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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Some emergency editioning of ‘Remember Me' as I somehow managed to run out of copies completely. Only to find, halfway through ... and you'll be ahead of me here... that I already have a HUGE pile of trimmed and signed copies. Oh, how l laughed... 😬 #linocut #londonart

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This reel of London Underground linocuts may not look all that much but, by God, did it take me a ridiculous amount of time! 😳😱🤯😮😂

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

London’s Docklands arising from the press in the studio today - first lino block printed, three more to go 💪 #Londonart #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’ve been trying to think of something interesting to say about all these linocuts of London - but my cognitive abilities appear to have melted away in the heat 🥵 #londonart #linocuts

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

After months of blood, sweat and bleeding fingers, my Primrose Hill linocut is finally finished. Hope you like it! #printmaking #primrosehill

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Back to black this week and I’m enjoying the speediness of printing only one colour but omg the mess - black ink gets EVERYWHERE! 😱 #linocut #londonart

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Apparently June is skyscraper month - exactly why tall buildings need their own special month is anyone’s guess - nevertheless, here I am with some skyscrapers… #Londonskyline #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I am genuinely thrilled to share with you that on World Flip Flop Day I actually have a linocut with a pair of flip-flops in it…. That’s all for today 🩴

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

You may be surprised to hear, but today is World Goth Day 🎉 I’m not sure how a goth might celebrate their special day - difficult to imagine - but for all goths out there, this one’s for you 🖤 #worldgothday

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lots of wonderful prints to see at ORIGINAL PRINTS 2026 - the Royal Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibition for members is at Bankside Gallery, London (right next to Tate Modern on the Southbank) Open daily with free entry 😊 Dates: 24th April - 31st May Image: The Last of the Light (linocut)

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I’ll be at Eames Fine Art (5 mins from London Bridge) on May 2nd where I’ll be discussing my latest print “April Come She Will” and the evolution of my work Talk at 11am (limited spaces – RSVP directly to the gallery) Drop in from 12:30pm if you can’t make the talk - see you there!

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A trip down memory lane with this one - so long ago I barely remember it. I do know it’s a linocut of a tube station, although I can’t quite place which one, and I’m drawing a bit of a blank on the title too. Must be getting old… #linocut #londonart

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Speaking as one who never misses an opportunity to shoehorn a topic into a post, and as it’s Sky Awareness Week, I’m sharing (and you may be ahead of me here) a linocut with a sky - for those of us who need to practice their awareness 🤔 ‘Storm Clouds over Whitehall’ linocut #whitehall #stjamespark

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

These four very long, thin linocuts are horribly difficult to print and a really awkward size to frame. Still, it seemed like an excellent idea at the time.... #londonart #linocuts

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

For those tyre enthusiasts out there - and I’m sure there are many of you - today, in 1923, Firestone started producing balloon-tyres for cars. Which leads neatly on to my linocut of some cars, sadly lacking, as I am, in any artwork that includes bunnies, lambs or eggs. Happy Easter everyone! 🐣

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

A slightly odd view from the train on the approach to Blackfriars station - you’re looking straight on at the London Eye and yet somehow the sunset is still off to the west. It’s thanks to that great loop in the Thames - there are some great views that are technically correct but a bit unexpected!

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

In honour of St Patrick’s Day and in the absence of anything more suitable, here is a mostly green linocut of a tube train carriage….. ☘️☘️☘️ #printmaker #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This week’s progress and just one more colour to go. And which colour is this, I hear you ask - no idea but I’ll have to get a wriggle on or I’ll still be here at Christmas 😂 #Mudchute #allotments #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

For #valentinesday, here's my linocut 'Remember Me' - for all long lost lovers everywhere... ❤️ #blockprint #printmaking

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I called this linocut, ‘The Golden Hour’ because I love that time just before sunset, when the light sometimes softens and warms and London briefly forgets it’s supposed to be grey, cold and drizzly. I’m sure I’m not the only one to pause for a moment on Blackfriars Bridge to admire that view ❤️

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I started this year thinking I was going to get super organised - a week later and I really can’t be arsed So instead of a picture of my neatly filled-in wall planner, here’s a linocut of Bethnal Green gas holders instead… #ContemporaryPrintmaking #BlockPrinting

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone! And thank you all for the support and kind comments that have warmed my rather chilly studio in this little corner of south east London over the past year - wishing you all good things for 2026! #topnine #happynewyear

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Eggs, fresh bread, a cool glass of wine, and a flower to rest your eyes on ~ I like the simplicity of 17th century German still-life specialist Georg Flegel’s ‘Snack with Fried Eggs’ (1630), State Gallery Aschaffenburg

