California-based artist and designer Kevin Story Mintern creates things that are reminiscent of days gone by. Seeking to “breathe magic into the mundane” Kevin makes paper goods such as recipe cards, grocery lists, and calendars that are not only beautiful, but functional. Kevin has worked on a variety of commissions…
Thyme James holds an interdisciplinary practice based in expanded painting. She describes it as such as opposed to multi-disciplinary because the mediums are often not isolated, either being combined in the creation of the piece or stemming from conceptual ideas through the process of another medium. Thyme incorporates media including…
Australian-born and Bristol-based illustrator Anna Higgie has released a new series of works that combine the flat, abstract forms that she typically uses in her mural work, with human faces and portraiture. Typically, Anna uses a combination of traditional and digital techniques to create her illustrations, and paints large scale…
Alice Needham is a queer British illustrator currently based in Leeds, UK. Working freelance from her home studio as an illustrator and designer, Alice specialises in digital illustration, pattern design, and mural work. She has a wide range of experience, from creating work for largescale print, to working with fashion…
Working under the name Inkful Print Co, Louise McCabe’s print work focuses on place and the way we relate to our environment. She tells us; “I always want my work to be bold, playful and full of character as that is the kind of art I’m drawn to myself. Patterns,…
Based in Bristol, Becca Thorne is a printmaker and experienced illustrator specialising in Medieval history, natural history, and food. She has produced work for clients including BBC History Magazine, The Bumblebee Conservation Trust, The Folio Society, Thames & Hudson, Waitrose Food, and Yale University Press. Becca has recently returned to…
The latest release from West-Yorkshire based illustrator and printmaker Jake Blanchard is a new linocut print loosely based on the classic Todmorden story of Police officer Alan Godfrey’s encounter with a UFO. One of the most famous UFO sightings to have happened in the UK; the story has many twists…
Ben Brady graduated with distinction from the Masters in Authorial Illustration at Falmouth University. During this time he necessitated a broad search for a distinctive ‘authorial voice’ through a range of media which has led to his current research and development in woodcut printmaking. Having produced a soft-back poetic graphic…
Alex Russell works with creative coding, drawing, painting, collage, mono-printing, and photography to make original giclée prints. He produces large image libraries, mainly working by hand, then writes code (computer programming) that builds unique artworks from the scanned images. Each run of the code results in a one-off print, only…
Originally from Essex, Fiona Mary (Fee) has been living in Newcastle upon Tyne for just over year. Here, she creates relief prints, as well as working across a variety of mediums including animated videos for festivals, logos and social media posts for community organisations, and album covers for musicians. “A…
Chantell Juanita grew up in a small fishing town where most became a nurse or engineer (“both very creditable jobs”), somewhat forcefully leading her to study Nautical Science because art was not a talked about option as a career path. Chantell tells us; “I always felt like I was running…
Visual artist and printmaker Aric Russom grew up in New England, where there are towns full of old mills. While working on his graduate degree, he began looking at some of the local factory buildings. Aric states; “There is a subtle narrative in my work; I wonder what took place…
Neve Clarke is a visual fine artist currently based in Cornwall, UK. Since graduating from Falmouth University in 2021 with a First Class Hons degree in Fine Art, Neve has continued to develop her contemporary print practice. Working in a contemporary art gallery in St Ives alongside working as a…
Hannah Gilson is an artist and illustrator based in London, who has worked on editorial illustration commissions for the likes of ES magazine, as well as custom event illustration. Although she does enjoy working on commissions, Hannah has been increasingly interested in developing and broadening her skill set within her…
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, and now based in Sydney, Jessica Benhar is an illustrator, printmaker, and Design graduate of the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Initially wanting to become a graphic designer, it was in her last year of study after repetitive injury struck…
“Since a young age I have been making up stories in my head and illustrating them,” Caen-based illustrator Joanna Calderwood tells us. Knowing she wanted to pursue a career in art, she went on to study Graphic Design in Besançon for three years, where she specialised in book and printmaking…
The latest linocut print from Italy-based printmaker Nadia Resta features Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian painter born in 1593, on a vase filled with Japanese peonies. In Japanese culture peonies are bearer of good luck, and Nadia situates this imagery alongside a vase shape inspired by traditional Chinese pottery. This piece…
In June 2022, screen printer Leo Boyd secured a 2 week exhibition at the Vault Canteen Gallery in Belfast. The gallery is part of a large artist-led multidisciplinary studios, and is currently running a year long program of members exhibitions with little oversight on the content of the work, except…
In his recent residency at La Maldita Estampa, Tadhg Caffrey produced pints based on the lesser seen parts of Barcelona. While the cruise terminal and famous Port Vell caters well for tourists (cruise tourist numbers have increased from 115,000 in 1990 to 2.7 million in 2017), the commercial and industrial…
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…