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  • Meet the Maker: Robin Mackenzie

    Meet the Maker: Robin Mackenzie

    I am Robin Mackenzie, a Wood Engraver and Lino Cutter based in Dorset.  I create limited edition relief prints using a combination of hand printing and an Albion printing press.  My work explores the British coast and. . .
  • Meet the Maker: Cal Russell

    Meet the Maker: Cal Russell

    I'm an artist living in Edinburgh working mainly in papercutting and linocut printmaking. I studied Illustration at Falmouth school of art and did a Masters in Contemporary Art at the Edinburgh College of. . .
  • Meet the Makers 2022

    Meet the Makers 2022

    We've had some fantastic makers on our Meet the Maker blog this year and we absolutely love hearing the advice and words of encouragem. . .
  • Meet the Maker: FamousAdolf

    Meet the Maker: FamousAdolf

    My name is Adolf, like the famous one. I was born in Barcelona 37 years ago and I spent my childhood watching TV and eating lots of bread and chocolate. When I got older I got a degree in Advertising and Public. . . 
  • Meet the Maker: Moïra Swann

    Meet the Maker: Moïra Swann

    Bonjour everyone! Moïra Swann is an English and Proustian adaptation from my real name Anne-Marie: while Anne-Marie lives in France and works full-time in a wonderful museum dedicated to the French painter Anne-L. . .
  • Meet the Maker: Chris Long

    Meet the Maker: Chris Long

    My name is Chris and I am an artist, printmaker, composer and teacher. I studied fine art and music at the University of Liverpool, a Masters in musical composition at Newcastle University and I completed my PhD at the Royal. . .
  • Meet the Maker: MintFlamingo

    Meet the Maker: MintFlamingo

    Hi - I’m Alex! I’m a freelance graphic designer by day, and a self taught linocut print maker by night. Although my day job is ‘creative’ I think I really fell in love with making/designing my own linocut prints as it allo. . .
  • Meet the Maker: Rosanna Reade

    Meet the Maker: Rosanna Reade

    I am a printmaker and illustrator from Northern Ireland, living and working in Edinburgh. I studied History of Art at University but have reverted back to creating art rather than talking or writing about it! As a self-taught printmaker, there is. . .

  • Meet the Maker: Marigold Plunkett

    Meet the Maker: Marigold Plunkett

    I’m a figurative artist, working mainly in intaglio printmaking and painting. I graduated from Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, with an MA in Printmaking in 2020. I have an etching in the Ingram Collection and was awarded the Pegasus Art Prize at the Bath Society of Artists sum...
  • Meet the Maker: Thomas Mitchell

    Meet the Maker: Thomas Mitchell

    DHi, my name is Tom Mitchell, and I am a printmaker in my spare time, based in Dorset. I specialise in multi-block linocuts of mostly architectural, and urban themes although I’ve also produced a few fun animal prints. How and where did you learn to print? I learnt the basics of lino cutting at school …
  • Meet the Maker: Maud of Fungus and Mold

    Meet the Maker: Maud of Fungus and Mold

    Describe your printmaking process. I design and print fabric, mainly linens and hemp fabrics. I use wooden blocks which I carve using a CNC router. I love the heaviness of old Indian wooden blocks which you can load a thick layer of ink onto, I wanted to create my own versions of these. I first …
  • Meet the Maker: Shelly Brown

    Meet the Maker: Shelly Brown

    I’m Shelly Brown – an illustrator and printmaker based in lovely Ely, Cambridgeshire. I mainly create lino prints with a focus on people, and connection. Describe your printmaking process. My process changes every single day. I still haven’t worked out a magic formula for getting things perfect, and tend to go with the flow. It’s …
  • Meet the Maker: Joshua Miles

    Meet the Maker: Joshua Miles

    I am a full time printmaker specialising mainly in reduction linocuts (sometimes monotypes). I grew up in South Africa where I met my Scottish wife. We live and work between our two countries but mainly in Scotland. Describe your printmaking process. I start by taking my own photo reference, drawing on my lino with a …
  • Meet the Maker: Winsper Design

    Meet the Maker: Winsper Design

    My name is Rachel Winsper, I’m a pattern maker and hand printer based in South Staffordshire. I work from a small pink studio at home, surrounded by patterns and colours.  I create handprinted wallpaper and decorative printed items for the home. Describe your printmaking process. Once I have an idea for a pattern, I like …
  • Meet the Maker: Paul Cleden

    Meet the Maker: Paul Cleden

    Hi, My name is Paul Cleden; I am a printmaker living in Dorset. I create relief prints, collagraph, and card prints, but the majority of my work is currently multi-block Lino Cuts, although a recent collaboration with the Penfold Press means that I’m also now making screen prints – all very exciting. My background is …
  • Meet the Maker: Jody O’Reilly

    Meet the Maker: Jody O’Reilly

    My name is Jody O’Reilly, I live on the edge of the Cotswolds in the Evenlode Valley in Oxfordshire, close to where I grew up. The small town we now live in has lots going on including a busy and active art society; we love where we live. I have two children and a husband …
  • Meet the Maker: Jeremy Williams

    Meet the Maker: Jeremy Williams

    I am a part-time weekend printmaker. During the week I like to spend my time packing and posting out printing supplies to printmakers around the country! My main printing love is li...

  • Meet the Maker: Mandeep Dhadialla

    Meet the Maker: Mandeep Dhadialla

    I am an artist printmaker producing original botanical relief prints. I predominantly create reduction linocuts made by carving my drawings on traditional lino and Japanese vinyl cutting surfaces using specialist carving tools, inking with oil-based printmaking inks and printing by hand or with an etching press. Since May 2018 to date, I have been working …
  • Meet the Maker – Sarah Price

    Meet the Maker – Sarah Price

    I am a GP and mum-of-two, living in east London – with a side-hustle in printmaking. I’m self-taught and have dabbled in etching, monotype and collagraph but am currently working in linocut. Describe your printmaking process. I usually sketch out ideas and then either draw directly onto the lino with a sharpie or transfer to …
  • Meet the Maker: Alice Spotorno

    Meet the Maker: Alice Spotorno

    My name is Alice, and I am half Italian / half British. Although I grew up in Italy, I’ve been living mostly in the UK since I went to university in 2013. Printmaking for me is just a hobby at this stage, but I do hope one day I can make it into something more, …