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Mat Pringle

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Illustrator, Printmaker and Arts Facilitator. Portfolio - https://matpringle.co.uk Shop - https://matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · Apr 28

A statement regarding Unbound/Boundless.

Last week Unbound was scheduled to refund 8k of pledge money to people that had supported my book 'Singing Up the Sun'. Last week Unbound went into administration. Today I discovered the money won't be refunded. I'm mortified about the situation. I recommend you attempt to get refunds directly through your banks, credit card providers and Paypal etc. People are having some success with this approach. In the process of administration Unbound are rebranding as Boundless and sidestepping their debts to carry on business as usual. There are hundreds of authors who haven't been paid in over a year and now thousands of backers of book projects who won't be refunded. The whole thing is grotesque. I had hoped to take the project elsewhere but I'm starting with an 8k deficit of support and feeling reasonably broken about the entire shit show. For what it's worth I'm massively grateful for all the support and kind words I've received along the way. Thank you. x

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 5h

I’m sure you could with a little practice!

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks James! 🙌

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 8h

Do it!

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 8h

It’s all I know… thanks!

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 9h

And the plate for those of you that HATE moving visuals.

Lino plate of an illustrated harpy.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 9h

‘Harpy’ linocut print.

I wanted to combine the woodcut style of Aldrovandi’s harpy with the Yubaba bird from Spirited Away. SO I DID.

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#BLOCTOBER2

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 11h

This afternoon; Jon Wilks.

#nowplaying

Jon Wilks album ‘Needless Alley’ released by Grizzly Folk Records 2025.

Reposted by Mat Pringle

Jonathan Edwards @jontofski.bsky.social · 5d

My poster for City of the Dead (1960) for @hireillo.com’s Video Shop project. Ink and pencil. More info here - www.hireillo.com/announcement...

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch…! Tbf this is an antiquated no frills cinema in a seaside town. I buy a beer to support them, not because I enjoy a bottle of San Miguel…!

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 1d

Everyday is a cheap one at the Westgate cinema. Paid £5.45 for a fancy seat…!

Great film too!

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 1d

I’m the only one at the ‘One Battle After Another’ screening this evening. 🍿

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 1d

Ha!

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 1d

That missing bracket will haunt me to the grave… 💀

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 1d

‘Magpie (one for sorrow’ linocut print.

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#bloctober2 #linocut #printmaking

An illustrated linocut print of a magpie standing on top of a grave stone.

Reposted by Mat Pringle

Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 1d

Book Cover of the Day:

Black cover with gold bat in decoration, gold border design, The Vampyre, A Tale.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t have a great week… two Spurs defenders was always a silly move.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that kind of thing! I’m a bit off buying endless records off the internet these days.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 2d

When I say cheap I mean like £5-£10 in my local record shop…! But thanks. I’ll have another listen this week.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 2d

Need to revisit that. I recalled loving it at the time but never found a cheap copy to call my own.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 2d

‘Poor Old Horse’ linocut print.

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#BLOCTOBER2

Mari Lwyd inspired linocut print alongside the carved plate.

Reposted by Mat Pringle

Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 3d

Utterly smitten by these paper maché sculptures of creatures from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, rendered by Mexican American artist Roberto Benavidez observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

The grid: Roberto Benavidez’s playful piñatas | The Observer

The LA-based artist gives Bosch’s menacing menagerie a papier-mache makeover

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 3d

Or rather 🐁 🗡️

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 3d

🐁

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 3d

And the process video.

Check out @wyrdscience.bsky.social if you enjoy RPGs and tabletop gaming.

Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 3d

The illustrated linocut artwork for issue six of Wyrd Science.

#BLOCTOBER2

Linocut plate next to the two colour print featuring an illustrated skull wearing a crown, and two warrior mice standing on top.

Close up of the linocut skull.

The magazine cover.