Melissa North is a London based illustrator and screenprinter creating vibrant artworks with a silk-screen print aesthetic. Influenced by analogue processes, Melissa collages together photographs and drawings to create illustrations that have a tactile quality. Melissa grew up near Herne Bay in Kent before moving to London for University where…
Proof of Anxiety is a new publication from Montreal-based printmaker Chantell Juanita. She tells us; “My anxiety can be so overpowering it tends to take over my life. I wanted to make this project to try and showcase how sometimes anxiety makes you just want to hide from the world.”…
Refueled magazine publisher/artist, Chris Brown, was recently honoured as Camp Wandawega’s first “Artist-in-Residence”. Wandawega, located in Wisconsin, is a popular camp getaway for the creative community and on the National Register of Historic Places. “It was absolutely amazing roaming the trails of camp during the peak of Fall,” says Chris.…
Working under the name of Vonik Design, Esther is an illustrator from the Netherlands, currently living in Hilversum (a small-ish city next to Amsterdam). Here, she has a little studio at home where she creates most of her digital work, and is also a member of the local Graphic Workplace…
So, what is a collagraph print and how does nature-inspired printmaker Su France create her pebble prints? Su’s designs are not sliced up rocks (as once asked by a customer at a fair), but collographs created to celebrate elements of nature. Collagraph helps Su to accurately emulate natural textures and…
Based out of Padua, Italy, Mosè Cabrele is an illustrator working across artisinal printing techniques including linocut, xylography, lithography, and engraving, as well as digital practices. “What I look for and propose has influences ranging from the most varied fields, from ancient and pre-Columbian art, from nature, to music and…
Autumn Wonders is the latest lino print release from Luxembourg-based printmaker and graphic designer Damien Giudice. The 50×40 artwork features a creature in the middle of two oak branches. Damien tells us; “Of course it is a squirrel, but others think they recognise a rabbit. What it is is still…
Richard Peacock is a printmaker based in North London making limited edition original prints on paper. He works from his studio in Wood Green which is home to a press and exposure unit which he shares with one other artist. Richard’s imagery combines elements of geometrical abstraction and pop art,…
The latest linocut from Italy-based printmaker Nadia Resta focuses on the concept of friendship. On the story behind the work, Nadia tells us it’s about; “A pact that during adolescence remains firm and eternal until people change and betray it. Often, however, in the middle of the most difficult road,…
The idea of travel, seeing new places, and endlessly exploring has been a big part of London-based artist and illustrator Caroline Tomlinson’s story. But in the last year or so, the importance and need ‘to belong’ has been an area of exploration within both her life and now her work.…
Zoe Ansari is a printmaker and sometime stone carver based in Cambridge in the UK, making lino prints from her home studio. She specialised in printmaking on Art Foundation at Cambridge School of Art, and developed a love for etching. She tells us; “I became fascinated with all the different…
Becca Hovey is the artist behind Bec Joy Prints; a shop that includes orignal blockprinted designs in the form of art prints and textiles, including bandanas, tea towels, and more. Blockprinting is the focus of Becca’ work, as she is “enamoured with the textures and constraints of the medium”. Her…
Having graduated from Central St. Martin’s London in 2002 with an MA, Caroline Tomlinson has since worked as an illustrator for clients worldwide. Her illustration work has been used in range of applications across campaigns, retails spaces, textiles, book jackets, and even wine labels. Caroline’s work has also featured in…
HollyHock is the pseudonym of screenprinter and stencil artist Mirjam Wagensveld. She started with stencil art approximately 8 years ago after discovering street art. Mirjam tells us; “I wanted to be able to make that kind of art myself so I watched a lot of youtube tutorials and practiced a…
Darrel Perkins is an artist, educator, and writer from Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He received an MFA in Illustration from Edinburgh University in the UK, and he is currently a professor of Visual Communication at American University in Dubai. Darrel is a published author and illustrator, most recently the 2022…
Cat Wondergem is a contemporary printmaker creating linocuts on paper which she then enhances with watercolour. Cat tells us; “I have known I wanted to have a creative career since I was in middle school when I met the teacher that made the difference in my journey – Grace Fruit,…
Studio Everett is the creative studio of Brighton based Abi Everett, a multidisciplinary artist and designer. Her studio was founded out of a simple desire to create great design for great people; people who want to make a difference and be good to the planet. Abi is a passionate believer…
At the beginning of 2022, Michael van Kekem reacted to an open call from graphic workshop Minnigh in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, calling for printmakers wanting to experiment with materials and techniques. After getting selected for their printmaking project ‘StartPress’, he got the chance to work with two techniques: carbon printing…
French printmaker Emmanuelle Orr has recently been thinking about her approach to printmaking, based on her reignited love of poetry. Having read a small mountain of poetic analysis and essays over the last year, she has been amazed by how little is left to chance in a (good) poem. She…
Mirror, Mirror is the latest lino print creation from Italy-based printmaker Nadia Resta. The A4 piece printed in gold ink on black paper presents a girl holding a big mirror, framed with wild leaves, a crow, and a skull. Mirror, Mirror aims to showcase the importance and power of introspection.…