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John Bloor Printmaker
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Printmaker. Artist.
Music nut. New music lover.
Photographer.
ASD / ADHD / RSD.

Shop:
https://www.johnbloor.co.uk/

Music:
https://smokingdrum.bandcamp.com/

Mailing list and everything else:
https://linktr.ee/johnbloorprintmaker
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John Bloor Printmaker @johnbloorprint.bsky.social · Sep 8
15 artists / bands to get to know me:

Menomena
Pete and the Pirates
Spoon
NoMeansNo
Down I Go
David Bowie
Fugazi
Frank Zappa
Longpigs
Richard Dawson
Meridian Brothers
Son Lux
They Might Be Giants
Get Well Soon
Shellac

#music
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I really cannot stand exclusivity!
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Making pizza out in the cold. It is fun!

#piiza
A wood fired pizza oven alight on a table in the garden.
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Sale ends this weekend!

#sale #printmaking #printmaker #shopsmall #handmade
Sale ends this weekend! Use code: WINTER2025 at checkout to get 20% off. www.johnbloor.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Honestly, what kind of parent buys their young child a toy with a voice powered by AI?

You are just asking for trouble!

#ai
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I've been tempering chocolate this evening for @raspberryjamgames.bsky.social birthday Sachertorte!

God knows if it's worked.

#baking #sachertorte
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

Jesus Lizard
Shellac
Motorhead
The Magnolia Electric Co.
NoMeansNo
smoemeth.bsky.social Meredith 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @smoemeth.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Kate Bush
Cocteau Twins
Janis Ian
Howard Jones
King Crimson
alexmstein.bsky.social Alex M. Stein (Coldfootfilms) @alexmstein.bsky.social · 3d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Squeeze
Robyn Hitchcock
Jane Siberry
Joe Jackson
Frank Turner
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I've been working on the British coastal bird illustrations again. This is what they are looking like:

#birds #british #coast #gull #puffin #curlew #turnstone #plover #tern #illustration #art #printmaking #screenprinting
Six illustrations of British coastal birds in their habitats, featuring a Common Gull, Atlantic Puffin, Curlew, Little Tern, Ringed Plover and Ruddy Turnstone.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Share a 90's movie you think deserves more love.
The film poster for Matinée, a film starring John Goodman, released in 1993.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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It really makes me sad to see people posting about losing their cats. They are like our children and it's so hard to see them go.

#cats #catsky
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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I now have twelve screens! I can make prints all in one go which will be so much better.

#screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker
A shelf full of screen printing screens. 12 in total.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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@bandcamp.com is that much worse for losing the Acid Test

#music #bandcamp
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Made two test screens this evening.

My conclusion is that the new dual cure emulsions need a lot longer drying and I simply don't have the space for a drying rack.

But hopefully I can successfully make screens this weekend!

#screenprinting #printmakers #printmaking
A screen printing screen being exposed under UV light.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I have finished mixing the inks for the proof. I colour sampled them and plugged them back into the illustration in Photoshop to check how close they are.

These may look very vibrant but they are toned down a lot by the transparent greys.

#screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker
A sheet of swatches of colours for a screenprint. They have their colour values written below.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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5 days left in my Winter sale! 20% off everything.

www.johnbloor.co.uk

#shopsmall #handprinted #handmade #sale #winter #christmas #art #craft
20% off sale, only 5 days left! Use code: WINTER2025 at checkout until end of November.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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I have started to mix inks for my Haven print. I know it doesn't look like it here, but in reality the colours are not vibrant enough. Anyway at least it's a start.

#ink #screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker #colours
A lot of test swatches of mixed inks painted onto a sheet of paper with their colour values written below.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Olive looking very aloof earlier this evening.

#oliviadunham #olive #catsky #cat
A fluffy white and grey cat called Olive squints at the camera.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Support small businesses this Christmas 💕🥹

jasminefloyd.etsy.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I am upping my game; bought three more screens so now I can make up to 12 screens in one go.

This should cover me for printing the British coastal birds and my next two prints.

Refurb screens are really cheap too!

#screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Check out Mara's great work!
thecatfreaky.bsky.social Mara @thecatfreaky.bsky.social · 6d
Hi, I'm Mara! A queer artist with AuDHD and a constant headache (among other things) and with that a lot of exhaustion.

I do a lot of different art.
Currently I'm mainly focusing on rubber stamps. But I also do lino printing and love painting picture frames for art. And I love a good side project.
A DIN A4 piece of paper with a lot of different stamped illustrations. A seahorse, a goose, a church with the text "Post aus Mainz", a pigeon holding a letter with the text "für dich", a mouse with a letter, a fast snail holding a letter, a whale, a pillow with the text "Kissenstempel", a fish, several butterflies, tomatoes, stars and flowers, apples and an apple tree. Some seal stamps (as in wax seals but stamps), one of them a heart, one a fish, one leaves and a flower and one my artist sign. a photo of a framed lino print. The print is red and shows a package of passata. The frame is dark and square. Is has small tomatoes all over it. The mat or passepartout is white with prints of red tomatoes with green tomatoe greens. A blue lino print on white paper showing a negative printed fish and the text eat the rich in caps. The fish is vertical and has different textures. It has a white head with a big round eye and a small mouth. The fins all have fine lines on them, the backfin ones are very parallel, the other ones a bit more organic looking. It has scales on its body except for the belly. The belly is striped in the direction of the fish. The print is titled "Eat the fish", it's also numbers "#1" and signed by me. The print lays on background with an illustrated flower pattern. An oil pastel drawing of forget me nots on A6 watercolor paper
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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We saw Frankie and the Witch Fingers this evening at The Joiners in Southampton. Great gig!

#livemusic #music
A band called Frankie and the Witch Fingers playing live.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I'm happy with these two illustrations. Now to print.

#coast #safeharbour #harbour #printmaking #illustration #art
An illustration showing driftwood tied up with rope, a harbour wall, houses, seaweed and a boat hull. The illustration is very abstract. An abstract illustration of a harbour wall, rocks, anchor, boat hull, houses, planks of wood tied with rope, a lighthouse.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Hello... I'm an illustrator, designer and maker. Inspired by the natural world, incredible landscapes and a sense of adventure and storytelling, I like to play with colour, bold graphics and texture to create beautiful pieces that make people smile. ruththorpstudio.co.uk
Bright And Colourful Art | Ruth Thorp Studio
Ruth Thorp Studio offers bold and colourful illustrated art prints, cards and books. Inspired by the natural world, incredible landscapes and a sense of adventure and storytelling, Ruth plays with col...
ruththorpstudio.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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If someone wants to buy a rubber stamp, I'm free to make some!
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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What I've been listening to the last couple of days:

Société Étrange "Au Revoir"

Meridian Brothers "VI"

Meridian Brothers "VII"

Magic Fig "Valerian Tea"

amongst other things!

#music #nowplaying
Album cover art for Société Étrange "Au Revoir" Meridian Brothers "VI" Meridian Brothers "VII" Magic Fig "Valerian Tea"
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I'm putting this down for the moment but here's my latest Safe Harbours idea. It doesn't have a name yet. Once it is done I will print it in December hopefully.

Now sure what I'm doing next!

#illustration #art #printmaking #printmaker #screenprinting #WIP #harbour #safety #safe
An abstract illustration showing a harbour with rocks, a lighthouse, a boat hull, anchor, harbour wall with ladder, houses and driftwood tied up with ropes.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM