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Mat Pringle
@matpringle.bsky.social
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Illustrator, Printmaker and Arts Facilitator.
Portfolio - https://matpringle.co.uk
Shop - https://matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/
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Available as a single colour print or a two block print.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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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
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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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A linocut illustrated block of a horned woman in profile with a strange Pagan letters at the base of the composition and a stark woodland background.
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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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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Linocut illustrations inspired by folk horror themed film, television and music.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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At the vets with this silly little man today. He’s injured his back paw.
A handsome black and white cat of questionable repute lounging on a yellow Formica table.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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One from the archives.

Nope, no idea.
A still from the film E.T from the famous bike scene but rather than the alien in the bike basket it’s the gold inked illustration of the Dorset Ooser from the cover of the Reader’s Digest book of folklore.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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And part of the block and print.
A close up of the inked linocut block next to part of the print featuring the head of the wretched soul and the young woman running over him.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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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
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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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A linocut print and block inspired by the film ‘Enys Men’ featuring a standing stone, two folkloric Cornish figures and odd flowers in the foreground.
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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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.
A Charly Records compilation from 1978 of sixties girl groups. The cover features a bad illustration of three women, two of them arm in arm while the other appears to be trying to walk away. The font choice is bizarre.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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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
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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
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If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Junior Parker’s album ‘Love Ain’t Nothin’ But A Business Goin’ On’ released in 1971. The cover features a photograph of a young woman in a short dress standing next to a car in front of an apartment block.
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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And the block by the print.
Linocut block and print of a folk horror themed illustration.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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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
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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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A linocut illustration inspired by the documentary 'Arcadia' featuring women dancing around a fire. A scythe and skull stand above them denoting a doomed harvest.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Printing in the studio with a pair of devils…
#folkhorroralphabet
Linocut illustration of a figure from a Polish political horror film from the seventies.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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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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A poster for the exhibition PRINT SOCIAL featuring linocut artwork of eight of the artists involved including a spooky ghost, a hairless cat, a self portrait, some wiggly lines and other oddities printed in black, turquoise and pink.
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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A year later than planned I’ve finally finished carving my #folkhorroralphabet 🌾💀🌞
Linocut plate of an illustrated character in profile from a Polish historical horror film. He has dishevelled long hair, a beard and wears a black hat.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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This morning; The United States of America.

Safe travels Joseph Byrd.

#nowplaying
The self titled album ‘The United States of America’ released in 1968 on Columbia Records.
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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.
Archie Fisher’s ‘Orfeo’ album originally released on Decca in 1970. This is the Celtic Music reissue from 1985. Archie - a handsome man of the seventies - looking staidly into the distance.
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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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.
For the Love of Print poster featuring an array of printmaking equipment. Today from 10:30 at the Assembly Rooms in Faversham, Kent.
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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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.
Linocut illustration of mourners gathered at a wake helping a soul on its travels. The print is by the plate.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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‘Lyke-Wake Dirge’ linocut print.

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#BLOCTOBER2
A linocut carved with an illustration inspired by the folk song Lyke-Wake Dirge where mourners gather to help the soul of a dead person on its travels.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM