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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Just had a job interview

Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It's finally happened, @bolt451.bsky.social has got me painting #warhammer scenery! Actually, I've been wanting to for it for a while :) One, it's fun. Two, it's big enough that I can see all the details and three, I love that I am entering Frey's world a bit, I love her enthusiasm :D

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I've recently got into #tetrapak printing!

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

It's blue Monday, apparently, so keeping myself cheerful by sharing some of my #sketchbook

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I'm missing the art groups with he charity www.artforallmentalhealth.org.uk I watched The Night Manager last night before going to bed - I dreamt of Tom Hiddleston but rather than something hot and steamy, I dreamt I took him to AFAMH and got him to be our patron!!! Lol

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Psst. Hey, come closer. No, closer. I have a New Year’s secret for you. It’s this: If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.

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Bolt451 is the name of the scientist @bolt451.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year from me and my sleepy sons #ratsky

A cream furred red eyed dumbo rat yawning

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Looking at job adverts on indeed has been fruitless. So I'm looking at craft market opportunities instead

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

💜Took part in a pan air painting competition and got a certificate 💜Made and showed art as part of Trans Pride Birmingham 💜Spent time really putting 100% into ED recovery 💜Sold art for the first time! (For AFAMH and myself) 💜Been artist in residence at a gallery (as part of AFAMH) 💜Made Friends

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Sending good winter wishes to everyone! Whatever you celebrate or don't, I hope you feel as safe and surrounded by community as I do right now!! The world is a harsh place atm; all we have is each other. (The cherry beer has kicked in)

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Etsy? Folksy? Or not worth the money and effort?

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I spent today making cards :) I will be selling them in Worcester, in the #AtistAlley in Huntingdon Hall on Saturday 6th #Worcester #huntingdonhall #speakvolumesfestival #winterwishes #linoprint #linostamp #mistletoe

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Them:"You should get some business cards printed, it doesn't cost much." Me:"No..."

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Bolt451 is the name of the scientist @bolt451.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Right. Lets start The Bolt451+LeoJoy #Ratvent calendar: Each day, a different photo from the archives. Rattos past and present. Day One. Well Novembers only just over, so here is Picard in 2020, with a spooky bed :)

an albino dumbo rat in a pumpkin themed bed

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

My first multi layer print! I'm still working a few things out, but OMG! I'm so excited and proud of myself for this! I LOVE IT! #linoprinting #linoprint #multilayerprinting #multilayerlinoprint #printing #printmaker #autisticartist #visuallyimpairedartist #disabledartist #transartist #queerartist

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I'd been thinking of using the 'professional' name of Leo Joy Art For etsy, craft fairs, etc. But I did have an etsy some years ago, I could maybe reopen but it's connected to old names and emails. Still like the name though. So Leo Joy Art or Wonky Spooks. What do you think?? #aspiringartist

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

With all that's been going on in my life (see my other account @leos.good.bad.wyrd ) I had completely forgotten I am going to be part of Artist Alley Worcester on the 6th December!!! Luckily, Sy, who has very kindly invited me to share their table (so has done all the hard work) reminded me today!

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Suddenly having lots to do is the kick up the bum I needed! I'm not sure how much I can get done, but, at the very least, I get to spend a day with my friend :) I had already planning to get busy because, Art For All Mental Health have been donated a week at @gardensgallery! 10th - 16th.

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Today, I woke up in a foul mood. But I've done painting, seen friends and experienced a massive kindness from a stranger. Happiness restored :)

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Nearly ready to print this but I'm so scared! I've never done a multi layer print before. I've bought registration clips, got cardboard to make a frame. I've been carving this on and off for months! (life and other prints) and I'm nervous to finally print on Friday! Wish me luck!

A drawing on white paper. At the top of the page ard the words Never Better. The rest of the page features drawings of pills in different shapes

Two sheets of lino. One has been coloured in with pink sharpie, the other in yellow sharpie. The pink sheet has the same Never Better design as the previous photo, but backwards. The yellow one has parts of the same design

The yellow sheet of lino is carved, just leaving the pill design uncarved. It has been cut around the pills

The pink sheet of lino is now nearly completed carved away, just leaving the outlines of the pills and the words. The words are not completed carved out

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Watching Make it at Market and dreaming... (I should be cleaning the flat and job hunting) #aspiringartist #transartist #disabledartist #visuallyimpairedartist #queerartist #transartist #autisticartist

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Had a play with watercolour pencils, whilst visiting my wife in hospital

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I started doodling whilst watching TNG the other week. Can you guess the episode?

