Yasmine Charlotte creates block prints on paper, inspired by the natural world, animals, and daily life. Her work is very personal, like a diary at times, presenting a narrative that reflects her passion for books and stories. Choosing not to go to university after studying Fine Art A-level at college…
Emily Howard is the head, hands, and heart behind The Diggingest Girl. As a relief printmaker, Emily creates original limited edition fine art prints and other block-printed crafts from hand carved linoleum blocks. Her prints are largely narrative and are a reflection of “a relentlessly curious mind that’s always hungry…
Sarah Cemmick is a full-time linocut printmaker specialising in wildlife. She creates limited edition, hand-carved prints in her studio (fifteen steps from her kitchen door) that was built by her husband David and a joiner (who used to work for George Lucas and built the Star Wars sets) four years…
Self-taught illustrator, stamp carver and print maker, Barneby Fox, aka Simone Bryant, is based in the U.S., in a city just north of Atlanta, GA. After receiving a Business degree, she worked for corporate clients in branding and marketing for over 10 years, developing and delivering the design philosophy and…
Linocut printmaker Emily Robertson has recently launched a series of five new prints which are inspired by the nature she has seen during lockdown in Provence, France. Emily completed a Fine Art degree at Falmouth University, and for the past 10 years has been working as an art teacher. In…
Guy Smart is a Brighton based independent linocut printmaker, and the face behind GDSM.Prints. Having been introduced to the craft at a young age by his mother, who was a professional artist, Guy quickly developed a love for the medium, and had some of his first work displayed at a…
Graphic and illustrative designer, Debby Peeters, lives and works in a little Dutch town called Reuver. Since graduating as a Graphic Designer in 2005, her work has progressed to focus more and more on illustration. Her style is colourful and expressive, and animals are often her chosen subject. Debby predominantly…
As the world faces a pandemic, many creatives have been using this time to refine their disciplines, producing work that reflects what is most important to them, what they miss, and what they have been taking for granted. For printmaker Chrissy Emmerson, this has been the ability to visit the…
Sabine van Rooij is a printmaker based in Almere, in the Netherlands. She predominantly works with the medium of linocut, and often creates block prints using more than one layer. Her passion for print was ignited when she visited a temporary exhibition on M.C. Escher when she was young; “he’s…
Hayley Harrison is a printmaker living and working from her home studio in Preston, in the North West of England. Her linocut prints take inspiration from the natural world and botanical imagery. Hayley learnt how to carve lino during her first year studying Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design at…
#stayhomecutlino was established by artist Rachael Hibbs as a way of bringing linocut printmakers together. The substantial effect that lockdown has had on the arts and culture industry has seen printmakers shift their work to online platforms, promoting themselves more through social media. The Instagram hashtag has become increasingly popular…
(de)Conceptualise is an independent printmaking practice developed by Pedro Gil Farias. His practice focuses on linocut prints that foster critical reflection about the design world, society and technology. Pedro engaged with linocut printing for the first time as an escape from the more theoretical and research based work he was…
Jeremy Wat is a print and stamp maker based in Winnipeg, Canada. He carves his prints from his home where he lives with his wife and their two children. Jeremy’s wife is a creative designer and screen printer, and her business of screen printing onto apparel started up several years…
Back in 2015, living in Vancouver, Kat Goetz of Blue Chisel studio felt stuck; tired of working dead end jobs and living in the city. Just as she started talking about selling her house, giving up her job, and going on a road trip to explore North America, a grey heron started…
Inky Dog Studio was founded in August 2018 by Jane Constable after she decided to become a full-time printmaker. Her work is predominantly created using the linocut relief printmaking technique, using traditional linoleum and high quality carving tools by Pfeil and Flexcut. Jane is largely inspired by her love for…
For her latest series, linocut printmaker and animator, Rachael Abbott, took inspiration from the process of analogue photography. Since she began creating lino animations, Rachael has experimented with different forms of movement. The majority of her work has previously focused on travel, and moving an object across the screen, however…
Fresh Prints of Lancaster was started up by Gabrielle Shelley two years ago after she had created a few linoleum block prints during her time at Kutztown University, where she was partaking in a poster class. Never having time in her schedule to fit in an actual printmaking class, Gabby…
Linocut artist Shelly Brown graduated from Cambridge School of art with a degree in Illustration in 2009. Her studies provided Shelly with the time to experiment across a variety of different media, from collage to screen printing, and everything in between. “After graduating, I didn’t quite have a direction to…
After travelling to Ljubljana (Slovenia) for the first time in 2018, Fabiolous, aka Fabio Marangoni, returned a year later with a group of collaborators in order to create an artwork dedicated to Saint George, the patron of the city. “The holiday was made almost by chance, not too far from home; good food, lots…
This month we’re proud to present a selection of linocut projects created by Official People of Print Members. From intricately carved illustrations of fish, to the life-cyle of a moth, and book cover commissions, our community show bundles of talent and innovation when using the medium of lino. RLH Prints: Metamorphosis…