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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 10h

Chough hunting on the White Cliffs of Dover take 2. Partial success...saw and heard Choughs in flight a-high, but did not manage to get any photos. But, just look at this magnificent honking and cronking Raven I saw and photographed!! King of the Corvids!! Very happy!

A Raven with its beak open making a honking noise on the edge of a white cliff.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 23h

Come and see the print and us at the Grain Store Studio just outside Faversham this weekend, take the Brenley Lane off Brenley Corner roundabout and follow the signs! We're open 10-3 both days. Printers, Potters, Crocheters, Basket Makers we've got it all!

Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 23h

Fresh batch of Oyster Bay House linoprints printed and thankfully dry, all ready for East Kent Artists' Open Houses this weekend.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing Dawn Cole who will be participating in For the Love of Print. Dawn works in many different print methods including Engraving, Etching, Cyanotype and Mono. Her most recent work is a project to record her late Mother's artificial flowers collection in beautiful hand coloured engravings.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 2d

I found out that a relative of mine was hung by the Executioner Pierrepoint. After writing that sentence, I'm not sure it counts.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 2d

Meet Catriona Clayson at For the Love of Print Fair on 1st November at the Assembly Rooms Faversham. Catriona is an Artist Printmaker and Print Technician who works predominantly in Screen, Riso and Relief Print.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 3d

A fascinating connection was Gavin Maxwell, the author of Ring of Bright Water. He lived a reclusive life in Scotland with his pet otters, and his personal life was marred by challenges, including his illegal homosexuality and a complicated, unrequited (by him) love affair with poet Kathleen Raine.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 3d

This book is exactly the kind of nature writing I love - it's a comprehensive exploration of the otter's behavior, its relationship with humans, and the author's personal experiences. It's also filled with vivid descriptions of landscapes and intriguing cultural connections.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 3d

After encountering wild otters in Norfolk, I've become thirsty for knowledge about them, so typically for me I've bought a few books. I've just finished reading Otter Country. While reading, I've been working on a linocut design of an otter, which I'm still refining.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 4d

One more layer to go and this batch of the edition will be finished just in time for East Kent Artists' Open Houses kicking off this weekend - thankfully the brochure photo wasn't mis-information!

Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 4d

Meet Josh Taplin a recent graduate of UAL Camberwell who works in Mono, Lino and Riso Print and will be taking part in For the Love of Print. Come along to see more of wonderful Josh's work.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 5d

I've seen them in Cornwall most years and Pembrokeshire in May last year! I'm trying to see the newly re-established ones in Kent.

Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 5d

To Dover to observe cliffs and seek Choughs. No Choughs, but plenty of Jackdaws found. Apparently the Chough activity is focused around the Castle so I'm planning a visit there very soon.

A view across fields and trees to Dover Castle.

A path along the cliffs and part of the white cliffs of Dover and sea.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 6d

New! Snowy Night at the Cinema linoprint. Inspired by a night at this this cinema with my love seeing Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. The end of the film was met with joyful applause and as we stepped out into the night snow flurries fell. It felt like we too were in a film handmadebyhaggy.etsy.com

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 8d

Single handedly responsible for the Riso Revolution in Faversham, of course Goose Studio will be taking part in For the Love of Print. Sarah will be bringing her own work, plus the work of some of the Riso clubbers! Come and learn more on 1st November at Assembly Rooms Faversham.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 8d

Must remember to always turn to drawing. Feeling bored? Draw. Feeling ill? Draw. Feeling sad? Draw. It always makes me feel better.

A pencil drawing of an Eurasian Otter under water.

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 10d

So happy to have the lovely Uli Jaeger at For the Love of Print. Uli makes magical prints using so many print methods: Screen, Riso, Mono, Etching, Aquatint, she certainly deserves her place at the Print Fair!! Come along on November 1st to see more!

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 11d

...Now living by the sea my imaginary world of sea dwelling folk has emerged. Aubrey Beardsley’s monochromatic line fascinates me, the form and flow. I am now exploring these lines for myself."

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 11d

In her own beautiful words: "My interest and practice in printmaking has bought me in the last years to Lino. I have had a lasting fascination with the illustrations by Arthur Rackham and have collected Victorian seaside postcards for many years....

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 11d

Very excited to have Jo Oakley taking part in For the Love of Print. Do come along to Assembly Rooms Faversham on 1st November to see more of her work!

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 12d

Take 2! Here's my second attempt at the key block for my current linocut design. After reviewing the previous version (second photo), I realised my Choughs' shapes weren't quite right. So, I've re-cut the block over the past few days and I'm much happier with this version (first photo). Onwards!

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 12d

These beautiful sensitive prints were made by beginners at my last Tetrapak workshop. This innovative printing technique uses the inside surface of juice and milk cartons to make prints. I'm running another workshop on November 8th, with all the details on the last photo. Come and give it a try!

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 13d

It was so much fun to teach them colour!!!

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Emma, they'd all done a little bit of one colour before, but not colour! 😊

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 13d

Just had the best day teaching a brilliant group Multi-block Colour Linoprint. Their prints are amazing!!

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