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Do i use this account just gor sharing my art? Or do I share my thoughts and random fun stuff? I'm thinking the latter

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Bolt451 is the name of the scientist @bolt451.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

4. Viktor Featherless Bipedal Behold a man!

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Just got IDed for monster, bless that chap from tesco

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I was lucky enough to be able to go to three, 2 hour blacksmithing sessions, fully funded by a local charity for adults with autism

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I didn't need to come out as #bisexual to my friends as a teen; they just saw my tumblr dedicated to how much I loved Helena Bonham Carter

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

My friend Sy and I are selling in Worcester at huntingdon Hall today!

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Bolt451 is the name of the scientist @bolt451.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Fao @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social Me and @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social having our first dance as Grace Petrie plays "Incompetent love song "

A short man in a white wedding dress and a pre transition trans woman in a black shirt snd red waistcoat dancing in an oak hall. The musician grace Petrie is playing an acoustic guitar on one side of the picture

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A Problem Shared I'm so pleased with this! I tried it in red too and I'm going to have a play. Now, if i could only get it central!! #linoprinting #linostamp #linocut #linoprint #printing #linocarving #visuallyimpairedartist #disabledartist #queerartist #transartist #barbedwire

A black printed image on white paper. The image is of line work of two hands holding onto barbed wire. Between them is a pair of holding hands.

The same print but a wider shot, showing that the paper is balanced onto of a pile of clean laundry

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Earlier this year, I took part in an art exhibition as part of #transprideBirmingham. See my Instagram (@leo_joy_hg) for details if you're interested #queerart #lgbtart #transart #mixedmedia #embroidery #linostamps #linoprinting #queerhistory #lgbthistory

A photographer of me, a transgender man, with ginger hair and blue glasses, wearing a black dress, smiling. I am standing next to a mixed media artwork hanging on the wall behind

Photo of the label for my art piece. It states the name of my work as Honour thy Trancestors, my name, pronouns and Instagram handle @@leo_joy_hg

A closer photo of my artwork. It is a piece of pink material, hanging from a large, rustic stick. The material is embroidered with all the laws that have directly impacted lgbt people in Britain in the last 1000 years, going from top to bottom. The embroidery at the top is barely visible as the thread matches the material. The thread gets darker and more visible lower down, as we get to more modern times. The material is also printed with a range of lgbt symbols in black. They include an equals sign, gender symbols, lavender, a carabena and a pocket with a hankie coming out.

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This is the pendant made by @mrsethcorbin.bsky.social and an old photo of both of us, at #transpridebrighton

A silver and black coloured, flat, metal pendant on a background colour of pink. The pendent is made to look like a bottle of testosterone

A photo of two transgender men. They are both smiling. The person on the left is wearing a backwards cap, sunglasses, a chunky chain necklace and a black t-shirt. He has his arm around the other person's shoulders. The person on right is wearing glasses, has a transgender flag painted on their face and is wearing a black t-shirt with the word fussy boy on it.

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

January this year, I joined a printing group through a local charity Art For All Mental Health. This was the first lino stamp I made! Based on a pendant (from the lovely Seth, HardWearUK) which was based on the type of testosterone we are prescribed. Made with soft lino and oil based ink

A black printed image on a pink background. The image is of a bottle with a pump on top. The bottle has HRT and 16.2 written on it.

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This charity has changed my life and I am so grateful! Please look, donate if you can and join, if you're local to #Gloucestershire and have/recovering from mental health issues Home | Art For All Mental Health share.google/tmyy3eEp3Ije...

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I had to fight to be diagnosed as autistic but it was one of the best things I've ever done! It has enabled me to not work, finally, fully attempt recovery, rediscover hobbies, find hope and even begin to dream again!

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Leo @leo-joy-hg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Hello! I'm Leo, I'm 35, He/Him, Sie/Hir or anything as long as you are respecting me. I'm visually impaired, late diagnosed autistic and in recovery (bulimia mostly).

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Bolt451 is the name of the scientist @bolt451.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I am a monster drinker I drinks it all of the day Ooh arr ooh arr.

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