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Michelle Wiebe

@michellewiebe.bsky.social
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I like arting the art. Painting, Printmaking and Letterpress. Based in Cochrane, AB Canada. She/her visit my website at www.michellewiebe.com

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Local peeps! I'll be all set up in Canmore on Sunday (tomorrow) in front of Project A Shop with all my #letterpress #printmaking artwork! Lots of #bird reduction linocuts and Alberta landscapes for you to browse.
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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Another recent #bird print! This time it is 2 Northern House Wrens in an 8 layer reduction. Find it and more on my website (in profile). #letterpress #printmaking #linocut
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another letterpress printed reduction linocut. This one features the Rocky mountain foothills during the golden hour before sunset. #letterpress #linocut #reductionlinocut #art
Linocut print of a road heading towards sunset. The colours are all yellows with muted greens and greys.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I am pleased with how this American Robin print turned out. You can find it in my online shop now! #letterpress #birds #linocut #originalart
A letterpress printed linocut with an American Robin in the grass. There are rich green and orange colours.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Today is Trans Day of Visibility - a time where we can honour and support the transgender folks in our lives. There is still so much work to be done to be inclusive (and in many ways and places things have gotten worse in the past while). #transdayofvisibility #lovetranskids #translivesmatter
a postcard in pink, blue and white covered in hearts that reads "Love Trans kids"
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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
i really can not emphasize enough that the most materially impactful thing you can do for trans people right now is hire them.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
First print of the year! I am really pleased with how the shadows and light turned out on this one. www.michellewiebe.com/store/p42/Bl... Blue Monday 8"W x 10"H Oil Based Ink on Cotton Rag Paper Unframed Limited Edition Letterpress Printed Reduction Linocut
Reduction Linocut Landscape of a winter scene. Called "Blue Monday" it is an exploration of the different blue shadows cast on the snow.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This robin is heralding a fresh start and new beginning. There is a scaled pattern in the background, harmonizing the five reduction layers in this print. www.michellewiebe.com/store/p41/Ro...
A 5 Layer Linocut print of a robin in tones of yellow, orange and brown with a scallop patterned background. The title of this art is "Harbinger"
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
How nice of a print can you get from a Kelsey 6 x 10? This is what I got on my first try of making a 5 layer reduction linocut. Little janky on registration at times but it came together. Beautiful doesn't mean perfect. #birds #letterpress #linocut #printmaking
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Spent today messing about with an experiment in my inside studio. Too cold to print in the garage today. #letterpress #kelseypress #printing #linocut #reductionlinocut #birds
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
If you are like me and like to leave extra time for Christmas posts, now is the time to order prints from my shop. Remember, your purchases mean the world to small businesses like mine this time of year (Walmart won't miss it!) #birds #chickadee #linocut #letterpress #printmaking
A Black Capped Chickadee is perched on a branch with blue and yellow foliage behind it, maybe some snow. The name of the linocut is Frost Advisory.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
New #Linocut Reduction #Letterpress print. Foothills of the Rocky Mountains are a very special place in autumn. As you walk through the fields in the rural countryside, the breeze inevitably picks up and the leaves weave an intricate dance. #landscape #reductionlinocut #printamaking
A colourful landscape of trees overlooking the mountains in the distance. There are lots of golds and browns in the leaves to show that it is autumn.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
My heart on #transdayofremembrance as a resident of Alberta. #protecttranskids #translivesmatter
A colourful postcard in pink and blue with hearts everywhere that says "Love Trans Kids"
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If you see this, post your bird art. #birds #linocut #letterpress
A Canada Goose stands in front of a calm lake. The colours are muted and the work is printed with multiple layers of ink pulled from a linoleum block.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Time for another #letterpress #reduction #linocut #birds print! This one is of two Mourning Doves and passing of seasons. 9 layers of ink on Stonehenge paper. Limited edition of 28 - available on my website (link in profile)
Two mourning doves sit on a fence in the tall grass. It is autumn, so the colours of the grass have gone from lush green to yellows, rust and purple.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 13/10/2025
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment. Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.
He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10/10/2025
Printing presses kept their letters in cases. Capital letters went in the upper case. Smaller letters went in the lower case. This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’ Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press? MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
New #letterpress reduction #linocut print For a wonderful, brief part of summer the creek is lit up with the songs of Red-winged blackbirds. The males flit from different stalks of marshy plant life while looking for that perfect love interest, doing everything they can to get noticed.
Two red-winged blackbirds perched on some colourful marsh grasses
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My social media is filled with artists announcing that they are suspending shipments to the US when the de minimis tariff exemptions are removed August 29. This is devastating for a lot of small businesses. Canadian artists should find artworks still exempt from tariffs (in accordance with CUSMA)
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What Canadian artists need to know about US tariffs › CARFAC
The national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/05/2025
We're living through the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore, while the government stomps its uncaring boot on our necks. But there's an easy way to fight back: Care. I wrote about it: dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
pope from chicago (all things go, all things go)
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and now more than ever it's important to remember how much better our world is when people can live their lives without hiding a core part of themselves. #TDOV #TransRightsAreHumanRights
A letterpress printed poster with bright pink and blue hearts and black text. It reads "Trans Folks are Cool" The hearts in the background overlap  and alternate from upside down to right side up.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
ai art is like being a runner and youre excited for a marathon and youre training and then someone comes up and says 'why not use this new 'car tech' it can drive you to the finish line and youll have run the marathon without that pesky running'. then theyre confused when you say no and run instead
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Had the honor of speaking at today’s @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Philly. I spoke about the importance of breaking the right rules and harnessing chaos for the greater good.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Printing this guy was so much fun, the colours feel like those first few weeks of spring where the greens are still fresh. You can learn more or buy an original print here: www.michellewiebe.com/store/p26/Th... #birds #letterpress #linocut #printmaking #reductionlinocut
A bright green grey bird is perched on a branch the background is an abstract mix of green and pink lines.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Okay, I'll play! #printpromptmonday #flipped This #linocut is a very simplified version of a chi-rho page you might find in a manuscript. These #birds are doing all sorts of acrobatics.
