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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Praying for you to survive the tubes!

Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

First attempt at a collagraph and I love the tones and marks you can make. Excited to try more. Printmaking is so exciting! #collagraph #printmaking #circusart #artist

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thank you! Some more practise needed definitely, but happy for a first go 😊

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Printed my first ever dry point etching yesterday. Would like to fiddle around more and add some colour. Overall I loved just being able to sketch it out rather than plan the layers like a Lino. Although tricky seeing what you’re doing on a transparent surface #drypoint #etching #printmaking

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#printpromptmonday and today’s prompt #growth I’m currently back where I grew up in Shropshire, getting inspired by all the art here and reflecting upon my print journey. I can’t wait to keep growing and experimenting once I’m back home. Etching and collagraph coming soon! #printmaking #linoprint

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Only a day late to #printpromptmonday 😬 I have a traditional tattoo design obsession and when I started Lino printing they were simplified images inspired by body art. Here’s a bit of #text and I hope it brings you all lots of luck on a Tues 🪄 #linoprint #luckyprint #linoart

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Did some teeny tiny carving. I think she’d be nice on the pocket of a shirt. Must do some textile experiments. #linoprinting #printmaker #womeninart #miniatureart

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hola. #printpromptmonday again! I’m not sure how #spring ish this is but I wouldn’t swim in the sea in winter so let’s go with this! Hot off the press and not quite finished. Inked her up to see how she would look and she needs a bit of tweaking. 👙 #linoprint #printmaking #waterbaby

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Sharing this cute bunny portrait 😍

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

#printpromptmonday and a #portrait of sorts. I never really know if the people I carve are me but there are a lot of blondes with long hair! A younger version with smaller chops 😁

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Nancy Langston @nancyclimateart.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

For #PrintPromptMonday #FavouritePiece my favourite print may be last April’s northern gannets over Skrudar Island, Iceland. #linocut #reductionprint #birdsinart

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

#printpromptmonday #earth Finished an octopus today. Gave him a voice! Not sure it’ll work as sound doesn’t always work on here. Not sure he’s finished yet as may add some gold spots. Just a little octopus 🐙 in a big world. #printmaker #octopus #loveatentacle

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Lovely! They look good together.

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

These are really lovely. I did my first etching class last night ( I usually work in Lino). Already can’t wait for the next one!

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

If it’s too late for finding a birthday card ( always) and you are an artist of sorts;- then this…. #birthdayart #hare #lastminute

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Abrasax Liv Rainey-Smith Woodcut print LE of 22 signed and numbered Abrasax aka Abraxas, appears on ancient stone amulets in numerous cultures around the mediterranean, gnostic texts, and in the Greek magical papyri. Some call it a god, others a demon. #printpromptmonday #magic

A black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. The image is a slender vertical rectangle and the figure fills much of the space. The figure has a rooster's head, human torso, and two serpents in lieu of legs. It is cracking a whip above its head, and holds a shield with the word ΙΑΩ on it. It wears a pleated skirt.

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Sometimes there’s a bit of #magic ( and a bit of luck) when layers come together. A tired artist checking in for #printpromptmonday Now I’ve got to hop off and design an illustration for my etching class tomorrow 😁🥱 #linoprint #thegoat #printmaking

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Thank you Harry for your input. I’ve sold a lot of bigger ones for £25 and yes that seems buyable to most. But now I have to also factor in the 30% taken from the gallery. Maybe £30 then makes it still ok? I love your trains!

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#printpromptmonday and a bit of #foliage from my latest Lino cut. I challenged myself to do one colour, and had to really think about what to carve away and what to leave. Harder I found than using colour to define areas. #linoprint #whimsicalart

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

These are only small. Smaller than A4. I need to look the paper up. It was from Handprinted and middle of the range I think. I think the print workshop take 30% so I need to allow for that too. Maybe sell them for £20. They are originals after all.

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

You’re are beautifully complex! It sounds like you’re under charging but then so am I!

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Oh thank you for that. I have the added difficulty now of selling through my local print workshop and they take a good chunk themselves. Therefore I’ll have to up prices to make it worthwhile. Hard to know what to stretch it to.

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Two little black and white prints. I find pricing very hard. Any advice kindly received… #linoprint #printmaker #printisnotdead

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

For #printpromptmonday here are some of the stages of a big recent Lino print. In fact there were lots more stages where I experimented with printing leaves and hair and seeing how they looked. This is the most time I’ve spent planning a print and enjoying the process. #inprogress #linoprint

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This circular background seems to be a winner every time. #printing #midcenturyprint #linoprint

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It’s really lovely as it is. But Im the queen of not knowing when to stop…!

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Deciding what to put into the frames I’m painting for the upcoming exhibition. Most advice is just put everything in plain frames. I don’t always take advice..! #linoprint #handpaintedframe #youdoyou

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Recarved this lady into the rubber lino as I couldn’t get the battleship grey Lino edges clean enough. I also printed three different colour ways behind her. Red, pink and orange. I’m glad I did. . . It’s sometimes worth persevering. . . #linoprint #popart #womaninprint

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Nancy Langston @nancyclimateart.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

For #printpromptMonday #water, here are two kittiwakes on an iceberg floating in the #Arctic Ocean in the #Svalbard archipelago. #printmaking #reductionlinocut #linocut #ArcticCircleResidency

Two kittiwakes on an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean, with the iceberg's reflection in the water below

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Oh thank you! It was a big learning process!

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Here’s my ‘water’ themed print for #printpromotmonday. This was my first reduction Lino print. I learnt a lot about how bloody long layers of ink can take to dry 🫠 I live near the sea in Northern Ireland and this was popular with the sea swimmers. #lino #water #seaswimming #printmaking

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Just dropped my printing baren and it broke, scattering tiny silver balls all over the floor 😭😭RIP #imadick

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Just printed this little one of my cat Bob. Currently driving me nuts by going out and coming back in every 5 minutes…. Anyone else? 🙄 #catprint #cat #linoprint #catart

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Really lovely. Amazing palette too.

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The two blues together are lovely.

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Amy Slowik @asithappened.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Happy to be a part of Seacourt Print Workshop in Bangor ( Northern Ireland). Here’s a shot they took of me printing my latest and biggest Lino on one of their lovely old presses. I’ll be exhibiting here at ‘Late Night Art’ Bangor on the last Thursday of this month. #bangor #linoprint #printmaker

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