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  • Meet The Maker: Holly Nairn

    Meet The Maker: Holly Nairn

    Hello! My name is Holly Nairn and I am a full time Art teacher in Hertfordshire, a job I absolutely love. I work under the name PaperInkDream...

  • Meet The Maker: Louis Andrews

    Meet The Maker: Louis Andrews

    I’m Louis Andrews, multidisciplinary artist with a primary focus on tattooing and printmaking. After a brief stint studying painting...

  • Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran

    Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran

    My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the Sussex Weald near Herstmonceux (UK). I am and always have been inspired by the British landscape. I came to art later in life...

  • Meet The Maker: Aurore Swithenbank

    Meet The Maker: Aurore Swithenbank

    Hiya I’m Aurore Swithenbank, a printmaker living in South East London with my partner and cute cat. I moved to London when I was 10 from France and haven’t looked back...

  • Meet The Maker: Frankie Brown

    Meet The Maker: Frankie Brown

    I’m an illustrator and printmaker based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. I’m inspired by nostalgic storybooks and I love to create whimsical

  • Meet The Maker: Tina Hagger

    Meet The Maker: Tina Hagger

    I'm Tina Hagger, otherwise known as haggytea, a Printmaker based in Faversham, Kent, England. I have been making linocut prints for about ten years now, and have begun making Tetra Pak prints...

  • Meet The Maker: Bethan Designs

    Meet The Maker: Bethan Designs

    Hi! I’m Beth (Bethan) a printmaker who found a love for linocut relief printing. I’m based in a little village in the middle of...

  • Meet The Maker: Ian Phillips

    Meet The Maker: Ian Phillips

    Hi, I’m Ian Phillips, a printmaker based in Mid Wales. I’m originally from Leicestershire and studied illustration at Leicester Polytechnic. After graduation I attempted the life of a free lance Illustrator in London, but quite quickly...

  • Kathryn Desforges: Meet The Maker

    Kathryn Desforges: Meet The Maker

    I'm Kathryn Desforges, a Devon-born, Yorkshire-based artist with a passion for printmaking, process, and material experimentation... 

  • Meet the Maker: Julia Triay

    Meet the Maker: Julia Triay

    Hi! I'm Julia Triay, I'm an illustrator and printmaker from Mallorca, Spain based in Norwich. I moved to Norwich 8 years ago to st...
  • Meet the Maker Round-Up 2024!

    Meet the Maker Round-Up 2024!

    It has been another incredible year of printmaking inspiration. We've put together a round-up of all our fantastic Meet the Maker artists from 2024, alongside their advice or inspiration for other printmakers. Read through for a wholesome dose of printmaking...

  • Meet the Maker: Keith A. Pettit

    Meet the Maker: Keith A. Pettit

    I am Keith A. Pettit an artist, printmaker and sculptor, born and bread in a small corner of Sussex. I left school and started work with a...
  • Meet the Maker: Courtney Arnold

    Meet the Maker: Courtney Arnold

    Hello! I’m Courtney, a printmaker specialising in linocut. I live in a little town on the edge of Dartmoor, nestled between moorland, farmland and the exquisite River Dart...
  • Meet the Maker: Matt Hooper

    Meet the Maker: Matt Hooper

    My name is Matt Hooper and I’m a relief printmaker working from my rather compact studio I built in the garden of my home in a town just outside Leeds. I’m a self taught artist and...

  • Meet the Maker: Rach Lloyd

    Meet the Maker: Rach Lloyd

    Hello, my name is Rach and I'm a printmaker from Shropshire. I go by the name Rach Lloyd Press, and pride myself on making all of my print-runs and editions in very small numbers...
  • Meet the Maker: Rachel Snowdon

    Meet the Maker: Rachel Snowdon

    Hello! I’m Rachel Snowdon of Rachel Snowdon Studio, a London-born relief printmaker and illustrator who has been based in West Devon since 2009. Having recently introduced more colour into my designs, multi-block lino printing is probably my favourite process as it allows me...
  • Meet The Maker: Jenny Stringer

    Meet The Maker: Jenny Stringer

    I am Jenny Stringer, and I have been block printing fabrics (and sometimes papers) for the last thirty years; as and when possible. I was an archaeological illustrator after a brief museum career, and worked with a team of archaeologists. Afterwards, I freelanced from home, specialising in...
  • Meet The Maker: Fabiola Knowles

    Meet The Maker: Fabiola Knowles

    Originally from Sicily, I grew up in Australia; however, having settled in the UK in 1996, it has been my home for the largest part of my life. I love the outdoors and I am drawn to open landscapes with big sk...
  • Meet The Maker: Olesya Dzhurayeva

    Meet The Maker: Olesya Dzhurayeva

    I am Olesya Dzhurayeva, Ukrainian artist. I was born in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, but I moved to Ukraine as a child. Now I live in Kyiv. Despite the war, I am staying in Ukraine and continue to work. I am an active member of the international printmaking community, participant and winner of...

  • Meet The Maker: Fiona Black

    Meet The Maker: Fiona Black

    My name is Fiona Black and I am an artist, folk musician, writer, history geek and lover of stories. Home for me is the Highland village of Evanton, just north of Inverness on the shore of the Cromarty Firth. I am happy to have returned to live and create in the Highlands, and I am constantly inspired by ...