[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-superhamster-wishes-you-a-happy-boxing-day":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I've been picking away at a piece of linoleum the past two days when I had a free moment, and I managed to print it. Behold, our noble house guest:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_superhamster_linocut1_zps72cab68b-9a73555f7b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI always like getting a peek at the actual block, not just the print. You get the ink to stick by rubbing the back of the paper with a spoon.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_superhamster_linocut3_zps9077617c-4ccfd3b82a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Superhamster, inspecting his new portrait. I think he likes it, but he commented that I've made his cheeks look slightly too bulgey.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_superhamster_linocut2_zps7551b303-8781edf45a.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nSuperhamster's owner, my studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.elissaelwick.co.uk/\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a>, was very keen that he should have his own prezzie on Christmas Day. He liked it very much. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/superhamster_seesaw_zpsbfe9234a-1302023812.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut he liked the box better. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/superhamster_box_zpscf940f89-935a5fd150.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's some of my lovely loot: \u003Ci>Work Book\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stjudesprints.co.uk/collections/mark-hearld\">Mark Hearld\u003C/a> (which made me want to go make a lino cut), a luxury edition of \u003Ci>Maggot Moon\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sallygardner.net/\">Sally Gardner\u003C/a> and \u003Ci>Wonder\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://rjpalacio.com/\">R. J. Palacio\u003C/a.. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/xmas13_loot_zps70ca3a59-be9c3d1b63.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd the most exciting, a signed and be-Daleked copy of \u003Ci>Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories\u003C/i> by my co-author \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and a bunch of other fab people I know a little bit from festivals and such.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/reeve_doctor_who_zpsa6d49b88-be881bd33f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSuperhamster liked best \u003Ci>More Than This\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.patrickness.com/\">Patrick Ness\u003C/a>. He's not so interested in the plot line but he thinks the book's design is top-notch.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/superhamster_morethanthis_zps5778aedb-57fb0bcdc7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOops, HAMSTER ESCAPE! He moves fast, this little guy. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/superhamster_morethanthis2_zpsfb497367-59f694955a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's funny keeping Superhamster. Mostly he just sleeps in his box, but I like to get him out and take photos of him having adventures. It reminds me of this thing when I was a kid and had a Cabbage Patch Kid doll. There was this 'Summer Camp' where you could send your doll, and you'd get postcards sent back of the doll playing tennis, sitting by the campfire, doing camp things. And I kind of knew the doll would probably just sit in a box somewhere, but it was still tempting to send her away, so I could imagine her having a brilliant time somewhere. (I would have, I think, if it hadn't been terribly expensive.) \\r\n\\r\nSo that's Christmas. Thanks to all our friends and neighbours who made it such a special day! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/xmas13_friends_zpsfdd75394-fdbb354320.jpg\">","2013-12-26T13:32:00.000Z","superhamster-wishes-you-a-happy-boxing-day",[],"superhamster wishes you a happy boxing day",1776628726031]