man in the woods

This sounds a bit exciting for people who are into standing stones 🗿

A linocut print of a black leopard (or panther) with the words “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CREATURE?” underneath. It’s printed in black ink on off-white paper.

I made this linocut print as a tribute to the hundreds of mysterious big cat sightings reported every year in Britain. Have you seen this creature?

Thank you! 💧

Come with me for a rather wet Friday Walk: youtube.com/shorts/G3Jcv...

At this point I think we should just accept that hedgehogs are our national obsession and change England’s three lions to three furzy-pigs (that’s hedgehogs in some parts)

Four black cows, one made of card (with the word SOMERSET in white) and three made of wood

My collection of beasts in the studio

This sign is so low to the ground it *must* have been put up by the hedgehogs

Like mud? Then you might like this little bit I wrote for the Guardian

I almost feel stupid now for not thinking it was Two Swords!

Oh and this is the walk where I saw those hedgehog signs (and survived): youtube.com/shorts/hvxNa...

Maybe Robotnik put those signs up

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A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: HEDGEHOGS! AVOID!

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: BEWARE! HEDGEHOGS

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: BEWARE! HEDGEHOGS

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: HEDGEHOGS! AVOID!

I’m genuinely starting to fear hedgehogs

Ooh! 👂

A pair of decaying wooden gates, painted orange, patched with various bits of wood, and decorated with red signs and graffiti

This is one of my favourite gates in a road of garages near me. I’m not a painter but if I were one then I’d like to be able to use colour and shape this beautifully.

Absolute Units - The Museum of English Rural Life podcast Come for the big animals. Stay for fascinating and surprising stories about England's rural past, as told by our collections.

I really enjoyed the halloween episode of the @themerl.bsky.social’s podcast, Absolute Units.

It features another favourite podcaster of mine, Mark Norman of @folklorepod.bsky.social.

Have a listen here: merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

I want to visit!

This is fantastic! I love the statue

I did! Lucky I made it!

That was a spooky walk!

I very rarely feel uncomfortable on a walk but being surrounded by fog makes everything feel… other.

A bit like walking in the dark, you just don’t know what’s out there.

youtube.com/shorts/Qa0S_...

One vote for renaming @durotrigesdig.bsky.social the Belly Buttons

I actually quite like this drawing!

When can I move in?

Scenes of bitter rivalry from the traditional English sport of electing a new vicar

Here’s a page from my sketchbook where I planned out the linocut. I love to see the grids and rules people create when making a sign by hand. Often they result in a bit of awkwardness.

I made this little linocut as a tribute to the many wonderful handmade signs I’ve come across on my Friday Walk

Yes! Good recognising!

I also saw what is surely the best sign ever made:

I had great light for this week’s Friday Walk ✨ youtube.com/shorts/lsMOT...

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