Jai Bess

Linocut and block print artist, pretending to live the Good Life from a tiny house in Bristol.

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finished a month back and some how truer today than then.
lots of profound thoughts have been shared over the last couple weeks.  it's been lovely, inspiring and somewhat daunting. my words feel particularly small.
my brilliant partner works in intensi… https://t.co/0Ijr0lFsWj

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buttery wood and many, many tiny feathers. ⠀
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the peeling sound is the best moment of the whole process

and for the lovely people asking, the shop will reopen next week. probably. https://t.co/XA1UqZ9ps6

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moving to a small house with FOUR apple trees, this last year we've lived the glorious debauched lives of apple gluttons. cakes, juice, cider, crumble and pie. we've made and, more importantly, eaten it all. ⠀
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last weekend we wassailed with our vil… https://t.co/96irbtXRpM

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The shop is closed for Christmas and I am ready for it.
In these worrying days I've been so grateful for this platform. All those voices putting out work and words, maybe not of hope but of resilience, have been heartening and comforting.
I've also be… https://t.co/HqI11I6EQE

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just a dull but essential, no pressure reminder that the last shipping dates for arrival before christmas are approaching.
international orders will go out by the 12th, UK folks have until Weds 18th. then I'm closing up the shop until January. https://t.co/pSDwy636Vg

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an ode in progress to the many roosters, each named Bertie, tended and feared over the years. https://t.co/PkOc3dbzGj

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a soon to be paper-bunting-with-paper-string gift for a soon to be goddaughter (or naming day equivalent) who isn't a yet a year, but has many strong feelings about hot air balloons. https://t.co/xXHPCMMJfC

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Pride and resilience, here on my table.
And lots of thoughts. thoughts about selling in the face of ruinous consumption balanced with the joy of sending out these words, hoping they'll reside on walls in homes that share these values.
Thoughts about th… https://t.co/DtE72PI2hE

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drying rack full. kitchen table full. emergency string and pegs back up around the house.
working from home is the best if everyone loves a floor-picnic when supper time comes around. ('invest' is in the shop, 'save' will follow tomorrow). https://t.co/X6iYFTcUuW

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a crown thief hobbit child and a fresh painted wall, making the dirty plug somehow dirtier. https://t.co/dx4CccWxVw

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a new print, my favourite in a while. I've listed a small handful as well as a couple other new pieces in the shop.
now, to snuffle the snuffly babe and finish another lumi sock. my 17th this year. https://t.co/tkJbfJPoH5

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autumn in a triangle.
another from the bunting set requested by the small boy. https://t.co/01X2ePNY5M

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today from a forgiving garden https://t.co/pH12MGIB67

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a homage to the girls who continue to tend the flowers in spite of our ongoing thievery. (bunting made for a small boy who required ‘pretty flags’ for a tree house celebration he organised last week) https://t.co/r8Kan3H0sq

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a slow and humbling process, a new skill picked out in small pockets of space. carved with covetous thoughts of the beautiful garden across the road.
perhaps I shall become the Fagin of the village, sending my children beyond the fence to collect from … https://t.co/tXdxVd9C1d

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the season where every walk becomes a high summer tea gathering pilgrimage https://t.co/pdU7ynTFsu

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Finally there are a small handful of these in the shop once more 🌱 https://t.co/HSjl41PqS4

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Fastidious, glorious, five and 'a half and a little bit'. https://t.co/VovaGIhfdQ

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I’ve lost my black ink but I’m not sorry about it. Dark raw umber bought to you by a decision making process that will always choose garden time over sorting out the house. https://t.co/nF5QfP6csq