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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · Jul 27

Francisco Goya (1746-1828) — Capricho #34 (“Sleep overcomes them.”), #35 (“She fleeces him.”), #36 (“A bad night.”), and #37 (“Might not the pupil know more?”) — etchings with aquatint.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · Jul 28

They say the reason people cant go onto the quay this week is a swarm of bees. We all know that's bollocks. The real reason is the fisher folk don't want anyone to know they are taking out to sea to pay their tidal tithe with. – Julie Bindon #VOH

A board on a quayside onto which a piece of paper has been attached which reads: NO PEDESTRIAN ACCESS DUE TO A LARGE SWARM OF BEES!!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · Jul 27

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

newatlas.com

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · May 24

Lynda Sayce plays a piece of lute music that was recently discovered in an archival document at the Museum Plantin-Moretus. Since the handwritten lute tablature was folded and reused as scrap paper, it's problaby the first time in 400 years that this music is heard.

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Apr 25

I’m not sure if our time zones overlap. Will this be recorded? 🙏👀

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Apr 3

Artists as the world economy crumbles around us

The Danny Devito Egg In This Trying Time meme, with the egg replaced with one of my prints. Please keep buying prints from artists. They're probably less expensive than US eggs at this point.

#Art #ArtSky

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 21

Another A4, 2 colour risograph print I did, in Bright Red and Federal Blue.
#printsky #printmaking #risograph

A4, 2 colour risograph print I did, in Bright Red and Federal Blue. Depicts a bowl of red soup with alphabet letters that say "Eat Up Bitch." At the top of the page, it says "Soup of the Day."

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 16

Spotted walking the dog. Wish I’d had a long lens with me.

A facade of a beautifully renovated traditional Maltese house with a contemporary approach. A dark green car is parked in front of the house, and the green of the car compliments the matte sage green of the front door and garage door.

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 14

A3, 3 colour cheeky risoprint I had done a while ago.

#printmaking #printsky #risoprint #risograph

An A3, 3 colour risoprint of 4 lovehearts that individually say "Spank me," "Eat Shit," "Fuck Off," and "Get Lost." The Lovehearts are pink, orange and yellow with red text.

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · Mar 10

"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?"

Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Mar 10

Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?

Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life

Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin Americ...

www.irishexaminer.com

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 11

Genuinely, your prints are fantastic! Money’s a bit tight for a lot of people sadly.

Chin up, I’m wishing you every success 🌻

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 11

How does anyone start a new business?? Or buy a riso printer???

Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 11

After spending months writing my business grant application to buy a riso printer and open a shop….i just realized that there’s a teeny tiny clause that I might not be able to because the grant is only 10k, and a whole ass riso business is a lot more than that…

#risoprint
#risograph

Text of a clause from a grant application basically saying you can’t apply for cofunding from anywhere else if you apply for this grant.

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you! 🌸

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you! 🌻

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 11

Had made this 2 colour shrimp linoprint to go with the crab and lobster print I posted previously.

All my immediate family members are born in July, so I made a set of crustacean prints for them.

#printmaking #printsky #linoprinting

A farmed, 2 colour linoprint in red on fluoroescent pink of 2 shrimp circling each other.

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 10

I need to do more simple prints like this, with a really popping background colour, and a dark print for contrast. This was carved into some really crumbly rubber.

#printmaking #printsky #linoprinting

A linoprint of a dead fish in black ink on top of a rolled out, neon pink rectangle.

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is an A3 linoprint I had made of my family cat Kishka, who sadly passed away of cat flu a few years ago. She was the funniest, feral thing on four legs (and I was her favourite, but you didn't hear it from me.)
#printmaking #printsky #linoprinting

Blue A3 linoprint of a cat surrounded by a circle of flowers and leaves, with one eye squinting.

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is the first screenprint I’ve ever made! I miss screenprinting sooooo much, but I just haven’t had the time to get my studio set up started

#printmaking #printsky #screenprint

A neon orangeey pink screenprint of a lucky cat giving a “rock on” hand gesture with the text GOOD LUCK BAD LUCK framing it. It’s holding a yen coin that says “Better luck next time.”

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thank you! And yes, it’s amazing to see so many printmakers in one place 🥹

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thank you!! I LOVE to print with neon!!

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 5

I know I have many dreams and these often change with the winds, but I would love to start a printing kulturhus in Malta. All kinds of printing, with a little attached cafe of course, because what historically goes better together than the spread of information and coffee house culture??

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 5

and yep, I had to delete the previous post because I forgot to put the hashtag ^^"

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Michelle Gruppetta @funeralbiscuit.bsky.social · Mar 5

Finally trying to get my bsky acc off the ground!

I'm Michelle, and I'm a Previz artist by day and a printmaker by night! I love to do all kinds of printing, from lino, to silkscreen to riso!

I'm also the founder of PrintFest CPH and am trying to open a risoprint shop in Malta!

#printmaking

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