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Josh Freeman
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Arts and Craftster, maker of sloth hats.
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Plague Doctor in Pink

Just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife as he floats around with his tiny little wings helping the sick.

ACEO/art card size watercolor painting

#plaguedoctor #watercolor #painting #aceo

available as a print on my etsy
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small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a pink background. He's just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife. small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a pink background. He's just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife. Framed in a small pewter frame with leaves and vines surrounding him. small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a pink background. He's just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife.
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Plague Doctor in Yellow

2001 plague era watercolor painting in art card size, 2.5x3.5 in.

#aceo #art #watercolor #plaguedoctor #painting

available as a print on my etsy
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tiny watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a yellow background tiny watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a yellow background tiny watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a yellow background framed in a pewter frame
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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If it's inside the US that sounds like the difference between the prices of Ground Advantage and Priority Mail
screenshot showing the difference between shipping something sold on etsy via USPS Ground Advantage and Priority Mail from San Diego, CA to Olympia, WA
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Plague Doctor in Blue

Art card sized watercolor painting from 2021, back in the bad old days.

#aceo #artcard #watercolor

Available as a print
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small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor framed in a pewter frame made of vines.
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Pulling 9/15 ravens and 10/15 owls as good prints when you're still figuring things out is pretty good, right?

#Linocut #printmaking #reliefprint
A bunch of fanned out raven and owl linocut prints
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Did you know raven's are tool users?

5x7 linocut on Lama Li Lokta paper using Caligo safe wash ink

#raven #linocut #printmaking #art #linoprint
linocut of a raven holding a stick in its beak detail of a linocut of a raven holding a stick in its beak linocut of a raven holding a stick in its beak framed
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Say hello to Mr. Owl

5x7 linocut on Lama Li Lokta handmade paper using Caligo safe wash ink.

Available on etsy:
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#linocut #printmaking #owlart #art
linocut print of an angry owl sitting on a branch detail of a linocut print of an angry owl sitting on a branch linocut print of an angry owl sitting on a branch framed in an 8x10 black frame
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Did some new linocut printing today. Boids. Owl and raven

#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #handmadeart
Linocut drying rack. Showing two different bird prints, owl and raven
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Three more linocuts teed up. Boids and danger.

#printmaking #linocut
Two linoleum blocks ready for cutting. One has a raven and an owl. The other a man in a cloak in silhouette.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Hi, I'm josh, I make fleece hats and plushies as well as make prints of paintings both digital and watercolor and I just started making linocut prints this month, starting with cacti.

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and thanks for doing this every year.
Man wearing a black and red fleece squid hat, it me! Man with a beard wearing a brown fleece sloth hat...it me a modern fan art of the dungeons and dragons character jester from critical role campaign 2. Posing in profile from the waist up, she is a blue tiefling girl with horns wearing a pink hoodie and there is a red ferret sitting on her shoulder. a 5x7 linocut print of a stylized saguaro cactus. it is colored green with black lines.
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Added a few more fleece hats to my etsy this afternoon.

🍄🦑

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#handmade #hat #mushroom #squid
me wearing a red squid hat me wearing a neon pink mushroom hat getting ready to fight me wearing a green mushroom hat laughing it up
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Prickly Pear Cactus linocut. pointy!

3rd in my cactus series.

Caligo Safewash ink on 5x7 Lama Li Lokta handmade paper.

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#linocut #printmaking #linoprint #art #blockprinting
linocut print of a prickly pear cactus linocut print of a prickly pear cactus framed in a red ikea frame linocut print of a prickly pear cactus
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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First test pulls for my prickly pear cactus #linocut

#printmaking
Prickly pear cactus linocut first test pulls
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Next up for the 🌵 linocuts, is a prickly pear cactus.

#printmaking #linocut
Linocut block of a prickly pear cactus. Has not yet been inked.
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Kinda this but further in with the kid climbing the stairs and with bus driver visible

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October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Thrift store drying rack. Thank you to everyone who's bought a cactus ptint. Makin more.

#printmaking #linocut
Drying rack for linocuts made from grid cubes and clips
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Still time for Dracula squid to make an appearance. Though you have to invite him in.

#handmade #squidhat #dracula

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Man wearing a dracula squid hat Man wearing a dracula squid hat Man wearing a dracula squid hat
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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And Cactus number 2 with added burrowing owls.

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#linocut #printmaking
saguaro cactus linocut print with two burrowing owls detail of saguaro cactus linocut print with two burrowing owls saguaro cactus linocut print with two burrowing owls mounted in a 5x7 frame with window mat
October 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Finally done with my first finished linocut prints in 25 years.

Printed using Caligo Safe Wash over Ultrochrome color (I have color ink ordered but delayed) 🤕 on Lama Li Lokta handmade paper.

Here's cactus number 1.

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#printmaking #linocut #linoprint
Linocut print of a stylized saguaro cactus. Linocut print of a stylized saguaro cactus. detail Linocut print of a stylized saguaro cactus. mounted in a 5 by 7 inch frame
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Added a couple more hats to my etsy shop

#squidhat #mushroomhat #etsy #handmade

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me wearing a blue fleece mushroom hat me wearing a blue fleece mushroom hat me wearing a light turquoise fleece squid hat me wearing a light turquoise fleece squid hat
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Getting there on these cacti linocuts
Cactus linocuts Cactus linocuts
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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What's that? Blue mushroom hats ready to ship? Oh yeah!

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#handmade #etsy #hat #mushroom
me, a man with a beard, wearing a blue mushroom hat with large white spots, two are visible me, a man with a beard, wearing a blue mushroom hat with large white spots, two are visible
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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First attempt at printing my cacti linocuts. Straight black vs a color underlay. I need to figure out how to align them a little better.

#printmaking #linocut
Two cactus linocut prints in black and white Two cactus linocut prints, black and white over a green underlay
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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I think I'm ready to try some prints on these cacti linocuts
🌵

#printmaking #linoprints #linocuts
Linocuts of cacti before inking
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Working on my next linocuts. 🌵

#printmaking #linocut
Linocut in progress of two cactus
September 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM