Manuel Trautmann studied at the School of Design in Basel, where he graduated in 2013, and was nominated for the Swiss Federal Design Award for his diploma thesis, Speechless. After several internships in graphic design offices, he now works part-time at a design agency in Zurich. But far away from…
The Ocean Collection is a miniseries of cold, timeless blue tones integrated with stark lights and darks. Inspired by the effects of climate change, Dan Foster of Dxnfoster_Designs wanted to develop four pieces which reflected how we are impacting the world around us. “I hope these prints bring some element…
Born in Macau, Ivy Mei moved to London half her life ago. She graduated from Byam Shaw School of Art, Central St Martins in 2011 with a fdA in Fine Art, and in 2012, she graduated from University of East London with a BA in Fine Art. Ivy’s work is…
Jennifer Zee is a printmaker specialising in meticulously designed and compositionally balanced beautiful tributes to the natural world. With a strong interest in the natural sciences, her artworks are visual odes to the species and specimens with which she feels an affinity. Under her brand name GinkgoZee, Jennifer has been…
Amy Rose Studio is run by Fine Artist Amy Hey and is based Canterbury, England. After completing her BA Hons in Fine Art Painting at Wimbledon UAL, Amy became a self employed artist running Amy Rose Studio, making original linocut prints, illustrations, and oil paintings. Her art is inspired by…
Alana McDowell is an Irish illustrator and graphic designer from Belfast, working between Belfast and London. With a keen interest in pop-culture and current affairs, and with an emphasis on female first projects, Alana utilises her freehand drawing skills to add a rebellious edge to projects and prints. Taking inspiration…
Lena Yokoyama is a Japanese/Austrian illustrator, printmaker, and ‘visual translator’. Having grown up mostly in Japan and Austria, with some time spent some in France and the US, Lena is now living in London, where she also completed her degree in Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts in 2020. Drawing…
“The lockdown period was a magical moment for me” says Fabio Marangoni, a printmaker based in Padova, Italy. He continues; “What at first seemed like a forced effort to slow down, made me rediscover the free time that I hadn’t had for a long time”. This provided the opportunity for…
I’ve been a fan of Grant Gasser’s work for a while; not least because whenever we chat, the majority of the phone call is made up of rambling tangents rather than just talking shop. Those tangents are often related to music: like many graphic designers, Gasser’s practice isn’t just about…
“My work in printmaking helps me connect real to imagined memories, and my life experiences to my heritage” says Dana Harris Seeger, a printmaker and educator based in San Jose, California. Growing up as a second generation Baltic American, Dana has always tried to connect the artefacts she has acquired…
Originally from Poland and now based in Manchester, UK, Danielle Rhoda is an illustrator, animator, and “maker of things“. Danielle’s work documents and catalogues “certain moments” she has witnessed, reflecting the people she sees in everyday life, her travels, and her surroundings. Graduating from Manchester School of Art in 2018…
Nicole Rose had a great education in Art and Design; doing an art foundation at Newham, followed by a BA in Graphic Design at Central St Martins (1989-1992), London. “Both courses were extremely creative and we had the opportunity to cover all aspects of graphics and associated practices and were…
Rosie Leech is an illustrator, printmaker, and ceramicist based in the UK. Her work is extremely small and precise, pushing the extents of scale within printmaking, and reflecting her fascination with material processes. Graduating little over a year ago with a BA(Hons) in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art, Rosie…
Paris-based artist Cyril Galmiche is in the midst of a pretty niche, yet beautifully expansive project: it aims to “push the circular shape to its ultimate limits.” Galmiche works across photography, film and other media, but the side of his practice devoted to drawing is dubbed I-I-I-I-I-I. The title is…
Annie Nicholson is the Fandangoe Kid, a London-based print artist who (in normal circumstances) makes large-scale narrative driven pieces for the public realm. Her work seeks to smash taboos around complex subject matters such as loss, trauma release, mental health and gender constructs. However, over the last few months, Annie…
Sophie Fields, a screen printer, maker and textile designer based in Edinburgh worked Front of House for Capital Theatres until the lockdown of 2020. In October of last year the theatre put out a ‘call for submissions’ to come up with an idea to fill the festival theatre’s facade as…
A University of the Arts alumni, Sophie McKenzie Baker studied at London College of Fashion and graduated from London College of Communication in 2012 with a BA in Book Arts & Design. Today, she works as a freelance UX/UI Designer in tandem with creating her own art. Under the name…
Self Love is a new, limited edition print by linocut printmaker Elise Florence Designs. Lino-printed by hand using black ink, the piece was created with the goal of raising money to be donated towards UK Mental Health charities that support mental health awareness, suicide prevention, and support for vulnerable LGBTQA+.…
With a background in architecture, Brighton based designer Alex Khabbazi explores the relationship between colour, line, texture and typography in his artwork. Like many designers, Alex has been pushed by the pandemic to make radical changes to his working life, which in his case meant switching career almost entirely. Jumping…
From her studio in Utrecht, Hinke Weikamp creates graphic prints from materials that she finds in nature. She intuitively isolates parts of plants to create new, “non-existing plants”. These parts are inked and placed under an etching press, leaving a shadow of the plant on the paper. For the past…