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Ele Willoughby, PhDLittle islands without enough vegetation to support human habitation can form a small, protected habitat for other life. My islet is a monoprint I made with pencil and painted ink on gel plate.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/islet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#islet</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlate</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/GelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/natureArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#natureArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a> 🧵2/2

Squeeb CreativeI've been playing with adding black ink and watercolour paints on a gelplate and then quickly putting watercolor paper on and off. It's given me some interesting pieces to work on, and possibly some absolute failures. But that's what play is all about. Knickers to perfection <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gelplate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gelplateprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprints</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abstractart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/abstractartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abstractartist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/abstractpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abstractpainting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/contemporaryartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contemporaryartist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/expressiveart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expressiveart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/contemporarypainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contemporarypainting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/expressionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expressionism</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDI’m seeing invasive dog-strangling vine pop up around my neighbourhood. Now’s a great time to get rid of it… long before it goes to seed or starves monarch butterfly caterpillars who thought they were safely on milkweed. Join my anti-dog-strangling vine vendetta on behalf of the monarchs? Summer is a good time to remove it. Look for the lance-shaped leaves, green stem that twists around 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/swallowwort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swallowwort</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monarchButterfly</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDI have made some art, like this monoprint, about some of the many folk traditions around May Day. May Eve is celebrated with bonfires for Walpurgisnacht and Hexennacht (Walpurgis night and Witches’ Night as celebrated in Germany). May Eve is the feast day of Saint Walpurga in celebration of her canonization May 1, 870. But folklorists tie it to a more ancient celebration 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/monoprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monoprint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monotype</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelprint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bonfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bonfire</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Walpurgisnacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Walpurgisnacht</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Hexennacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hexennacht</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MayEve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MayEve</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/witches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#witches</a>

LinnèaSnake in the Garden <a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/6868c1dc-2862-4694-a67e-f5fd5f2d27db" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/videos/watch/6868c1dc-2862-4694-a67e-f5fd5f2d27db</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Spacetober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spacetober</a> prompt astronomical object: a mono print built up with layers of ink on a gel plate of a Super Massive Blackholes (SMBH) with relativistic jets.<a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1327046019" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1327046019</a><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monoprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monoprint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlate</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spaceArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spaceArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/blackhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackhole</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SciArtSeptember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArtSeptember</a> prompt cursed - monarch butterflies who are fooled into laying eggs on the invasive dog-strangling vine (European swallowwort, Vincetoxicum rossicum) due to its similarities to its host plant milkweed are cursed to hatch larvae which starve and die. Dog-strangling vine unlike milkweed doesn’t serve as a food source for the caterpillars, 🧵1/<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monarchButterfly</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/urbanEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbanEcology</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/speciesAtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speciesAtRisk</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThis print is my response to seeing invasive dog-strangling vine (European swallowwort, Vincetoxicum rossicum) popping up all over my neighbourhood. Not only do these plants create dense stands that outcompete native plants but they threaten the monarch butterfly which depends on milkweed and are fooled by similarities between the two into mistakenly laying eggs on dog-strangling vine 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monarchButterfly</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/speciesAtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speciesAtRisk</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDAnd now we have whales! Added my humpbacks to the background colours. Next up: whale barnacles C. diadema for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/humpbackWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humpbackWhale</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/barnacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#barnacle</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wip</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThe rest of the background is now printed. If you haven’t guessed yet, this print will be a humpback whale & a cluster of whale barnacles (C. diadema) for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a>. Amazingly it seems these 2 have a mutually beneficial relationship. The barnacles have a host swim them around so they can filter feed. The whale gets a bit of hard armour which they can use to inflict more damage in mating battles!<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/humpbackWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humpbackWhale</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlifeArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wip</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDAnother print in progress. Though this is clearly the ocean surrounding a mammal (a humpback whale), this is another print for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a>. The humpback won’t be the only animal depicted. But first: the ocean. I wanted to get the depth of colour just right.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/humpbackWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humpbackWhale</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wip</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDMore circles! Still drying prints on the floor. 2 layers with stencils and the gel plate down, 8 Lino block layers yet to print. <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wip</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/circles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#circles</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDBetween the number of blocks, the jig, the cut stencils and gel plate for this upcoming print, I ran out of table space and had to dry prints on the floor.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wip</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/washi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#washi</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Norma Krautmeyer 🏳️‍🌈🍵🎨✂️🖍️🐈‍⬛Flower in torn collaged paper from a photo I took a while ago, done with a mix of decorative papers, hand-painted papers, and gel plate printed papers. <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/papercollage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#papercollage</a> <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/handpaintedpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handpaintedpapers</a> <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDI have made some art, like this monoprint, about some of the many folk traditions around May Day. May Eve is celebrated with bonfires for Walpurgisnacht and Hexennacht (Walpurgis night and Witches’ Night as celebrated in Germany). May Eve is the feast day of Saint Walpurga in celebration of her canonization May 1, 870. But folklorists tie it to a more ancient celebration of a 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/monoprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monoprint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monotype</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelprint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Walpurgisnacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Walpurgisnacht</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Hexennacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hexennacht</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MayEve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MayEve</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/witches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#witches</a>

Lisa SaarloosSome recent <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gelplate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplate</a> prints that I quite like, even if not perfect. The goal was just to play with pics from my photo stash when I needed a break from another project.I think I'm starting to get the hang of transfers, and at the very least these are giving me ideas for future print sessions (besides having fun with the process). <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gelplatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplatePrinting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Lisa SaarloosIt's just a simple print, but the more I look at it, the happier it makes me. Still miss her.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gelplatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplatePrinting</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDNext up for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printerSolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printerSolstice</a> @printersolstice is CMYK so I got out my process cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink and started experimenting with the gel plate. The first is my favourite, made with cut paper stencils and patterned Japanese tissue paper. I also used some carved Lino blocks and plant materials on the other prints.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printersolstice2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printersolstice2024</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlate</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cmyk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cmyk</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gellimonoprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gellimonoprint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

nikkianaI've gotten a little into photographing some of the gel plate prints I've made and combining them using photo editing and... oh my. I'm liking this a lot. <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/gelplateprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gelplateprinting</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/photoedits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photoedits</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>

nikkianaOne of the reasons I create art is because there is no easy way to put into words the pain and anguish that come with mental illness, but those feelings can be channeled, often in very small moments, into creating something beautiful and worthwhile.In a world seemingly full of darkness and pain, be excellent to each other, folks. You never know when your kindness and care is actually saving somebody's life. <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/ArtTherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtTherapy</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/GelPlatePrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GelPlatePrinting</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/GelliPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GelliPrint</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/AbstractArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbstractArt</a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a>

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