My linocuts print shows a golden brown nest filled with bunny rabbits and the words “A nest of Rabbits” in black. The n and t are linked by a curve and e and s are oval so the word nest looks like a line drawing of eggs in a nest. The letters in “Rabbits” mimic the shape of seated rabbits, rabbit heads from above or rabbit noses with whiskers.

It still feels cold for spring here but it’s a week until Easter so I am thinking about a nest of rabbits, part of my terms of venery series of linocuts for collective names for animals.

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photo of 6 months of the postcards calendar on an oak tabletop with triangular prism wooden ruler for scale. The postcards feature my terms of venery (collective noun for animals) linocuts: an improbability of puffins, a crash of rhinos, a bellowing of bullfinches, a nest of rabbits, a kaleidoscope of butterflies and a tower of giraffes

Some are evocative, some strange and obscure. This is the 8th in a series of such prints.

I still have some of my Terms of Venery 2026 postcard calendars available! Get one while you can

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For my linocut parliament of owls I made two columns of local owls - like government an which the loyal opposition in this parliament in a tree printed in black against a dark grey evening sky! It reads “A parliament of owls” in gothic lettering and the word Owl is made with an eye and feathers. Right to left and top to bottom the owls are: Northern saw-whet, Eastern screech, Barred, long-eared, Barn and Great Horned owl. They are printed in shades of brown on white chine collé paper on the grey background.

I’m going to share prints I completed this year until the end of 2025 and today it’s my Parliament of Owls linocut. Find them all on sale this week at minouette.etsy.com!

I love the whimsical terms of venery for groups of animals and have an ongoing series of #linocut #termsOfVenery prints. 🧪🐡

right to left and top to bottom: the Eastern screech, Northern saw-whet, long-eared, Barred, Great Horned and the American Barn owls.

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feathered. The owls are, right to left and top to bottom: the Eastern screech, Northern saw-whet, long-eared, Barred, Great Horned and the American Barn owls.

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I love the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure.

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My linocut print of moon at lunar eclipse in oranges and brown against a very dark sky behind 5 moths: the gorgeous green Luna moth (Actias luna), the yellow and purplish-pink Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), the Five-spotted Hawk Moth in brown with orange spots (Manduca quinquemaculata), the red-orange, black and cream Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo), and the black and white White Underwing (Catocala relicta). In white it reads “An eclipse of” above and “moths” below. I designed the typefaces to suggest the meaning of the words. "Eclipse" is full of crescent moon shapes. "Moths" is written in moth shapes.

Another of my #termsOfVenery print for #PollinatorWeek: The delightful term for a group of moths is an eclipse. 🐡🧪🦋This hand-printed lino block print shows 5 of the noctunral moths of Ontario in front of the moon at a lunar eclipse. The 5 moths are: the gorgeous green Luna moth (Actias luna), 🧵

This lino block print is printed in black ink on Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper 12.5 inches by 12 inches, or 31.7 cm by 30.5 cm in dimension. Each butterfly involves 'chine collé' (collaged, delicate, Japanese paper) for their glorious colour. They are arrayed with a three-fold symmetry, like images in a toy kaleidoscope. There are three each of the orange Isabella's Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), three yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), and three blue Red-Spotted Purples (Limenitis arthemis astyanax). There is text reading ‘A kaleidoscope of Butterflies’ with a butterfly for the f.

One of my favourite #termsOfVenery prints for #pollinatorWeek: 🧪🐡🦋

A kaleidoscope of butterflies!
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There are three each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), three yellow Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), and

not just their plumage which is ostentatious. Peacocks are cacophonous, proud and unruly animals, but they are very beautiful. I think they make a great subject for a print.

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necks, and their long, thin legs.

I love the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure.

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irrational eighth and sixteenth notes. So, I tried to illustrate my bellowing of bullfinches bellowing their songs in this fashion.

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My 11” x 14” linocut reads “A nest of RABBITS” in black ink with a brown nest filled with sleeping bunnies in the middle. The typography I designed so the words represents their meaning; "nest" mimics the shape of a bird's nest with egg-like 'e' and 's'; the word "rabbits" is made of rabbit-shaped letters and a nose-and-whisker 'T'.

Part of my series of terms of venery (collective nouns for animals) I always liked “a nest of rabbits” because it makes me think of eggs 🪺 and Easter (next week already) but of course, rabbits 🐇 do make nests.

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For my linocut parliament of owls I made two columns of local owls - like government an which the loyal opposition in this parliament in a tree printed in black against a dark grey evening sky! It reads “A parliament of owls” in gothic lettering and the word Owl is made with an eye and feathers. Right to left and top to bottom the owls are: Northern saw-whet, Eastern screech, Barred, long-eared, Barn and Great Horned owl. They are printed in shades of brown on white chine collé paper on the grey background.

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 22: I printed a new version of my Parliament of Owls linocut this year. 🐡🧪

I love the whimsical terms of venery for groups of animals and have an ongoing series of #linocut #termsOfVenery prints. For my parliament of owls I made 2 columns of local owls -you can decide for

The term of venery--the collective noun--for a group of angels is commonly given as a "choir"--or "flights" per Horatio to his "sweet prince" Hamlet. To my mind, the proper term is a shriek of angels.

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