mathw
@mathw.bsky.social
Programmer, linocut printmaker, aikidoka, early and folk musician, cat person, he/him
A wonderful week in Kirkcudbright on a linocut course with @lauraboswellprint.bsky.social
She's an excellent teacher, and I have a load of new ideas to take away and work on. This is my finished print, a two block reduction based on a view near Castleton in the High Peak.
She's an excellent teacher, and I have a load of new ideas to take away and work on. This is my finished print, a two block reduction based on a view near Castleton in the High Peak.
May 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A wonderful week in Kirkcudbright on a linocut course with @lauraboswellprint.bsky.social
She's an excellent teacher, and I have a load of new ideas to take away and work on. This is my finished print, a two block reduction based on a view near Castleton in the High Peak.
She's an excellent teacher, and I have a load of new ideas to take away and work on. This is my finished print, a two block reduction based on a view near Castleton in the High Peak.
Next layer on my #linocut! Pondering where to go from this point. One thing I love about reduction prints is the ability to change direction a bit at every single stage. I could even not cut anything and just add more inking for the next layer if I wanted! I don't think I'm going to do that though.
April 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Next layer on my #linocut! Pondering where to go from this point. One thing I love about reduction prints is the ability to change direction a bit at every single stage. I could even not cut anything and just add more inking for the next layer if I wanted! I don't think I'm going to do that though.
Getting along with this little #linocut. I don't like the clouds but I'm persisting to practise other aspects. Next layer goes on tonight!
April 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Getting along with this little #linocut. I don't like the clouds but I'm persisting to practise other aspects. Next layer goes on tonight!
This block nearly ready to be printed. Hopefully this fine gentleman will print nice and cleanly. For some reason I'm always more nervous printing black than if I'm doing a layer in a reduction print. #linocut #reliefprint #workinprogress
February 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This block nearly ready to be printed. Hopefully this fine gentleman will print nice and cleanly. For some reason I'm always more nervous printing black than if I'm doing a layer in a reduction print. #linocut #reliefprint #workinprogress
Printing with a very thin layer of Payne's Grey relief ink today. A different effect to mixing with extender. This little experimental #linocut is nearly done!
February 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Printing with a very thin layer of Payne's Grey relief ink today. A different effect to mixing with extender. This little experimental #linocut is nearly done!
Changing the foreground design for my current little #linocut with the aid of a red Chinagraph pencil. Can't get the original Indian ink marks off the block, so I just have to go over them with something I can tune in to while I'm cutting. Speaking of which, bring out the gouges!
January 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Changing the foreground design for my current little #linocut with the aid of a red Chinagraph pencil. Can't get the original Indian ink marks off the block, so I just have to go over them with something I can tune in to while I'm cutting. Speaking of which, bring out the gouges!
Because today is incomprehensibly awful, enjoy this cat. She doesn't know what's going on. I wish I didn't sometimes.
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Because today is incomprehensibly awful, enjoy this cat. She doesn't know what's going on. I wish I didn't sometimes.
We all have the best cats
January 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We all have the best cats
I realised I didn't post this print to BlueSky when I finished it. An imaginary landscape, just trying to ease myself back into finishing prints rather than ditching them halfway through in disgust. Reduction #linocut in oil based inks (Hawthorn and Cranfield) on Fabriano Rosaspina.
January 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I realised I didn't post this print to BlueSky when I finished it. An imaginary landscape, just trying to ease myself back into finishing prints rather than ditching them halfway through in disgust. Reduction #linocut in oil based inks (Hawthorn and Cranfield) on Fabriano Rosaspina.
So who signed off on the YouTube Music recap design? I get that they can't just copy Spotify's but this is simply hideous. Also little of its analysis makes any sense, it seems very biased towards the second half of the year and just very confused about folk music.
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
So who signed off on the YouTube Music recap design? I get that they can't just copy Spotify's but this is simply hideous. Also little of its analysis makes any sense, it seems very biased towards the second half of the year and just very confused about folk music.
I've not really been active here yet, but on this autumn morning I'm appreciating my cat, Anya. Bluesky, meet Anya.
She's enjoying the warm bit of floor where the heating pipes are. I'm trying not to stress the aching muscles in my core from last night's aikido class.
She's enjoying the warm bit of floor where the heating pipes are. I'm trying not to stress the aching muscles in my core from last night's aikido class.
November 14, 2024 at 9:05 AM
I've not really been active here yet, but on this autumn morning I'm appreciating my cat, Anya. Bluesky, meet Anya.
She's enjoying the warm bit of floor where the heating pipes are. I'm trying not to stress the aching muscles in my core from last night's aikido class.
She's enjoying the warm bit of floor where the heating pipes are. I'm trying not to stress the aching muscles in my core from last night's aikido class.