Sigmoid Social

Ele Willoughby, PhD“Parliament” is in a gothic script. “Owls” has an owl eye for ‘o’ and the remaining letters are 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.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owls</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/screechOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screechOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/GreatHornedOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatHornedOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BarnOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarnOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InternationalOwlAwarenessDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalOwlAwarenessDay</a> 🧵2/2<a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4337673774" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4337673774</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDof the words. "Parliament" is in a gothic script. "Owls" has an owl eye for 'o' and the remaining letters are 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.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owls</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/screechOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screechOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/GreatHornedOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatHornedOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BarnOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarnOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a> <a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4337673774" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4337673774</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThis <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> shows an obstinacy of buffalo in all senses of the words. The collective noun for a group of buffalo is a "obstinacy". Clearly, these are hard-headed beasts. These ones have drawn a line in the sand. I dare you to cross it. Technically, these are American bison (Bison bison), known colloquially in North America as 'buffalo'. These mighty beasts were once obiquitous across the Great Plains. 🧵1/2<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/buffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buffalo</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bison</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDI 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. <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ptintmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ptintmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wolves</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/reliefPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reliefPrint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a> <a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/692717923" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/692717923</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThis linocut shows a smack of jellyfish. The collective noun for a group of jellyfish is a "smack". This amuses me, because I imagine them smacking their tentacles together in some sort of deepsea high five. To be honest, marine biologists speak of 'blooms' and we do tend to lump in a bunch of soft-bodies marine creatures into the term jellyfish, all of the gelatinous zooplankton in fact....🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jellyfish</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertebrate</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDAnother of my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> print for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PollinatorWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PollinatorWeek</a>: 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), the yellow and purplish-pink Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), the Five-spotted Hawk Moth in brown with 🧵1/2<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moths</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDOne of my favourite <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> prints for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollinatorWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinatorWeek</a>:A kaleidoscope of butterflies! ⠀ 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) in this <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> kaleidoscope.⠀ ⠀ <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/101544426" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/101544426</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDA group of peacocks, like those in this linocut, are called 'an ostentation', for obvious reasons. I am making a series on the weird and wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (and other things). Some are evocative, some strange and obscure. This is the fourth in a series of such prints.The word 'Ostentation' is in a rather rococo and ostentatious typeface. 🧵 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/peacocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peacocks</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThis linocut shows a flamboyance of flamingos. The collective noun for a group of flamingos is a "Flamboyance". Isn't that perfect? And, ridiculously fun to say? Try it: "A flamboyance of flamingos." Alliterative, apt, succinct, this flaboyance of three pink and fuchsia flamingos are a chorus line of long-legged aquatic birds about to break out into a can-can routine. 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/flamingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flamingo</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDA group of bullfinches is a bellowing, & this linocut shows a bellowing bellowing, singing loudly. I am making a series on the weird & wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (& other things). Some are evocative, some strange & obscure. This is the third in a series of such prints.How could I resist a “bellowing” of bullfinches? We don’t actually have bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bullfinches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bullfinches</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThis linocut shows a crash of rhinos in all senses of the words. The collective noun for a group of rhinoceros is a "crash". Though would one really need multiple rhino before a "crash" would be a good description? Luckily, my crash of rhino are all on paper. These three are all headed for collision. The typography of the words represents their meaning; "crash" appears to implode and the stout letters of "Rhinos" 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rhino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhino</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rhinoceros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhinoceros</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDToday is also International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day and I for one, appreciate the corvids. They are extraordinarily intelligent birds! Here is my murder of crows, part of my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> series of collective nouns for animals series of prints. The raven is the official bird of the Yukon, in my print with the official flora, fireweed.Lastly my crow print, inspired by a photo my husband took.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/crow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crow</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/raven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raven</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Yukon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yukon</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mapArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDPart 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.<a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/106790055" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/106790055</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Easter</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nest</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bunnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bunnies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDI think all the owls in my Parliament of Owls are superb! <a href="https://spore.social/tags/superb_owl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superb_owl</a> I love the whimsical terms of venery for groups of animals and have an ongoing series of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> prints. For my parliament of owls I made two columns of local owls - you can decide for yourself which are the government and which the loyal opposition in this parliament! Specifically chose some gothic <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> and Owl with 👁 and 🪶 🧵1/n <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owls</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a>

Anthony DardisTIL what "terms of venery" means <a href="https://fediphilosophy.org/tags/termsofvenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsofvenery</a> eg. "a kaleidoscope of butterflies"words for organizing hunting, from venari, to go game hunting, or to hunt<a href="https://spore.social/@minouette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@minouette</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a> prompt flyer, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/artadventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artadventCalendar</a> and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertefest</a> this final week of the year: my kaleidoscope of butterflies. Kaleidoscope is the wonderful name or term of venery for a group of butterflies so I designed this print to match the symmetrical images you can see in a kaleidoscope. There are three each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), 🧵1/2 ⠀ <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsofvenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsofvenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insect</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtAdventCalendar</a> 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 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> prints. For my parliament of owls I made two columns of local owls - you can decide for yourself which are the …🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owls</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sawwhet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sawwhet</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/screechOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screechOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BarredOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarredOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/LongEaredOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LongEaredOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BarnOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarnOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/GreatHornedOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatHornedOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WorldJellyfishDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldJellyfishDay</a> & the 1st prompt, dangerous, for Blobfest month of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a> it’s a smack of jellyfish!The collective noun for a group of jellyfish is a “smack”. This amuses me, because I imagine them smacking their tentacles together in some sort of deepsea high five. To be honest, marine biologists speak of ‘blooms’& we do tend to lump in a bunch of soft-bodies marine creatures into the term jellyfish, 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jellyfish</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor the 2nd <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Spacetober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spacetober</a> prompt: Moon. The delightful term for a group of moths is an eclipse. This hand-printed lino block print shows 5 of the noctural moths of Ontario in front of the moon at a lunar eclipse. The 5 moths are: the gorgeous green Luna moth (Actias luna), the yellow & purplish-pink Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), 🧵1/n <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moth</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eclipse</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ontario</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WorldRhinoDay2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldRhinoDay2024</a> it’s my crash of rhinos from my terms of venery series. This day is meant to highlight conservation issues faced by the five species of rhinos and address the dangers of poaching and habitat loss.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rhinoceros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhinoceros</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rhino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhino</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/worldRhinoDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldRhinoDay</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a>

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