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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 22h

"A new shape II" wood engraving

#fox #wolf #print #printmaking #illustration #shapeshifter

a wood engraving print in black ink on off white paper. the print shows a crouching wolf or fox like creature with human arms. it has a marbled pattern on its body.

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 1d

for a new zine...

#illustration #zine #folklore #drawing

six drawings in ink and pencil of either wolves with human faces, or people wearing wolf costumes. they are different shades of green and brown, laid out on green paper.

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 3d

"A New Shape" - wood engraving

#art #illustration #satyr #faun #forest #folklore #printmaking #print

a wood engraving of a figure draped in a pattern like marbled paper. on their head they wear a mask with long ears and spiked horns or antlers. there are pale trees in the background. it is printed in black ink on off white paper.

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 5d

birch tree

#illustration #sketch #drawing

a sketch of a birch tree and undergrowth in green acrylic paint, brown ink and white gouache on green card

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 13d

P.S. i have put the usa back on (for now) but i can't say how long shipping is taking at the moment...

Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 15d

So deactivating shipping to the USA during the tariffs uncertainty seems to have killed my etsy shop, even though most of my orders were to the UK... if you like folklore zines please have a look! www.etsy.com/shop/RightVi...

#folklore #folk #folklorefolks #zine #collage #printmaking

the front and back covers of the zine by thy shape II: monsters and mirabilia - exploring queer fluidity and liminality through folklore magic and monsterhood. the zines are illustrated with collages of drawings and found images

the front cover of the zine "i weird ye" a new folk tale, illustrated with a collage of marbled paper and an ink drawing of a horned and hoofed monster with a wolf like face

The front cover of the zine "by thy shape" which explores monsterhood, otherness, gender and queer history through shape-shifters and folklore, illustrated with a collage of linocut prints showing eels, snakes, wolf and bear heads

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Sep 8

me & my zines/ prints will be at HalloZine fair at the National Library of Scotland on Saturday the 18th of October from 11:00am to 4:00pm :)

#zine #folklore #printmaking #edinburgh

HalloZINE FAIR Tablers | Coin Operated Press

Spooky scary skeletons invite you to sink your fangs into all things zine at the Coin-Operated Press spooktacular HALLOZINE FAIR!

www.coinoperatedpress.com

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Aug 7

*by thy shape II

Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Aug 7

from "by they shape II" zine. the text is from: Mercurio, M. (2020) "Queer Moon Rising: Introducing the Werewolf Reread", the Ancilliary Review of Books

#illustration #zine #collage #folklore #monster #werewolf #queertheory

a collage of two wolf heads drawing in pen and ink and some leaf shapes cut from marbled paper. the text above is typed on a typewriter and reads: most often, however, werewolves figure as gender and sexual dissidents, particularly as they represent non-binary embodiments and desires. Their transformations demonstrate the malleability of bodies and their meanings.

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Jul 30

Here's another little sketchbook/ doodle comic - unfinished because i've been working on for-print projects and wood engraving... i will come back to it one day i promise

#comic #illustration #ghost #vampire #alien #fae

Stix & Ashes

Part one - Blam Blam

stixandashes.thecomicseries.com

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Jul 15

A few years ago i made this little story about a creature made from a lump of clay - it was for fun so there is no print copy. You can read it here instead!

#zine #folklore #collage #illustration #comics

the lump

the lump cover

thelump.thecomicseries.com

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Jul 6

Selkie - wood engraving, 2025

#printmaking #print #illustration #folklore #selkie #woodengraving

a wood engraving in black ink on cream paper of a selkie - a seal skin draped over a human body, only arms and one foot visible. the background is solid black and the seal has white spots and speckles on its back.

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Jan 15

Collage of linocuts, wood engraving and drawings from last year.

#folklore #satyr #faun #collage #illustration #woods #forest

Colage of linocut satyrs and leaves, drawn trees, with the text "It is merry walking in the fayre forest, to heare the smal birds songe. to se dere draw to the dale, and leve the hilles hee, Vnder the grene-wode tre."

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Jan 5

One more page from "I Weird Ye"

#folklore #illustration #collage #zine

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Dec 15

Finished collage for "I Weird Ye". i lettered it & printed it digitally after scanning the original collage/ handmade book

#folklore #illustratuion #zine #collage

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · May 27

I made a new zine! It's full of advice on how allies can work alongside trans people to take action in the current moment, lovingly cut-and-pasted over the words of my enemies. Plus lots of nice pictures and memes.

Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!

PDF zine: But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic

This is the latest version of a zine I have distributed at wormboys gigs over the last couple of years. I’ve recently updated it to address recent events, including the April 2025 Supreme Cou…

ruthpearce.net

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · May 16

But it's not over yet!

Now we need as many people as possible to write to the Scottish Government and tell them to change this decision.

Add your voice 👇

Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW

Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW -

greens.scot

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · May 8

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Jan 20

Wood engraving on two different papers, 2024
#folklore #illustration #satyr #faun #printmaking #letterpress

A wood engraving of a faun or satyr walking along a cracked and overgrown road with trees in the background, printed in black ink on green paper with a letterpress printed caption: the right to roam

A wood engraving of a faun or satyr walking along a cracked and overgrown road with trees in the background, printed on white paper in black ink with a letterpress printed caption: the right to roam

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · May 8

all of my other posts have alt text. posting while distracted for this one + can't edit!

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · May 7

You can see some of my wood engravings in person at the 199th Royal Scottish Academy annual exhibition in Edinburgh until the 8th of June

www.rsaannualexhibition.org/viewing-room...

#art #edinburgh #satyr #faun #folklore #printmaking #illustration

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Apr 27

Cheese Well print - wood engraving, 2024.
The Cheese Well is located on the Southern Upland Way, supposedly it was traditional to leave a piece of cheese for the fairies. These days there are (not biodegradable) pennies left instead.

#printmaking #scotland #folklore #illustration #print

a wood engraving print in dark green ink on off white paper. the print shows a stone with the words cheese well and a thistle carved on it, another stone upright like a small gravestone and a tiny spring of flowing water, among leaves and heather

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Apr 9

linocuts, for By Thy Shape II

#satyr #faun #zine #folklore #illustration

three linocuts of the faces of fauns, with long hair and spiky or wavy horns and lidded eyes. printed in dark green ink on brown paper

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Apr 1

selkie, from By Thy Sape II

#folklore #illustration #collage #zine #pamphlet #ballad #folk

a collaged illustration of two selkies - one covered with the head and upper fins of a seal, with one arm protruding and one crawling on human hands and feet with the skin of a seal draped over its back, hiding its head. the drawings are in pen and ink in tones of brown, and the background is brown paper with strips of blue and yellow marbled paper. the text reads: "i am a man upo' the land, and i am a silkie in the sea" and is from the ballad "the great silkie of sule skerry"

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Mar 30

the images were sourced through the public domain review and met museum open source image libraries :)

the zine is an essay illustrated with collage, and you can find it here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

www.etsy.com

Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · Mar 30

collage from By Thy Shape II - found images. i haven't used a lot of found images before (usually a printmaker and use my prints and original drawings for collage) but i have repetetive strain in my hands and wrists! this made illustrating the zine a bit less painful!

#folklore #zine #illustration

a collage of found images mixed with marbled paper. there is a medieval woodcut of a woman covered in hair captioned 'the maid all hairy', and a partially disected torso showing intestines, two woodcut deer, a turtle, and celestial imagery

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