Blog - Meet the Maker - Screen Print

My name is James Green and I’m an artist and printmaker based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. I specialise in linocut and screen-print and have been working in these mediums for around sixteen years. Nine years ago I decided to give up my ‘proper’ job to concentrate on doing this full-time. My subjects range from landscapes … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: James Green"

My name is Rob Luckins I’m a printmaker and commercial photographer. I make screen prints, letterpress and linocuts under the name Triffid. My inspiration comes from 1950’s television shows and packaging. I love old tin toys, model kits and the 1950’s view of what the future would look like. Describe your printmaking process. My printmaking … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Rob Luckins"

Hi, I’m Katie Edwards and I’m a freelance illustrator and screen printer, I produce conceptual illustrations for a wide range of international clients from editorial to advertising. I also sell screen prints online, in galleries and at art shows. Describe your printmaking process. Using traditional photographic and silkscreen printing techniques. Focusing on metaphors and symbolism, … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Katie Edwards"

I’m Turid, I live in West Sussex. I’m a mum of three teenagers and owner of two cats and a nutty spaniel called Peggy. I was a teacher then children’s counsellor, but gave that up a few years ago, and took the plunge with setting up a small business. Now I’m lucky enough to balance … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Turid Monteith"

We are a husband and wife screen printing duo. We met at university where we were both studying Art & Design. In 2011 we got engaged and started the hunt for wedding stationery. We couldn’t find what we wanted without a huge price tag so we ended up hand screen printing them ourselves and we … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Basil and Ford"

Hello! I’m a printmaker living in Brighton. I came to printmaking relatively late as I trained and worked in the Health Service for 20 years before taking a break to do an Art Foundation which I enjoyed so much that I went on to do a Printmaking Degree and later an MA in Sequential Design … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Katrina Mayo of Dekko Press"

Hi, my names Kathy Hutton, I’m a printmaker working out of my home studio in Wiltshire where I live with my husband and 3 girls. In my work I combine many different printmaking techniques to produce my original one of a kind prints and I also run small group workshops teaching some of these techniques … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Kathy Hutton"

If you’re not already a reader of our Meet the Maker blog series, you should grab a cup of tea and work your way through these fantastic interview posts. We talk to printmakers and dyers every couple of weeks to find out how they make their work, where they get their inspiration and what advice … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: 2017 Round Up!"

Hi, my name is Fran Wood and I’m a London based designer specialising in screen printing. I work from home, which is a small flat in central north London, where I live with my partner and son. I have worked in studios as both a graphic designer and textile designer, as well as working in … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Fran Wood"

Hello there! My name is Lucie Summers, I’m a printmaker and I live on a farm with my husband and two boys near Newmarket in Suffolk. I mainly design and print small panels of fabric for other crafters and makers to use in their work. I also create paper collages and make quilts for … Continue reading "Meet the Maker – Lucie Summers"

I am Sophie Mutter a printmaker living in Worthing. After graduating from a photography degree at Nottingham Trent University in 1997, I went on to have a successful career on the picture desk of OK! Magazine. I loved the celebrity world but was always drawn to the sea, and in 2013 finally took the plunge … Continue reading "Meet the Maker – We are Mountain"

Hello, I am Cath Bristow, a Brighton based printmaker. I use my printmaking practice to work in community engagement and outreach, facilitating printmaking workshops across the South East with children, young people and adults within different community settings.   I have my own printmaking practice and my community printmaking practice and the two are inextricably … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Cath Bristow"

Hello! My name is Jenny Sibthorp and I’m a textile designer based in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. I work predominantly with screen printed linen and leather, although some of my designs are now reproduced onto stationery and culinary ware too.   Describe your printmaking process.   Screen printing. All of my designs start … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Jenny Sibthorp"

Lennie & Co create unisex clothing for kids, that feature playful prints that capture the fun of being little. Created by graphic designer and mother, Amy Walker, Lennie & Co. is a collection of stylish kidswear that works hard and plays harder.  Describe your printmaking process. In the early days I block printed personlised t-shirts … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Lennie & Co"

Hello! My name is Laura Danby and I am an illustrator / designer / print maker and creator from sunny Brighton! Inspired by simple iconic Scandi folk artwork and retro styling from the 50s, I love taking a form and simplifying it into a bold design which can be printed, patterned, made into jewellery and … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Laura Danby"

Meet London based artist and designer Sarah Hamilton and enter our competition for a chance to win a copy of her new card making book ‘House of Cards‘. Sarah has been running her own creative business for over 20 years. She describes her work as ‘Joyful, fresh and contemporary, with a Mid-Century Scandinavian feel. Colours, … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Sarah Hamilton + Giveaway!"

Even if you have never heard of Swifty you will probably have seen or even owned a piece of his artwork. In the late 80s he was plucked straight from art school in Manchester by Neville Brody to work on The Face  – the most influential magazine for music and graphic design. He has worked … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Ian ‘SWIFTY’ Swift"

Hello! My name is Miesje Chafer and I am textile designer, screen printer and maker. I live down in Southsea and work at The Sorting Office studio in Eastleigh, Hampshire. I have an unquenchable thirst for fabric, pattern and colour and love nothing more than knocking up a prototype that’s been niggling away at the … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Miesje Chafer"

Hello fellow printers – I’m Jonna, a Finnish screenprinter & textile designer based in South London. I love colourful, bright textiles and design that makes me smile – I am the happiest when I am screen printing at my studio, at work at the Royal College of Art where I run the textile screen printing … Continue reading "Meet the Maker – Jonna Saarinen"

Meet screen printer, textile designer and quilter, Karen Lewis: Can you describe your process? My designing usually comes from doodling…my favourite pastime when traveling or watching TV. 3 or 4 times a year I get out all my doodles and see which ones I would like to trial a full design out of. All my designs … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Karen Lewis"