Rahel Sodey’s artwork is a direct response to the Suffolk landscape where she lives. This recurring theme is one that she can’t seem to get away from, and is now deeply embedded in her work. “Since a young child I have been fascinated by the flat lines in the fields…
Our new series meets the people behind some of the industry’s most inspiring work. This week, Bedford-based screen-printer Hannah Carvell talks about taking the plunge and setting up her own full-time business. Expect dachshunds, drag queens and advice on how “not to be a dick” along the way… I started…
The Alcohol Ink Print Collection is Dan Foster, aka Dxnfoster_Designs’, second major project. Dan is a digital and abstract artist and designer based in Ludlow, Shropshire. After completing his education in Fine Arts at Hereford Sixth Form College, where he dabbled in the exploration of abstract artworks, his passion has…
Johannah Muriel is a London-based artist and printmaker whose abstract monotypes concern organic shapes and instinctual marks. Her mixed-media prints are the result of instinctive reactions to mainly natural references. She draws inspiration from nature, everyday life, and beauty found in decaying objects discarded by others. Johannah’s works document the…
Carys Bailey is a printmaker from Cape Town, South Africa. She creates original, limited edition linocut prints and monoprints, which are all handmade and hand pressed in her home studio. With two degrees in psychology, Carys uses her artworks to fund important initiatives in South Africa. So far her work…
Kim Minuti is a printmaker based in leafy Forest Hill, South East London. Originally trained in Screen Print and Surface Pattern Design from the University of Leeds, Bretton Hall, Kim has developed her own studio practice alongside her career in art teaching. Her work encourages its viewer to take note…
Native New Yorker, Kate Segal is based in Manhattan, New York City. She is a self-taught visual artist, textile designer, and illustrator, who also has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Her art incorporates uplifting and bold colours, and is embedded with themes of nature, spirituality, and the human condition, with…
London-based printmaker Jazmine Joye creates limited edition, handmade and hand pressed linocut prints from her home studio. Her work is inspired by the female form, human hands, animals, and plants. Jazmine often creates sets of ‘mini prints’ that feature the same subject in a different design, such as her nude…
Emmanuelle Orr is a French printmaker and artist based between London and Paris. She graduated from Panthéon Sorbonne University in Paris in the late 90s with a degree in Visual Arts, and has since moved to London where she practises screen printing. “I love the versatility of printing: I see…
The Littlest Falcon is run by printmaker and painter Merlyn Griffiths. Based in her garden studio in North East England, Merlyn works in linocut and creates original prints and greetings cards. Her work mostly focuses on the depiction of animals, and she has produced prints of creatures great and small.…
Our new series meets the people behind some of the industry’s most inspiring work. This week, Seoul-based illustrator Kelly Belter gives sound advice for budding ‘zine printers, and tells us about her adventures in drawing. As a kid, I loved writing and illustrating my own stories and books. Drawing was a…
Mary O’Connor is a visual artist living in Dublin. She studied Visual Communication and 3D Design at TU in Dublin, and prior to her artistic career she worked as an Interior Designer at Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny, as well as in London and New Zealand. Whilst in New Zealand, Mary…
OMG Kitty is an illustration based art prints and lifestyle brand, specialising in playful and richly illustrated hand-drawn art prints and silk scarves designed to be a cheery and colourful addition to your wardrobe and interior. Being creative has always been a constant in Kitty Bardsley’s life. Growing up, she…
The core of printmaker Emma Studd’s work is anchored in the exploration of one shape; the hexagon. Emma moved to Bristol to study a degree in Textile Design over 15 years ago, and has since gone on to gain a PGCE in Art and Design and teach Art and Textiles.…
Emily Howard is the head, hands, and heart behind The Diggingest Girl. As a relief printmaker, Emily creates original limited edition fine art prints and other block-printed crafts from hand carved linoleum blocks. Her prints are largely narrative and are a reflection of “a relentlessly curious mind that’s always hungry…
Sarah Cemmick is a full-time linocut printmaker specialising in wildlife. She creates limited edition, hand-carved prints in her studio (fifteen steps from her kitchen door) that was built by her husband David and a joiner (who used to work for George Lucas and built the Star Wars sets) four years…
With a focus on geometric shape and playful colour, Xanthe Bonsall is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Brutalism and Modernist architecture are her main sources of inspiration, and her work incorporates sub-cultural references from her interest in electronic music, rave culture, and working class identity. Xanthe has…
Will Mower is a graphic artist, designer and printmaker who divides his time between working on freelance projects for clients, and making things in his studio. Since completing a BA in Graphic Design at UWE in 2014, Will has worked as a freelance designer for clients in the arts, events,…
Smex, aka Alex Weir, is a visual artist and illustrator living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland. Most of Alex’s works are digital drawings which he then transforms into accessible art forms including zines, prints, t-shirts, and tote bags. The artist also often shows his work in a ‘fine art’ context,…
Zoe Anker is a Surrey-based screen printer whose work is characterised by a strong juxtaposition of colour, geometric shape and mark making, with the use of layers to create interesting and unique forms. She studied MA Design for Textiles Future at Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London,…