Jo Boddy studied a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at West Dean College of Art and Conservation between 2018-2021. It was here that she discovered printmaking, and has been hooked ever since. Today, her work draws inspiration from the natural world, particularly the surrounds of her home on the…
DEDSHIRTs was born in 2009 as product of Andrea Pes’ mind, following endless requests from his own drawings that, every night, “claimed living human bodies”. Based in Sardinia, DEDSHIRTs is an independent, low-tech, fine art printshop and t-shirt brand where all products are hand printed like back in the XV…
Karin Bell is a linocut artist and architect from Huntsville, Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and spent a gruelling year studying for her six demanding licensure exams. Currently, Karin works as a project architect for one of the oldest legacy…
Big Mitten Linocuts is the printmaking pseudonym of Betsy Stecker, a self-taught artist pursuing linocut as a second career. Betsy is an educator by training, a vocation she enjoyed for 22 years before carving her first print (a black-capped chickadee) in 2018. In 2021, she officially retired from education and…
LINOCU_T is the printmaking pseudonym of Taz; an Isle of Wight-based printmaker fuelled by “puns, maoams, and the unparalleled key change in Whitney’s I Want to Dance With Somebody”. “It probably sounds bizarro but I actually put-off trying my hand at linocut printing because I knew in my bones…
Join Official People of Print Member and linocut printmaker, Anna Ruiz, for a hands-on workshop that will get your creative juices flowing while you design and make your very own linocut print. With a background in the fast-paced fashion industry, Anna is now devoted to the slow and contemplative process…
Carolina’s Print studio started almost a year ago; born out of the pandemic and a fresh-out-of-college mind that was itching to produce and experiment. After finishing college, Carolina M Correia found herself thinking what her next step should be and, not wanting to stay still, she started making prints. Her…
Night Press is the printmaking practice of Sunbul Akhtar. By day, she works in publishing as a publisher of a small, quarterly journal, and by night, produces intricately carved linocut prints from her home studio. In 2012, after she suddenly separated from her partner, she jumped into lino printing and…
Minot Feroce is a queer linocut artist from Paris. After studying for a degree in Art History and English, Minot Feroce started their printmaking journey a year ago during the first lockdown, and it quickly became a real passion. They started working on developing their own style using the linocut…
Maria Frati is a relief printmaker and oil painter based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Maria studied Fine Art at Clark University in Worcester, MA, and earned a masters degree in Art Education from MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) in Baltimore, MD in 2012. Upon graduating, she taught in public schools…
This month, we’re delighted to present a selection of monochrome prints created by the talented members of our Official POP community. Through utilising just one colour, our members have conveyed powerful messages combined with a plethora of printmaking techniques. Studio Turbo: How to Build a Robot “I love drawing on…
Caroline Erolin is a Scotland-based printmaker, inspired by the natural world, animals, and anatomy. She describes herself as a “lecturer in medical art by day, and a printmaker by night”. Caroline studied Fine Art and Illustration before going on to specialise in Medical Illustration. Now in her forties, she is…
For issue 73 of our monthly poster-come-zine publishing project, Posterzine, we chat with Brighton-based artist Sophy Hollington. Well-known for breathing fresh life into ancient themes, from meteoric folklore to alchemical symbolism, Sophy creates beautiful works of art through the linocut process. Sophy has brought her magical touch to work for…
Every year around this time, Phillip Kingsbury, the face behind The Wooden Spoon Press, makes four new linocut Christmas card designs, using his home town of Malmesbury in Wiltshire as inspiration. This year, he has focused on famous local historical characters, including them as ghosts in the town as it…
Normandie Syken is an illustrator and printmaker from Queens, New York. She studied Art at the Frank Sinatra School of Arts and earned her BFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts. Normandie’s artist’s books, prints, and paintings are in collections such as the British Library, the New York…
Emiko is the shop and working name of graphic designer and illustrator turned printmaker Alex Brane. Alex’s work is heavily inspired by nature and antique and vintage style art, with an added touch of magic and whimsy. She works with both hand printed and digitally produced art, typically all printed…
SPOUK is the practice of Marieke Pras, a printmaker, designer, and researcher based in Groningen (NL). The name SPOUK is a pun derived from the local dialect. It means ghost, or to walk around like a ghost, and is also an inside joke for screen printing. It makes for an…
gOoZ, is an artist, illustrator, and designer from Oxford. Jack Goozee, the face behind the brand, didn’t take the usual artistic route, abandoning the study of art after sixteen, he instead studied history at university. “The reasons I was drawn to study history, are the reasons I have always loved…
Rach Lloyd uses linocut, letterpress, and rubber stamps to create fun and light-hearted prints and handmade books. Her work is inspired by her interest in poetry, comedy, and Dadaism, all of which are connected by being non-conforming, playful, and abstract. Rach notes some main inspirations to include comedians Spencer Jones…
Georgina Kent is an illustrator and lino artist living a stones throw from the iconic Caerphilly castle in South Wales. Aside from a smattering of watercolours and digital illustrations, most of her work comes from carving lino. Georgina had her first taste of lino back in 1996 during her Intermediate…