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+.…
This month POP are proud to present a selection of typographic print projects by some of the talented members of our community. From letterpress prints, to fundraising tees, and gig posters, our members have innovatively used typography to convey a variety of messages. David Mascha: Say Yes Vienna-based artist and…
Yes, we know Valentines Day is just another product of consumerist capitalism, but this year, more than any other, we need to spread the love. Whether you’re writing to your life partner, lock down lover, or long-distant pal, we’re here to help you play cupid this year. 1: LJB StudioFor…
For all the current hellishness, 2021 has started off pretty nicely for Natasha Durley’s illustration career: her distinctive vibrant, often luminescent-seeming depictions of animals and nature are getting their dues with the publication of new Ladybird books bearing her work. Durley began work on the series in 2019, and went…
They are Dreaming is part of a new series of portraits and collages by linocut printmaker Moatzart, aka Alexandra Motiu. The collection is formed of a series of portraits in which each subject’s dreams or aspirations towards a large life goal or principle are represented. “Since starting the business of…
With the uncertainty, fear and occasionally terminal-seeming boredom of ongoing lockdowns seemingly not packing in any time soon, we could all do with a few things to look forward to. In lieu of things like physical contact with friends, family and pubs, we’ve put together a list of national days…
Seán Joseph Brennan is a screen printer living and working in Dublin, Ireland. After having to return to Ireland from Australia due to the Covid pandemic, he is currently working as a screen printer in his day job in a car parts manufacturer, as well as producing screen prints of…
During the pandemic Foilco created a new promotional card based on the Japanese concept of Ikigai. With the support of Takeo Papers (one of the most prestigious and oldest paper companies in the world), and in collaboration with Dave Sedgwick of Studio DBD, Foilco produced the card with the aim to…
Joblin Agteresch and Jeroen Klootsema are the duo behind Groningen-based screen printing studio, Real Friends. The two individual designers have different specialities, and work on separate projects as well as self initiated projects together. Sharing a passion for print and the physical product, they currently work on collaborations within the…
Hidden Hands Collective are a group of artists from different countries, backgrounds, and art disciplines. Working together, they create a wide range of products and homewares using traditional printmaking techniques and digital printing, inspired by folk and traditional art with a modern, contemporary twist. “Working together as a collective, we…
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…
The bright colours, no-nonsense black outlines and playful but thoroughly flat style of Andrea Chronopoulos’ work make it both distinctive and part of a modern tradition in illustration that we see a fair bit, but which is deceptively tricky to get right. In the correct hands, however, that flattened look—all…
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…
L’Empressee is an online platform dedicated to the supporting of artists and collectors. The online gallery works in collaboration with a curated selection of artists, helping them with the production of their limited edition works, as well as the promotion and sales of their prints, customer relations, and shipping. The…
Egyptian-born designer Nour Shourbagy has been on our radar for a little while now, having come to our attention with a project that launched in December 2019. Shourbagy had worked with Nada Kassem to create a mini guidebook for the hijab shopping area Ain Shams in Cairo, aimed at making…
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…
Claire Guyot is the founder of Riso on the Moon; a Risograph printing studio based in Toulouse, France, that started up six months ago, just after Claire completed her studies in Graphic Design. Claire discovered Riso printing by chance. Her school in Toulouse had a one-colour machine, that was “quite…