Nostr notes by John Bloor Printmaker

I have been busy creating this new range of British coastal birds ...

2026-01-22T10:15:07Z

I have been busy creating this new range of British coastal birds and here they are!

I am launching the cards first, there will also be a garland and prints.

Available individually or as a set you can find them here: https://www.johnbloor.co.uk/

#birds #british #coast #puffin #gull #curlew #tern #plover

Got a few photos at Bognor Regis (just with my phone). I love ...

2026-01-07T10:37:43Z

Got a few photos at Bognor Regis (just with my phone). I love this sort of thing.

#photography #photo

Would anyone like three 35mm plastic cameras? I would like them ...

2025-12-20T22:55:46Z

Would anyone like three 35mm plastic cameras? I would like them to go to a good home.

There's a Nikon TW2, a Minolta AF Tele Super and a Canon Sure Shot Supreme.

The Nikon and Minolta have rechargeable batteries but I don't have any way of charging them.

The Canon I cannot even get into the battery compartment but I'm sure you can figure it out!

#photography #camera #filmphotography

This is what my new Safe Harbour illustrations are looking like. ...

2025-12-04T12:51:04Z

This is what my new Safe Harbour illustrations are looking like. Well, not all illustrations as the first one has been printed.

I will be printing the second one next week hopefully.

The last one is still a work in progress.

#illustration #safeharbour #screenprinting #printmaking #art #craft

I've been working on the British coastal bird illustrations ...

2025-11-27T15:20:48Z

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

This is what the four worked-on illustrations are looking like. ...

2025-10-23T12:26:19Z

This is what the four worked-on illustrations are looking like.

Two more to go.

#illustration #gull #turnstone #puffin #tern #birds #printmaking #printmaker

The middle section of my Winter scene. #winter #scene #rural ...

2025-10-10T08:57:53Z

The middle section of my Winter scene.

#winter #scene #rural #cottage #illustration #art

I am working on British coastal birds for next year. This is how ...

2025-10-08T11:10:34Z

I am working on British coastal birds for next year. This is how they are going...

#sketch #wip #birds #coast #bird #printmaking #printmaker

Here's my second colour proof of my Thatchers print. It will ...

2025-04-11T15:50:38Z

Here's my second colour proof of my Thatchers print. It will look almost like this only hopefully with a few more white brush strokes at the top.

All film positives made entirely by hand with paper cuts, brush marks and pencil marks. Oh and some scraping.

#printmaker #printmaking #handmade #screenprint

The artwork is all done, I think! Here is the dark grey layer. ...

2025-04-02T12:04:34Z

The artwork is all done, I think! Here is the dark grey layer.

#screenprinting #printmaking #handmade #printmaker #art #craft

I am really getting there! Just did a large area of negative ...

2025-03-30T14:45:44Z

I am really getting there! Just did a large area of negative pencil marks. I have the dark grey layer to do and then a bunch of brush marks and that's it.

#screenprinting #printmaking #printmaker #handmade #art #craft

Last year I made my first positives by hand for this print, ...

2025-02-11T11:05:34Z

Last year I made my first positives by hand for this print, Upturned Boats, by cutting paper, painting it black and glueing it onto transparent sheets of polyester. I also drew in pencil and pen and made black brush strokes with an old brush.

#screenprint #printmaking #printmaker #printmakersofmastodon #art #craft #handmade #screenprinting #boats

I made this Beach Findings print exactly five years ago. It is a ...

2025-02-07T10:57:05Z

I made this Beach Findings print exactly five years ago.

It is a three colour screenprint in yellow, blue and black with a bit of overprinting to achieve green.

#screenprint #printmaking #printmaker #handprinted #handmade #art #craft #print #beach

Some of my Running Hare prints are on their way to the lovely ...

2025-02-04T11:07:32Z

Some of my Running Hare prints are on their way to the lovely Saltbox Gallery in Yorkshire.

Yes, some of my open edition prints are available wholesale.

#runninghare #linocut #printmaking #printmaker #print #hare #art #craft #printmakersofmastodon

So here's another big print of mine which I finished ...

2025-01-30T10:57:22Z

So here's another big print of mine which I finished editioning just before Christmas, it's of Mevagissey Harbour.

It is a six colour screenprint.

#mevagissey #harbour #cornwall #screenprint #printmaker #printmaking
#printmakersofmastodon #art #craft

So here's another print I did of somewhere in Cornwall, this ...

2025-01-29T10:21:57Z

So here's another print I did of somewhere in Cornwall, this is Coverack.

It is a two colour linocut and was one of my most successful prints.

Definitely inspired by the amazing work of Bryan Angus.

#linocut #printmaking #print #printmaker #printmakersofmastodon #art #craft #harbour #coverack #cornwall

Here's the finished St. Ives print. I actually got a few good ...

2025-01-28T20:53:47Z

Here's the finished St. Ives print. I actually got a few good ones!

I need to work out if I need to print any more.

#stives #cornwall #screenprint #art #printmaking #craft #handprinted #handmade #printmaker #printmakersofmastodon

Well this layer went a lot, lot better, but I have so many bad ...

2025-01-27T12:49:36Z

Well this layer went a lot, lot better, but I have so many bad ones from the light grey layer.

Anyway here is a good one!

Two layers to go.

#stives #cornwall #rooftops #screenprint #printmaking #art #craft #screenprinting #print #printmakersofmastodon

especially love the first and fourth images

2025-01-22T15:45:16Z

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especially love the first and fourth images

Created two years ago, here is my Old Post Office at Fowey ...

2025-01-18T10:59:19Z

Created two years ago, here is my Old Post Office at Fowey linocut.

I had a lot of fun working on this piece!

#fowey #cornwall #postoffice #linocut #printmaking #printmakersofmastodon #print #handmade #art #craft

gorgeous photos!

2025-01-17T10:40:34Z

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gorgeous photos!

Here's the final Shallow Waters print! I'm very happy ...

2025-01-16T10:57:36Z

Here's the final Shallow Waters print!

I'm very happy with how it came out, I have learned a lot about opaque colours and also have used a new (to me) technique for getting the colours mixed correctly.

This is only available to my Patreon Tier 2 subscribers and at events. It will be £30 at events so if you subscribe you're getting a bargain!

#shallowwaters #water #sea #ripples #rocks #thrift #screenprint #printmaking #handprinted #handmade #printmakersofmastodon #art #craft