During 2020, the rise of crafts reached an all-time high with people seeking new ways of creating and the meditative process of making. Whether you’re dipping your toe into printmaking or are a professional, a reliable printing method is essential. Pooki Presses offer a lever-style portable tabletop press weighing less than…
Sarah McCoy is the owner and operator of The Permanent Collection Letterpress + Design Studio, located in the Des Moines, Iowa. She designs and prints all of her artwork and letterpress printed work on her vintage printing presses. Sarah received an M.A. 2003 and M.F.A. 2005 from The University of…
Our latest issue of Posterzine – the A4 zine that folds out into an A1 poster- showcases the work of Harriet Richardson. Contrasting typical calls for change from the creative industry, Harriet chooses wit over worthiness, serving her message with a wink. With a strong belief that you can be…
Malmesbury-based artist, Phillip Kingsbury, is a linocut printmaker. Having grown up in Malmesbury, and now living there with his young family, the Wiltshire town hugely inspires his work. Knowing the town very well, he is able to twist perspectives and sketch from memory and imagination as well as study. Phillip’s…
Rotterdam-based creative Michael van Kekem’s practice covers a diverse range of fields including Illustration, graphic design, and printmaking. One of his latest projects is a Risograph printed zine that is inspired by some of the poetic texts he has written over the past year and a half. “I decided to…
Anna Wilson is a multidisciplinary printmaker who uses techniques including monoprint, etching, collagraph, and drypoint. She graduated from University in 2015 with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art where she started developing her printmaking practice. With no previous printmaking experience, Anna began by learning the etching technique and predominantly used this…
With over 15 years of experience in the world of illustration, from live art murals, to traditional editorial illustration, Brighton-based illustrator Matt Johnstone has brought his characteristic comic-style charm to a wide range of projects. He has been illustrating for The Guardian Sports section since 2007, alongside working with his…
Anna Beil’s work plays around with the dynamic between the strange and the familiar: it’s very, very weird, which is what makes it so wonderful. Based in Berlin, she first studied Communication Design at FH Potsdam near Berlin, graduating in 2017. During her course, she focused mostly on illustration and…
Jinu Hong is a graphic designer, art director and video creator originally from Seoul in Korea, but currently based in New York. Having originally studied architecture, he moved to the US to study at the prestigious MFA graphic design course at Yale School of Art. He currently teaches at Parsons…
Describing her work as “intuitive, colourful, graphic, bold, abstract and figurative”, Emma Verhulst’s practise has shifted significantly over the last few years, moving from a more straightforwardly illustrative milieu towards the realm of fine art. Verhulst studied illustration at Sint Lucas in Antwerp and graduated in 2016, before undertaking her…
Anna Francis is a Bristol-based printmaker. She was born in Derbyshire, and after completing a photography degree at Nottingham Trent University went on to study an MA in Interactive Multimedia at Bath Spa University. Here, she began to explore the use of digital drawing which she uses in her work…
After studying architecture across the globe, and working for a couple of years in London, her passion for art, aesthetics, and craftsmanship, and her urge to create at a faster pace led Inês de Almeida e Paiva to put architectural practice on hold to found Fresca Studio in late 2020.…
Based in London, Anna Ruiz works with printmaking and print design to create unique hand-made images. With a background in the fast-paced fashion industry, she is now devoted to the slow and contemplative process of linocut, a relief printing technique, in which sight, sound, smell, and touch play an integral…
Lisa Moura describes herself “as an introvert who uses her work as a medium to speak for herself.” What it says, however, is far from self-indulgent. Her thoughtful, gently experimental work across visual identities, print and publication designs, posters and more demonstrate how her design is driven not just by…
POP Member and printmaker Kim Minuti is excited to launch a bespoke collection of prints via The London Artisan. A printmaker based in South East London, Kim’s work encourages us to take note of the small things, in the places that surround and shape us. Her work embraces abstract patterns…
Artist, designer and illustrator Shirien Damra has created a mural for Immigrant Day of Resilience, which was celebrated on 15 April as a day assigned to honour the strength of immigrant communities in the US in the face of a long history of marginalisation. Damra, who is based in Chicago…
Anna Hermsdorf is a linocut printmaker from Germany. She started practising linocut back in 2018, and a few months ago she finally quit her day job as a designer at an agency to become fully self-employed. In late 2018 Anna created her first ‘whimsical girl’ print. The piece was composed…
This month we’re excited to present a selection of monoprint projects from our POP community. From innovative artworks that incorporate organic forms, to mixed-media collaged pieces, and collaborative projects, our members have used monoprinting techniques to bring a unique visual language to their prints. Kim Minuti: Embossed Monoprints A characteristic…
When Blockforest, the artistic persona of printmaker Mike Black, was asked if his work Call of the Batsquatch could be used on the cover of mythologist and modern-day bard, Dr Martin Shaw’s upcoming book Smoke Hole, he was beyond thrilled. As an artist who draws great inspiration from myth, legend, and…
John L. Wilkinson is an illustrator and designer based in London. His work explores themes of folklore and mythology in a faux woodcut style, while often incorporating decorative elements and typography. John’s education and career path has been a bit of a winding one. He went to film school at…