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…
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…