Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>A 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.</p><p>The word 'Ostentation' is in a rather rococo and ostentatious typeface.<br>🧵<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/peacocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacocks</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>termsOfVenery</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a></p>