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

For the next two days, I plan to be flat out on the sofa, in front of the TV, with a glass of champagne continually topped up by a team of elves - well, a girl can dream… Here's hoping all your Christmas wishes come true - have a good one and see you on the other side! #HappyChristmas

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Beautiful words from Margaret Atwood: “This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future, the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar...” #wintersolstice #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Just a little reminder that tomorrow, Friday 19th, is the last day I can post prints in time for Christmas (UK only). 🎄

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

So, after a lot of effing and blinding, endless cups of tea and a little bit of crying in the corner, here is my latest linocut, Hinterlight. Hope you like it! #Linocut #Printmaking #ContemporaryArt #blockprint

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

As usual, I’ve waited until the very last day of the month to post my linocut ‘November Rain’. Still, better late than never… #YeOldeCheshireCheese

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Municipal trees lead a sad sort of life - branches over-pruned, roots constrained by concrete, the iron guards used as handy rubbish bins and, lest we forget, peed on endlessly by passing dogs. Still, nothing says #NationalTreeWeek like a London park with a few spindly trees thrown in… #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I was going to post a linocut of a railway bridge for #NationalBridgeDay… But I don’t appear have done one - so here’s the old passenger footbridge at Farrington Station. Although, now I come to think of it, it might be the other sort of bridge, as in the card game kind. Oh well, too late now 😂

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Here’s a great view from the passenger footbridge at Wandsworth Road Station. Sadly the gas holder was demolished to make way for blocks of flats and Battersea Power Station has been engulfed by, as I'm sure you've guessed, more flats, only now they're called luxury apartments 🫤 #printmaker #art

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It's all happening for us train enthusiasts (or is it just me?) as today marks 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825 - the birth of the modern railway. So here are some of the many railway linocuts I have done over the years - too many, I hear you say? Surely not… 😂

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I have a linocut to suit every occasion - this one is called Tube Strike ☹️ #blockprint #londonprint #Londonart #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I spent the summer making tiny b/w linocuts of the months, and finally printed the first six. Then came a thought (oh dear) - what if I added a little colour? Now, of course, I can’t decide - see what you think. Just when you think you’ve finished… #printmaker #linocut #blockprint #Londonartist

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

#InternationalDogDay rolls around again so here’s a dog taking its owner for a scenic walk down by the canal under the Westway 🐕‍🦺 #londonprint #Londonart #printmaking #linocut #blockprint #artprint

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I'm dusting down this little linocut of beach huts for all of you lucky people away for the August Bank Holiday - hope it’s a good one! 😎 #beachhuts #seaside #originalprint #printmaking #blockprint #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I’ve just finished a few more copies of ‘Any Given Saturday’ which are now in my shop - unfortunately what should’ve taken me a couple of weeks has taken me four months so I can’t feel all that pleased with myself 😬 #londonprint #Londonart #printmaking #linocut #blockprint

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

In celebration of 200 years of the railway, which I think was back in March but who’s counting, here’s a detail of my linocut of Paddington station - and the whole print being printed #Londonart #Paddington #printmaking #linocut

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

To say I'm working at a leisurely pace on this linocut is a bit of an understatement. Still, I think I’m happy with this version - unless I change my mind again…🤔 #blockprint #printmaking #linoprint #reliefprint

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

An old proof of my linocut of the Shard with the editioned print. As the original is almost sold out, I’m thinking of making a new version - experimenting with colour is so carefree as the blocks have already been cut, ready to use again… #TheShard #Londonart #printmaking #linocut #wip

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Four lino blocks - interesting to see what they make when they’re printed together 😊 #LondonEye #linocut #printmaking #Londonskyline

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

London is sweltering and no amount of ice cream is helping - believe me, I’ve been eating heroic amounts. I’m more of a winter girl myself so here’s to cooler months, ice skating in Canary Wharf ❄️ #linocut #londonprint #Londonart #originalprints

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Tube stations - an endless source of inspiration... #Balham #Londonart

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Some of you may feel that there’s not much difference in any of these trial proofs and that it’s mostly me just nitpicking - well, let me tell you that yes, you’re absolutely right 😢 There’s also the favourite four (at least for now!) #originalprint #linocut #wip

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

It’s #InsuranceAwarenessDay today, people, and here's my linocut 'True Love on the Tube' - because that young woman is definitely thinking about her insurance needs #blockprint #printmaking #linoprint #reliefprint #printlife

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