Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Strange Meadows, aka Megan Tailford, is a linocut artist producing prints from a corner of her spare room. Megan has always been creative, but decided to pursue an academic route after Secondary School, studying Neuroscience. However, throughout her studies she constantly dabbled in painting, sculpting, and,…
Illustrator and collage artist Michelle Thompson’s work combines found materials (books, magazines, packaging, photographs, postcards and other printed ephemera) with painted, drawn and printed elements. Using a combination of traditional collage techniques and digital technology, her work alludes to shared memory; cutting-up and reassembling images from recent history, to reflect…
WRS_THG is the creation of The Hague-based print-Lover, neon Enthusiast, and paper fetishist, Anna. The label is mixture of the two cities that she sees as home; Warsaw and The Hague. For years, Anna has been addicted to screen printing and colour research. She graduated with two graphic design diplomas;…
Ashwin Chacko “journeyed down a long and winding road” to get to where he is today in his career as an illustrator. He began working in advertising as a graphic designer, and then moved on to be an art director, all the while drawing and freelancing. Over the last two…
Emil Underbjerg is an artist and linocut printmaker based in Denmark. Reflecting their passion for nature, most of Emil’s prints feature plants, leaves, trees, or landscapes. “I enjoy the symmetry in all kinds of old architecture, especially decorated columns and friezes, and try more and more to incorporate elements like…
Julie Miammiam is a French illustrator and screen printer based in Berlin, and founder of Studio Miammmiam. The Studio creates and produces limited edition screen prints and illustrations on commission. Last year, Julie created illustrations for a children’s book and exhibited her screen prints in Germany and France. She is…
The Inkery is the printmaking studio of Kevin Allan, based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Kevin is a self-taught printmaker specialising in linocut. His current work primarily centres around landscapes. These scenes allow him to be expressive with his mark-making. By making marks with this freedom, he can better…
Rachel E Millar is a signwriter, gilder, and lettering artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. She specialises in designing and painting lettering by hand; large or small, interior or exterior, on shop fronts, on walls, and almost any surface. Rachel works somewhere between design, art, and craft, fusing traditional techniques with…
Mary Anne Molcan is a Canadian visual artist who lives and practices on Vancouver Island. Her love for printmaking and artistic pursuits began at the age of seven after she won a first place award for a drawing at a local fair in Manitoba. Since then, creating art as a…
London-based printmaker Jazmine Joye recently produced her second reduction print. She decided to create a chisel typeface with a bold word, selecting the phrase ‘LOVE’, which holds particular significance in current times. Jazmine’s original plan was to create 4 colour layers, however, after much deliberation, she finished the piece early…
Working from Treviso, Italy, Patrick Sabbadin is a screen print artist, pre-press operator, and graphic designer in typography. He describes himself as “a person who desires to show his appreciation of life through things I create”. Through his prints Patrick demonstrates how he understands life, and portrays messages that are…
Being design director at a yogurt company might not sound like too much of a big deal, but in the design world, if that yogurt company happens to be Chobani, you’ll know that’s a pretty impressive job title. That title belongs to New York-based Canadian design director and illustrator Gabi…
“To create something out of nothing, something that goes from an idea, onto paper and becomes physical is something that fascinates me” says Chris Idema, a Rotterdam-based architect and printmaker. It is for this reason that Chris always wanted to become an architect, pursuing his love for lines, shapes, and…
Linocut printmaker Melanie Wickham works from her home studio in Bristol, UK. Having studied Illustration at UWE, she discovered printmaking at the end of her degree. Upon graduating, lino printing was the natural medium for Melanie to work in; portable, affordable and adaptable, it worked for perfectly for her illustrative…
Klaus Kremmerz is (or was, pre 2020) a nomadic kind of illustrator. Working mostly using his iPad or Wacom, he’s taken advantage of the fact he doesn’t really need to carry around too much to make his office anywhere. While he’s currently based in Italy, according to his agency, Dutch…
Anastasia Beltyukova, aka Tribambuka, is an award winning illustrator, artist and animation director, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. She left home in search of home in 2010, got stuck in London during the eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano, and has been living and working there happily ever since. Feeling the need…
Whether creating commercial illustrative narratives or self-directed projects, Valencia-based artist and illustrator Sergio Membrillas uses striking blocks of colour and bold shapes to develop a unique style that reminds us of the warmer summer days. It’s clear from a single glimpse that his knack for composition is something that resonates…
Zoe Anker describes herself as “a very much process led artist” who “loves to work in a playful and free manner”. Thus, she rarely produces a full edition of work, preferring to work with one off pieces, often a small mini range on various scales. This “capsule collection” type of…
Rose Wong’s sharp outlines, bold colours and carefully honed compositions delineate her very smart approach to reducing often complex ideas into punchy, dynamic visual narratives. Her work is characterised by its marriage of simplicity and complexity, driven by lines and patterns throughout. It’s little surprise that the Brooklyn-based illustrator has…
PosterLad is a graphic design project by Czech designer Vratislav Pecka. Through the project, Vratislav aims to reinvent the perception of posters. “A poster does not have to always promote a product or an event” says the designer. Instead, he uses the medium to express his design ideas and unique…