Blimey April 30th at the Docks and 19C...wow..

the PMC are now on Bluesky @printmakerscouncil.bsky.social

Studio stuff....maybe next book project and Morison prints ready for binding...

lovely to be back at the Docks for the new season...a brisk 13c but lovely..and I got to ride the new bike/bus through the recently opened SilverTown tunnel...fun

at last made it to the Mithrauem & the Lost River sculpture...fab

Yes …absolutely…

Studio Stuff....

Understanding The Labour Government’s Growth and Skills Levy  - Corndel

useful overview...hello CPD, goodbye L7 apprenticeships...

www.corndel.com/news/underst...

its not been a fun week...but he will be remembered with great fondness and love

Early morning at the studio offloading sugar at Tate & Lyles

NEW on Wonkhe: Amer Alwarea calls for a rethink in how arts-led impact in the creative industries is recognised buff.ly/OvI3wuc

enjoyable, complex and a horrifying description of the destruction of our solar system...

Caroline's fundraiser for The Brain Tumour Charity Help Caroline Rushen raise money to support The Brain Tumour Charity

for my younger brother, who fought a battle with a stage 4, Glioblastoma but this type of cancer is just unstoppable...research is the way forwards, we must do better in early detection and mitigation of cancer.

www.justgiving.com/page/battlin...

Lovely spring-ish day in London...biking home from the studio on the Thames path, looking towards Canary Wharf and looking towards the Thames Barrier

studio Saturday....

Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem isn’t something I ever thought I’d see, but this is what happens when you let a psychopath criminal with isolationist and protectionist policies back into the White House.

yep...tasty, sliced & fried

Oh...to 'qualify' you have to have at least 2 life threatening, life shortening conditions...luckily I have 3😀

ah yes...1390...

bright and cold from Hilly Fields..Canary Wharf to the right, City of London to the left

ohh....neat...

Love the NHS's name for the clinic I recently attended....the 'Multi-Morbidity Clinic'...and actually the Dr. was really nice..🙃👍

OK back to work...first off... I'd forgotten how horrible the drive is from home to work..its only 40 miles but I feel like I've lived a Mad Max car chase for 90 mins

ancestry catch up...what is it with all the Johns & Henry's.....

Direct male side:

me, Ernest, Harold, James, Henry, William, John, John, John, John, William, John, Henry, Henry, Henry, William, Robert, John, John (b1390)

not what I was expecting...very good...

West Runton beach...blooming cold....

After working at UAL when Nigel was VC I'm sure he will come up with some collaborative, pragmatic and sensible outcomes...

excellent..Thank You

Engravings discovered on reverse of copper plates thought to be the earliest produced by William Blake

For those who missed the press around the William Blake discoveries (mentioned in our previous post), catch up here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...

attended THE awards last week in Birmingham...it was a bit surreal...but good fun