While completing her Masters in Illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University, animator and illustrator Rachael Abbott started to focus more on hand-painted frame by frame animations, and less on the linocut animated GIFs she made during lockdown. “It wasn’t until I was approached by Salford Slow Fashion CIC to create a…
In celebration of Pride Month, MUBI, the theatrical distributor and global curated film streaming service has collaborated with a range of LGBTQIA+ illustrators to create artworks inspired by films within their Pride Unprejudiced season. Tasked with creating a piece inspired by Sebastian Meise’s Great Freedom, linocut printmaker Blockforest has created…
Steffi Möbius Ehrlich is the name behind The Burrow Prints. Founded in 2021, The Burrow Prints offers high-quality prints that are produced in limited editions using traditional printing techniques and sold internationally. Every single linoleum print is hand-originated and unique. Steffi grew up in Brandenburg on the edge of a…
Based in Wiltshire, UK, Mollie Pearce is a linocut artist currently studying Fine Art at Bath Spa University. Mollie has just finished her second year, where she has been specialising in printmaking, in parcitular, reduction lino print. She was introduced to the craft of reduction print during her first year…
This month we’re stoked to present a selection of relief print projects from the members of our POP community. Relief printing is a method where a printing block is carved into and then used to press onto paper and make a print. The non-recessed surface will leave ink on the…
Printed and Pink is the printmaking practice of Ontario-based Sarah Armstrong. With much love and appreciation for the slow printmaking process, Sarah hand carves stamps with a vintage-inspired aesthetic that celebrate the beauty of nature. Sarah graduated with an advanced graphic design diploma back in 2016. After completing her education,…
Caitlin Harding, also known as sharksinthebath, is a Bournemouth-based printmaker and illustrator. She recently finished her degree in Illustration, graduating from Arts University Bournemouth. Caitlin was first introduced to printmaking was when studying for her A-Levels. However, for the first two years of her degree she created her illustrations using…
Allie Webb is a Sydney-based artist creating art around the dining table; an alter of routine and ritual. Working in relief print, Allie uses a combination of lino, charcoal, and oil paint. She graduated with degree in Communication Design from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where she partook in an…
Sang d’Encre, aka Sasha Cyr, is a self-taught printmaking artist based in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada where she creates from her home studio. With no professional training in art or in printmaking, Sasha learned about linocut and printmaking around 2016 after discovering artists showing their work on social media. This…
Julien Garnier aka RAYcent lives in Toulouse in the south west of France, where he has been practising linocut for the past few years. To quote Mr Quincy Jones, “no one cannot live without water and music”, and this inspires all of Julien’s creations through the realisation of tributes. Since…
Spaghetti Ramen is the latest release from Italy-based linocut artist Nadia Resta. This print was originally inspired by spaghetti, a typical Italian pasta, to which she added some koi fish and bowl, turning the illustration into Japanese ramen. “I love to mix up different cultures and see how many things…
Peta West is a Linoleum relief printmaker working in Lake Conjola, three hours south of Sydney Australia. Surrounded by national park, Peta finds inspiration for her work in the flora and fauna that she is immersed in, with her prints portraying the abundance and beauty of the wildlife that she…
With a background and education in Graphic Design, Shelley Dyer-Gibbins is a self-taught artist based in Somerset. Having always dabbled with art on the side, but never really finding her own style, it wasn’t until she found some old carving tools of her fathers, that Shelley discovered lino printing and…
Maggie Stein is a Sydney based artist and printmaker working from her studio in an artist’s warehouse a short bike ride from her home near the centre of Sydney. Maggie’s main area of focus is lino printing, with side projects involving collage, drawing, and assemblage. Alongside her independent printmaking practice,…
Once again, we’re proud to present a selection of incredible projects by our membership community. This month, we’re showcasing some outstanding portrait-based prints created by our Official Members, innovatively created using a range of printmaking techniques. Check out the portraits below: Pierre XZXZ: Waves Waves is a turning point in…
Living in a rural town in East Ayrshire, Collette Howie is a self-taught artist and printmaker working with linocut and drypoint printmaking. Currently, she shares a studio space in Glasgow in a magnificent old school building in Dornoch street. Here, Collette has access to a huge Gunning etching press and…
Emma Louise Grekul is the face behind Birdsfoot Studio. From Alberta, Canada, Emma started printing at the beginning of 2020, and has been hooked ever since. During farming season, she lives on her family farm where there’s an abundance of both prairie and forest plants, which she reflects in her…
Although she has always been artistic and creative, it was during the pandemic two years ago that Italy-based Nadia Resta discovered the world of printmaking and first tried linocut printing. “The repetitive gesture of the carving keeping the mind focused on the lines had a mindful effect,” describes the printmaker.…
Jill Dunn is a printmaker, part-time Italian teacher, and mother of two living in Penryn, Cornwall, UK with her two small sons and a fat cat who lost his tail. She has been practising relief printmaking on and off for over a decade. In early 2021 she took the leap…
“It was a typical, sunny day in Los Angeles, California, USA, when I saw this pristine, classic Beauty parked on the street. I snapped a few photos on my phone and went home with visions of the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado dancing in my head,” reduction printmaker Dave Lefner tell us.…