“There is no conceptual explanation to my work, I simply enjoy making ‘stuff’,” says Cambridge-based artist Louisa Clements. An interest in line and geometry is a constant within Louisa’s work, as well as the interaction between colour and shape. By shifting registration Louisa creates intersections that add a further dimension and produce variants of shade and colour. A degree in Art provided her a decent grounding in printmaking, which today she explores at her own leisure. The flat graphic nature of screen printing continues to appeal to the artist, forming the basis for her prints which are comprised of flat, cut-out shapes and layers of transparent ink.
After graduating from Northampton school of Art Louisa became a member of St Barnabas Press in Cambridge. Master printmaker James Hill, who owns the press, continues to give her invaluable knowledge and inspiration in all things print. Louisa left Cambridge for London where she worked for a decorative arts company on various projects from the Kings observatory in Richmond, to decorative painting projects in Knightsbridge.
Returning to Cambridge, Louisa continued to paint and decorate. However, recently she made the decision to dedicate her time back into the word of print, and is currently working on a new series of Triadic prints. She tells us; “I’m interested in the interplay between three layers and how they relate to each other”. The Landscape and her surroundings has always influenced this relationship; from the flat land of The Fens in Cambridgeshire, to the seascape of Devon where she lived for a short while. “It’s that fine line where layers of the land and sea meet each other which is noticeable in some of my latest prints which I aim to explore much further,” comments the artist.
Louisa’s work also takes inspiration from her attraction to mechanical constructions, such as cogs and wheels, analysing how you need one thing to make another work; “A conversation, a relationship a mechanism between them all. It’s all around us, all of the time, everywhere.” “The artist touch” is also very important within her work and practice as a whole. Thus, she makes all of her own frames too, a process which she finds both “therapeutic and satisfying”.
Louisa exhibits locally, so keep your eyes peeled for some upcoming shows.
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