Very simple black and white linocut print of three birds in flight. Their movement patterns form an x and p
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This song sparrow was so much fun to print because of the fluffy feathers, a very different texture from other birds I've printed. Find it here: www.michellewiebe.com/store/p23/Me... #linocut #reductionlinocut #Letterpress #linoprint #birds #Canadianbirding
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Song Sparrow Linocut Letterpress Print
Melody Maker8"W x 10"HOil Based Ink on Cotton Rag PaperUnframedLimited edition reduction linocut print Some birds are not only beautiful to listen to, they are beautiful to look at too! This song spar...
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I have been sorting through my studio and finding some little gems that can be listed in my shop. This charming little bird print is a 4" x 6" image printed on 5" x 7" paper. www.michellewiebe.com/store/p24/Bi... #birds #canadianbirding #linocut #printmaking
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Bird on Fence Linocut Mini Print
Bird on Fence5"W x 7"HOil Based Ink on Printmaking PaperUnframedLimited edition linocut print This charming little bird is perched on a fence with an abstract patterned background. Linocut is an artfo...
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Oh I really enjoyed playing with the colour layers on this one. www.michellewiebe.com/blog/new-wor... #linocut #birds #Canadianbirding #letterpress #reductionlinocut #bluejay
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New Work! Blue Jay Reduction Linocut
The first one to always notice when we have filled up our bird feeder is our local Blue Jay. He keeps watch so that he can be first in line during the winter months. Despite being far too large for...
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The morning light in my studio bathing my drying prints definitely makes me want to be productive. www.michellewiebe.com/blog/studio-... #letterpress #linocut #birds #birdart #printmaking
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Studio shot
Over Christmas we installed some more drying lines in my studio space so some of my slower drying reduction prints could happily take in the dry winter air while leaving my regular drying rack...
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
New reduction linocut! Gradations are tricky when you aren't doing a rainbow roll, LOL. www.michellewiebe.com/blog/new-wor... #Birds #Canadianbirding #linocut #letterpress #linoprint
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New Work! Cedar Waxwing Reduction Linocut
Have you ever experienced the winter visitation of a flock of Cedar Waxwings? I've had the pleasure a couple of times. They introduce themselves with a loud thrumming noise as they descend on their...
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I've been really trying to hone my skills doing reduction linocut. I've learned that taking the time at the outset to draft a roadmap of where I want the piece to go has been super helpful. I rely on my rough colour notes to move the work forward. #birds #letterpress #linocut #printmaking
Sketchbook and linoleum with a Cedar Waxwing image. The sketchbook image is watercoloured to show all the colour areas before the artist starts printing.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Someone you are guaranteed to run across in my neighbourhood is the magpies. I took some risks with the juxtaposition of blue and orange and it paid off in the end (with some nail biting around layer 5!). Find it here: ​http://www.michellewiebe.com/store/p20/Neighbourhood-watch.html
Linocut print of two magpies, one perched on a fence one on a tree. The colours are very bright, lots of blue, orange, green and black.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Printing a layer of desperately needed sunshine today.
A messy printmaking brayer rolls out bright sunshine yellow ink onto a piece of linoleum artwork.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Just a reminder if you needed one today. #Letterpress printed for some deeply loved people in my life. (For those of you who have the means of production, a reminder that we can use these tools to promote love. Let's try our best right now.)
Colourful poster with a background of pink and blue over-lapping hearts with bold black lettering that reads "Trans Folks are Cool"
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Postcard Trios are in the shop! I have a variety of sets listed in my shop, some of which will have proceeds benefiting related causes. Find them here: www.michellewiebe.com/shop.html #linocut #letterpressprinting #letterpresslove #postcards
Three colourful postcards featuring birds, a swallow, a robin and a black capped chickadee with patterned backgroundsThree colourful postcards with pink and blue hearts that read "LOVE TRANS KIDS"Three orange and black postcards; one with an orange t-shirt and feathers, another with a bridge and the last with a hawk to mark Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This is a great thing to do! It makes social media much more useable for folks with low vision and can provide context for anyone who wants to know more. Many of us try to only repost images with alt-text too. You can go to settings and require alt-text on images so you don’t forget.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Nuthatch Reduction Linocut - I have so enjoyed printing this piece. Playing with how the layers of ink interact to form the image has been super interesting. #letterpress #printmaking #Canadianbirding #linocut You can find it here: www.michellewiebe.com/store/p10/To...
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Nuthatch Linocut Letterpress Print
Topsy-Turvy8"W x 10"HOil Based Ink on Cotton Rag PaperUnframedLimited edition reduction linocut print The subject of this work, a Nuthatch, is a bird that I see in my yard and in my exploration of Alb...
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
What a good idea. This book is amazing.
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Michelle Wiebe @michellewiebe.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Northern Flicker Reduction Linocut, the subject is one that frequents my back yard and always astonishes me with how invisibly visible they are with their bright red markings. #addbirder #letterpress #Canadianbirding You can find it here: www.michellewiebe.com/store/p9/In-...
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Northern Flicker Linocut Letterpress Print
In Hiding8"W x 10"HOil Based Ink on Cotton Rag PaperUnframedLimited edition reduction linocut print The subject of this work, a Northern Flicker, is a bird that I see in my yard and in my exploration ...
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