Patch Your Life Together is the printmaking output of Southern California-based, Marlee Bossert. A self-confessed “psychedelic cowboy”, Marlee’s prints are inspired by the landscape that surrounds her. Having studied History, Literature and Culture at the University of Brighton, Marlee only began to explore linocut printmaking in June of 2020 after…
Gina, the creative behind Ridge + Roots, has recently announced the 5th round of #blockpartywithgina; a 5 week creative art challenge starting October 3rd. Though primarily aimed at printmakers, this bi-annual challenge is open to all artists. Gina originally started Block Party to help build community, connect, and interact with…
Lizzie Christian is a Twin Cities based artist, and is the face behind the one-woman illustration and print business, Rare Press. A self-taught printmaker, she began experimenting with block printing in 2014, and has never looked back. Lizzie studied Art, Child Psychology, and French in college, and then Early Childhood…
Based in Milton-Keynes, UK, Black Bee Studios is the pseudonym of Becci Salmon; a Design Lead in advertising by day, moonlighting as a linocut printmaker over evenings and weekends. Her latest piece, titled You & Me, was a challenging work for her to produce, or as she describes; “something that…
This month we’re excited to showcase 10 stunning linocut prints created by a selection of the talented members of our Official People of Print community. From botanical-inspired designs, to cartoons and horror films, our members have brought a wonderful array of themes and illustrations to the medium. Tom Boulton: F-Press…
Blaine Deutsch is a painter, printmaker, designer, producer, cyclist, conversationalist, writer, and seeker of inspiration. He describes; “My daily intent is to further my skills as a storyteller, image maker, and amateur quantum physicist”. The owner of a giant garden, which not only provides a wealth of produce, for Blaine…
Based in the beautiful Black Forest in the south of Germany, Benjamin Wurster is a communication designer and printmaker. Benjamin works freelance for a range of clients and agencies in the Stuttgart area, whilst also establishing himself as a printmaker. Born and raised in Taiwan, when he was 11 years…
Roby (Loredana Gengler Roby) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brussels. It was during her studies in Lyon that she first discovered artisan printing techniques, and fell in love with craftsmanship associated with it. After studying Graphic Design in France, Roby was admitted to the Brussels Royal Academy of Fine…
Emily Vanns is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in East London. Her printmaking practice focuses primarily on linocuts, taking inspiration from an evolving library of imagery including illuminated manuscripts, early Renaissance paintings, metaphysical and surrealist art, and folklore. Emily graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Kingston…
This month we’re delighted to present a selection of reduction print projects by some of the talented members of our POP community. The reduction process is a method of block printing in which each colour layer is taken from the same block. As the print comes to life, more of…
Black Bee Studios (BBS) was born out of what was, for most, an extremely testing 2020. Becci Salmon, the face behind BBS, is a Design Lead at leading London advertising agency FCB Inferno. The lockdown of 2020 was an incredibly tough time for ad agencies in London and it saw…
Amy Mathews is a linocut printmaker based just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned degrees in Graphic Design and Advertising Journalism from Drake University, which is also where she studied printmaking under Phillip Chen (of Brooklyn Museum, New York Public Library, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago,…
After studying Sociology and Graphic Design, Andi Rosenthal, currently a Vienna-based artist, focused his output on drawing, painting both canvas and walls, and some “crazy” animation projects before he landed on the planet of print. “In my opinion Print is a very down-to-earth kind of art. It has always been…
Linocut printmaker, Phillip Kingsbury, who creates under the name of The Wooden Spoon Press, has recently produced a series of linocut prints using classic films as inspiration. “I am trying to squeeze entire films into small 200mm x 150mm linocuts,” describes the printmaker. He continues; “It is great fun working…
During 2021, linocut printmaker Sarah Payling, aka Printy Winty, has been experimenting with creating both simplistic and detailed prints using monochrome. Using multiple lino blocks, Sarah has been making space for the colour itself to do the hard work; “The colour is the hero here”, resulting in striking and bold pieces.…
Toulouse-based linocut printmaker Stfacat Print’s latest print is Folklore Instinct; an engraving inspired by traditional art and nature, but with Stfacat’s signature dark twist. The piece incorporates imagery of a wolf in order to show this darker side of nature. “In Native American culture, the wolf as a totem animal…
West Sussex-based printmaker, Chantelle Shekyls, creates original linocut prints from her home studio. A graduate in Creative Arts from Bath Spa University and with an MA in Digital Media Arts from Brighton University, she is also a passionate Arts Educator and teaches Graphic Design and Fine Art at a College…
Kevin Allan, who works under the name of The Inkery, is a linocut printmaker who’s prints predominantly concentrate on landscapes inspired by his travels, in particular scenes from the desert and old ghost towns. He creates almost all of his original linocut prints at a relatively small size at A4…
Malmesbury-based artist, Phillip Kingsbury, is a linocut printmaker. Having grown up in Malmesbury, and now living there with his young family, the Wiltshire town hugely inspires his work. Knowing the town very well, he is able to twist perspectives and sketch from memory and imagination as well as study. Phillip’s…
With over 15 years of experience in the world of illustration, from live art murals, to traditional editorial illustration, Brighton-based illustrator Matt Johnstone has brought his characteristic comic-style charm to a wide range of projects. He has been illustrating for The Guardian Sports section since 2007, alongside working with his…