New Lino Printed Cards for Folksy

Tattoo Inspired Lino Printed Cards

Andy's latest Tattoo by Adam Machin

Selection of Tattoo inspired lino Printed cards

My husband Andy has recently had his body adorned with amazing tattoos by Tattoo Artists Adam Machin  and Danny Rossiter which have inspired my latest collection of Lino Printed cards for my Folksy shop. 

These cards are in the style of Sailor Jerry.

Anchor Tattoo lino printed card

Sailor Girl Tattoo inspired lino printed card

Lucky Cards Tattoo inspired lino printed cards

Sailor Jerry inspired lino printed cards

Lucky Deck Tattoo inspired set of lino printed cards

Sailor Jerry Anchor Tattoo inspired set of lino printed cards

Check out:

Adam Machin

and

Danny Rossiter


and my shop on Folksy:


Amanda's Folksy Shop

Precious Commodities - Mishka Henner - Open Eye Gallery Liverpool

Precious Commodities Launch Night 

Invite to the Exhibition Launch

Precious Commodities is the name of Artist Mishka Henners new Solo Exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool, presenting works including US Feedlots, Giant Oil Field, and erased masterpieces.

Beef and Oil 

'A Birds Eye view of Modern Life's most Precious Commodities'

Front cover of Vice Magazine

Mishka Henner with two of his US feedlot series. Tascosa Feedyard and Randall County Feedyard.

 Randall County Feedyard, Amarillo, Texas – One quarter-pound hamburger patty takes more than six pounds of grain, 52 gallons of water, 74 square feet of land, and 1000 BTUs of fossil fuel to produce

Mishka Henner with his  Giant Oil Field 

Brahaney Oil Field, Plains, Texas

Brahaney Oil Field, Plains, Texas – One 42-gallon barrel of crude oil yields approximately 19 gallons of gasoline. 

Tascosa Feed Yard, Bushland, Texas

Tascosa Feed Yard, Bushland, Texas – There were about 31 million beef cows in the US as of 2011, and 27 million feeder calves on their way to becoming meat. The country exported 2.78 billion pounds of beef that year, worth a total of $5.04 billion. 

Erased masterpieces

“What a poem this is, what poems can be written about this book of pictures some day by some young new writer high by candlelight bending over them describing every gray mysterious detail, the gray film thatcaught the actual pink juice of human kind. “ 

- From the  introduction by Elisabeth Tonnard.

Less Americains 2013 Hardback - by Mishka Henner
Edition of 350. Get your copy here

Christmas Concert at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Had a wonderful night on Monday, 3rd of December. My son Joe was performing with his band along with his school  choir at A Christmas Celebration Concert at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, in aid of the Meningitis Trust

Marple Hall School Choir and Band

Joe playing the drums for his school band

The performance went very well, the choir singing beautifully accompanied by the lively band. Other performers included Tom Spence a singer, Gillian Dolan and Appu Rudralingam on piano and violin, The Actors' Lab and their performance of The Twelve Days of Christmas, and the Liverpool Walton Band of the Salvation Army all coming together in support to raise awareness and funding for the Meningitis Trust. To make a difference visit www.meningitischangesfutures.co.uk, or on Twitter @meningitistrust, and Facebook 'The Meningitis Trust'

My New Cards For Christmas

I have been busy this week with my new Lino Printed Christmas Cards. 

Finished cards drying

Red, Red Robin

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Sparkly Snowflake

My Lino Printed Cards on my Folksy Page 'Hand Made'

Sunset First of November

Beautiful sunset after a very gloomy day in Manchester

Manchester Skies

Wintry Skies in Manchester

A picture taken today 1/11/12 on my way into Manchester to see an exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery

The First Cut Exhibition:Manchester Art Gallery

Rob Ryan 

Beatrice Coron

Manuba Hangai

My husband and I took our children to see The First Cut Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery recently featuring 31 International Artists who cut, sculpt and manipulate paper. My favorite artist is Rob Ryan British Visual Artist who specialises in paper cutting, screen printing, drawing and painting. There are some amazing works of art to see, below is a vimeo video of Rob Ryan