Bristol-based artist Anna Higgie has been working on a series of illustrations looking at Goddess’, with each image vibrating with psychedelic detail and playful intricacy, capturing a different mood and a different season. Anna’s first goddess image was produced as a commission, and she was so pleased with the result…
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…
Judy Andrews describes herself as an “optimist, artist, designer, business owner, and proud mum of two, with an energetic attitude and a thoughtful imagination”. After years in the commercial design world and in-between running her own agency, Judy now finds herself endlessly curious and forever inspired. With an aim to…
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,…
Bristol-based artist Anna Higgie divides her time between outdoor projects – murals, festival sets, large installations, and illustration projects of all kinds. Her artworks are inspired by everything around her; “constantly distracted” Anna’s illustrations reflect influences from comic books to fashion mags, and Hieronymus Bosch to Matisse, amongst countless other…
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…
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…
Based in Amsterdam, Dan Gonen is a visual artist whose practice mainly focuses on silkscreen printing. Dan uses this printing technique in a rather free way, printing by hand, and sometimes in combination with drawing and painting. His output consists of two dimensional works on paper and canvas, as well…
Describing himself as a 2D visual artist, illustrator, printmaker, and zine lover, Alexis Grasset is passionate about illustration, print, books, and screen printing. The French artist draws both traditionally and digitally, printing for personal and collective projects including editorial, exhibitions, festivals, and more. Alongside his work with the printing press…
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,…
Based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Karen Takahashi is a multidisciplinary artist working predominantly with screen printing and media art. However, she also has a background in dance and theatre, which both consciously and subconsciously influences her working process as well as her works. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, Karen’s multicultural upbringing…
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.…
James Turner is a Birmingham-based artist and printmaker, Lecturer, and Technician. Since finishing his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at Birmingham City University in 2013, James has been a Fine Art Technician and Lecturer in Printmaking . In 2015, he was part of New Arts West Midlands, and ever since has…
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.…