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  • Meet the Maker: Buff and Blue Prints

    Meet the Maker: Buff and Blue Prints

    My name is Hayley Anderson and I am a printmaker and artist from Lossiemouth in the North East of Scotland working under the name Buff and Blue Prints. Describe your printmaking process. I mainly work in linocuts and really enjoy the whole preparation process of the medium.  My inspiration usually comes from a single image …
  • Meet the Maker: Jack Hancock

    Meet the Maker: Jack Hancock

    Hi, I’m Jack, I am an interdisciplinary artist, craftsperson and keen screen-printer. I live on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon with my partner and baby daughter. My day job involves making handmade pewter giftware. I try to squeeze printmaking in between work and family life. Describe your printmaking process. I would love to say …
  • Meet the Maker: Moatzart

    Meet the Maker: Moatzart

    Describe your printmaking process. My printmaking process is quite straightforward. I start by sketching out a composition straight on the lino. I sketch this out mainly to see where everything goes, but I don’t do this in a lot of detail regarding how every element or character will look. I then start carving, and that’s …
  • Meet the Maker: Harriet Popham

    Meet the Maker: Harriet Popham

    Describe your printmaking process. I create cheerful illustrative lino prints that often celebrate places or moments in time. In the last year, I’ve been exploring vessel silhouettes and placing all of the detail inside those shapes. I contrast this using a pop of colour in the form of a bold botanical element. How and where …
  • Meet the Maker: Olu Oke

    Meet the Maker: Olu Oke

    Hello! My name is Olu. I’m an illustrator, printmaker and skills-based tutor. I use a variety of printmaking techniques including Screen-Printing, Photopolymer Etching, and Gocco.  My favourite processes are lino cutting and letterpress.  I own far too many printing presses, machines and books… although can you ever really have too many of those things? Describe …
  • Meet the Maker: Sam Marshall

    Meet the Maker: Sam Marshall

    How and where did you learn to print? I studied Fine Art at the Slade for my BA but never even knew the print room existed, which is such a shame. I ended up in the media department making films instead, however, there was something about printmaking that always intrigued me so in my late … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Sam Marshall"
  • Meet the Maker: Clare Morgan

    Meet the Maker: Clare Morgan

    Hi, my name is Clare, a printmaker and teacher based in Derby. I am a compulsive creator, obsessed with the process of printmaking. I have used many different techniques over the year’s, but the figure always seems to be a constant subject matter in my work. I love to create empowering figurative artworks that encourage …
  • Meet the Maker: BooLouLew Design

    Meet the Maker: BooLouLew Design

    Hi! I’m Beth Louise, also known as BooLouLew Design, I am a relief print and stamp maker. I live in North Cornwall with my husband Sam and our daughter Eda, a bunch of chickens and a baby tortoise called Roger. We moved back to my homeland from Bristol to start full time managing a 28-acre …
  • Meet the Maker: Tens Studio

    Meet the Maker: Tens Studio

    My name is Sam, I own a clothing brand called Tens Studio and I am a textile designer and artist. My work explores the visibility of my heritage and Black British history through sustainable handcrafted textiles. Describe your dyeing process. I make natural dyes using food waste such as onion and avocado skins. I have … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Tens Studio"
  • Meet the Maker: Alyn Smith

    Meet the Maker: Alyn Smith

    Hi, my name is Alyn, and I am a Cardiff-based Illustrator and Printmaker. I use low-tech print processes, alongside digital technology, to create positive and colourful images. Describe your printmaking process. Everything starts in my sketchbook. I always have a sketchbook on the go, and it’s filled with scruffy sketches and notes. Once I have … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Alyn Smith"
  • Meet the Maker: Margaux Magny

    Meet the Maker: Margaux Magny

    Hi, I’m Margaux. I live near St Malo in France. I’m a graphic designer by trade focusing on digital media. I have always loved drawing and art in general. My mother did a lot of painting and sculpture when I was a child and my father did a lot of DIY. I have a lot … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Margaux Magny"
  • Meet the Maker: Print now-Riot later

    Meet the Maker: Print now-Riot later

    Hi, we’re Ellen Wagner and Axel Roessler, we live in Frankfurt/Germany and share a passion for screen printing. Our screen printing studio “Print now – Riot later” was founded in 2014 in Tucson/Arizona, where we have lived and worked from 2014 – 2019. Having left the dusty desert behind us, we have been pursuing our … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Print now-Riot later"
  • Meet the Maker: Rachael Hibbs

    Meet the Maker: Rachael Hibbs

    I'm Rachael, owner and founder of RLH Prints. I am a linocut artist and illustrator specialising in botanically inspired artwork. My process involves hand carving and printing my lino blocks on a trad... Continue reading 'Meet the Maker: Rachel Hibbs'
  • Meet the Maker: Meg Fatharly

    Meet the Maker: Meg Fatharly

    My name is Meg Fatharly, and I am a multidisciplinary Printmaker and Artists currently based in the South East of the UK. I graduated from Falmouth University back in 2018 having studied BA Drawing and since then have continued to experiment in my process and dancing between printmaking and collage work. I was born in … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Meg Fatharly"
  • Meet the Maker: Charlie Evaristo-Boyce

    Meet the Maker: Charlie Evaristo-Boyce

    Hi, my name is Charlie Evaristo-Boyce. I’m an artist from Margate who runs an online art gallery. Describe your printmaking process. My printmaking process revolves around screen printing. I use the process to make my bright and fun artworks. When I first started making prints a lot of my inspiration came from found images but as my work … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Charlie Evaristo-Boyce"
  • Meet the Maker: Zoe Glencross

    Meet the Maker: Zoe Glencross

    I’m a print designer for interiors fabric. I have designed fabric, wallpaper and homewares collections, now selling online and through UK trade stockists. We are also just beginning to work with the U.S, which is exciting!   I came to printing later in life having worked in retail, marketing and sales previously so it was … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Zoe Glencross"
  • Meet the Makers 2020

    Meet the Makers 2020

    We’d like to start the new year with a dose of joy and inspiration! We have had a wonderful selection of talented printmakers to keep us inspired over the last year via our Meet the Maker blog feature. Here’s a round-up of all the artists featured last year. Get yourself a cup of tea, put … Continue reading "Meet the Makers 2020"
  • Meet the Maker: Mark Jelliman

    Meet the Maker: Mark Jelliman

    How and where did you learn to print? I did a small amount during my degree in Art but didn’t continue as I moved into digital artwork. Being a tattooer, I have always worked in a medium where your canvas leaves with your work at the end of the day. I wanted to get back … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Mark Jelliman"
  • Meet the Maker: Damon Roberts

    Meet the Maker: Damon Roberts

    My name is Damon Roberts. I’m a silkscreen artist based in Leeds. I seem to spend my waking hours uncovering what magic can be achieved in this process I’ve chosen to specialise in. Describe your printmaking process. Some of the work I make can be quite complicated in terms of getting the ideas ready for … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Damon Roberts"
  • Meet the Maker: James Bristow

    Meet the Maker: James Bristow

    I’m James Bristow, a graphic designer and, following a career that included marketing fish to restaurants (yes, really!), I set up Beanwave, a small studio working on brand identity, printed literature and online communications, based in Silverstone, Northamptonshire. I love quirky typography, wordplay, colour and imagery. Working with commercial clients – including the National Trust, … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: James Bristow"