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Mat Pringle
@matpringle.bsky.social
Illustrator, Printmaker and Arts Facilitator.
Portfolio - https://matpringle.co.uk
Shop - https://matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/
Available as a single colour print or a two block print.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
H is for ‘Hear the Children Sing’ in my #folkhorroralphabet a Lungfish cover by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Nathan Salsburg and Tyler Trotter. It’s a haunting creeping mantra, working its spidery fingers into our wretched souls.

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November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
G is for ‘The Great God Pan’ in my #folkhorroralphabet published in 1894 by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. The story is complex but I’ve focused on the character Helen Vaughan; a woodland dwelling deviant and daughter of the mythological God Pan.

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November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The #folkhorroralphabet A - F.

A is for Arcadia
B is for Blood Tea and Red String
C is for Carnival of Souls
D is for Dæmons
E is for Enys Men
F is for First Utterance

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November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
At the vets with this silly little man today. He’s injured his back paw.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
One from the archives.

Nope, no idea.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
And part of the block and print.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
F is for ‘First Utterance’ in my #folkhorroralphabet the acid folk album by Comus released 1971. I have a lot of unsettling records but this one is wildly unhinged to the point of disturbing and more than befitting of the folk horror label.

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November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
E is for ‘Enys Men’ in my #folkhorroralphabet originally released in 2022. The cinematic equivalent of a Broadcast album. That good.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This morning; ‘Charly’s Angels’ compilation.

Loosely inspired by a great thread by @andrewmale.bsky.social this is an astonishing compilation of sixties girl group songs pulled largely from the vaults of Red Bird records but presented in a sleeve that’s offensive on at least three different levels.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
D is for ‘Dr Who: The Daemons’ in my #folkhorroralphabet originally screened in 1971. The episodes feature demons, morris dancers, witches and a maypole; a whole host of folk horror elements to gorge upon.

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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
C is for ‘Carnival of Souls’ in my #folkhorroralphabet released in 1962 and directed by Herk Harvey. It’s a low budget cult classic, unsettling period Americana that inspired directors like David Lynch and George Romero.

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November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
And the block by the print.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Next in my linocut #folkhorroralphabet B is for ‘Blood Tea and Red String’ a bewitching stop-motion macabre folktale created by Christiane Cegavske.

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November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A is for ‘Arcadia’ a documentary by Paul Wright, an unnerving ramble through Britain’s seasons and customs by way of the BFI Archive. The OST fuses foreboding synths, electronica and choral elements with traditional folk songs.
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#folkhorroralphabet
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Printing in the studio with a pair of devils…
#folkhorroralphabet
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
PRINT SOCIAL is an exhibition celebrating the printmakers gathering of the same name held in Margate at Resort Studios every month.

Alongside the exhibited work by regular members there will be a variety of printmaking activities for people to come and join in with.

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November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A year later than planned I’ve finally finished carving my #folkhorroralphabet 🌾💀🌞
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This morning; The United States of America.

Safe travels Joseph Byrd.

#nowplaying
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This morning: Archie Fisher.

Very sad to hear he passed recently. The brooding lavishly produced title track ‘Orfeo’ is a dense folkloric ballad, a Celtic retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.

It’s quite astonishing.
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today in Faversham ‘For the Love of Print’. A collection of the finest Kent based printmakers in one room battling it out to the death in their underwear*.

Join us.

*Selling prints and such.
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
And the print next to the block. ‘Lyke-Wake Dirge’ is a traditional folk ballad where mourners gather to help a soul on its travels to purgatory. Seemed appropriate for Samhain.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM