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John Bloor Printmaker
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Printmaker. Artist.
Music nut. New music lover.
Photographer.
ASD / ADHD / RSD.

Shop:
https://www.johnbloor.co.uk/

Music:
https://smokingdrum.bandcamp.com/

Mailing list and everything else:
https://linktr.ee/johnbloorprintmaker
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I made sausage rolls. There was an overabundance of pastry!

#sausageroll
Some freshly baked hand made sausage rolls.
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Here's the first colour proof of my new print "Weathering the Storm".

It looks pretty good but I might make the last screen again to see if I can get the lines a bit thicker.

Colours are good.

#screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker #handmade #craft #art
A colour proof of a screenprint called Weathering the Storm which shows a fisherman and daughter holding two pieces of driftwood, tied with rope.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Making screens again this evening. They are all done so I will be printing tomorrow!

Had a disastrous evening yesterday with new emulsion. None of the screens were any good and I broke the glass. Wonderful.

#screenprinting #printmaker #printmaking #craft #art
Me standing in front of a UV LED lamp exposing a screen printing screen.
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Post someone who looks great in a hat.
A photo of William Burroughs in a hat and suit.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Stay in touch! Subscribe to my mailing list and receive a 20% discount on everything.

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Stay in touch....subscribe to my mailing list. Be the first to find out about new work and get a 20% discount when you subscribe. Link in profile.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I have just done a test exposure with the new emulsion and got a 4 minute exposure time with the LED UV lamp. I'm pretty pleased with that!

This emulsion should be much more hard wearing than the previous one.

#screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker
A screen printing screen getting l being exposed under UV LED light.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Mixed the inks for my next print, Safe Harbours B (that's the working title!).

There are two colours and three shades of grey, plus white.

#ink #screenprinting #printmaker #printmaking #art #craft
A mixed yellow and a blue screenprinting ink alongside painted swatches of colour.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#nowplaying today has included:

Zephyranthes "Zephyranthes IV"
ESOCTRILIHUM "Ghostigmatah - Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm"
Honk "Closing Down Sale"
Town Portal "Grindwork"

#music
Zephyranthes "Zephyranthes IV" ESOCTRILIHUM "Ghostigmatah - Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm" Honk "Closing Down Sale" Town Portal "Grindwork"
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art.

#birds #linocut
A linocut print in two colours called Winter Drifts Crows. It shows two crows at the top of a tree with snowflakes and black silhouette of the tree.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Working on something new...a new Safe Harbours print.

This is a work in progress but I'm happy with how it's going.

#wip #illustration #printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #art
An abstract illustration of a lighthouse, houses, rocks, boat hull, harbour wall, driftwood planks and anchor.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
The album cover for Calexico "TheBlack Light"
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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We have been putting together Christmas card sets to sell at the Nutshell Christmas Maker's Market.

#christmas #robin
A stack of sets of cards with a robin card on top.
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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What are your top five most collected artists on Discogs?

#discogs #music
Most collected artists on Discogs...Spoon 28, David Bowie 27, Amon Tobin 24, INXS 24, Jellyfish 23
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Buying music on @subvert.fm and testing the app!

It's really good. Can't wait to be able to upload my music on there.

I had to get this @giantclaw.bsky.social album I did not have digitally.

#music
A screenshot of the Subvert music platform.
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Had a great Way Out West cocktail on Sunday at the Cabinet Rooms in Winchester. It’s an old fashioned with mezcal as well as whiskey.

#cocktail
A cocktail which is basically an old fashioned with added mezcal.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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OK I'm now putting them down for a few weeks!

I will come back to these in December, hopefully. And print in January.

#coast #birds #illustration #art #printmaking #printmaker #gull #puffin #curlew #turnstone #plover #tern
Six colourful illustrations of British coastal birds including a Common Gull, Atlantic Puffin, Curlew, Ruddy Turnstone, Ringed Plover and Little Tern.
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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This is how they are all looking.

At the moment it looks a bit like there are three sets of two pairs; I need to alter colours a bit to make them more individual.

#illustration #art #coast #birds #gull #puffin #curlew #tern #plover #turnstone #seaside
Six colour illustrations of British coastal birds showing a Common Gull, Atlantic Puffin, Curlew, Little Tern, Ringed Plover and Ruddy Turnstone.
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This is how my Curlew illustration is looking.

I am getting very close to putting them down for a few weeks and doing some printing.

#illustration #curlew #art #printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #coast
An illustration of a Curlew standing on a rock in front of a farm on the coast.
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I put my Steenbeck pin onto my hoodie (only a year after I got it!)

#film #movies
An enamel pin of a Steenbeck editing table.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Recent vinyl purchases (listed in alt text):

#nowspinning #nowplaying #vinyl #audiophile
Luca Lozano, Mr. Ho "WREKONS" EP Webber / Morris Big Band "Unseparate" Frankie and the Witch Fingers "Trash Classic" Joanna Duda Trio "Delighted" Conjurer "Unself" Mr Bungle "Mr Bungle" Igorrr "Hallelujah" Gimic "We Are Making a New World" 7" single Los Siquicos Litoraleños "Medianos Éxitos Subtropicales Vol. 2: El Relincho Del Tiempo" Pyncher "Every Town Needs a Stranger" IAN "Come On Everybody, Let's Do Nothing!" Karen Ng "Backwards Blue"
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Agnetha and Frida cuddling up together.

#caturday #cats
Two young cats cuddled up together.
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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My print Cocklers, printed earlier this year.

Part of my working people series.

#coast #cockler #cockles #beach #printmaking #printmaker #screenprint #handprinted #art
My Cockler's print in blue, turquoise, yellow, gold and greys. It shows cocklers working on a beach.
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I'm going to put down the Ringed Plover now; this is how it's looking.

I added some stones and other details.

#plover #bird #coast #coastal #screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker #illustration #art
A full colour illustration of a Ringed Plover standing on a rock on a beach. Behind is a boat wreck and beyond that cliffs.
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Work in progress...

They are all going to be worked on again but this is how they are looking.

#coastal #birds #bird #gull #puffin #plover #tern #turnstone #curlew #art #illustration #printmaking #printmaker
Six illustrations of British coastal birds including a Common Gull, Atlantic Puffin, Curlew, Little Tern, Ringed Plover and Ruddy Turnstone.
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I need a name for this illustration, but it's part of my Safe Harbours series. I am just separating the illustration ready to make positives for screenprinting.

#printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #safeharbours #harbour #rope #coast #seaside #sea #illustration #art
A colourful illustration of planks of wood tied by rope, surrounded by the sea and harbour walls. At the top is a row of houses and the hull of a boat.
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM