portrait for #PrinterSolstice prompt addition shows the amateur pioneering American scientist, inventor & women's rights advocate Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888) 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬#histsci who did the earliest experiments to show the insulating effect of certain gases & correctly concluded 🧵
December 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My lino block print portrait for #PrinterSolstice prompt addition shows the amateur pioneering American scientist, inventor & women's rights advocate Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888) 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬#histsci who did the earliest experiments to show the insulating effect of certain gases & correctly concluded 🧵