What got you into printmaking and what techniques do you use?
I discovered printmaking through friends who were printmakers and enrolled on the foundation course at Red Hot Press. That let me try out lots of printing methods and I found that I particularly enjoyed the linocut because of the boldness of the images.
Where do you work and what equipment do you use?
I am lucky enough to have a workshop space where I am set up with an Art Equipment proofing press and my range of rollers and gouges. Having a dedicated space is great, not only because I can have a permanent set-up, but there is lots of drying space for prints so I can work on multiple editions at once.
What inspires your printmaking?
Most of my print ideas come to me when I am out walking. When I see something that catches my eye I try to work out what it is about that is making an impression on me. If I can work out how to capture that impression on paper, with a limited colour palette, then it will end up becoming a print.
What do you find most challenging and what do you most love?
I find that multi-colour prints take a lot of planning, which I enjoy, but I have to make an effort to keep focussed on the image and not get lost in detail or over-complicated process. For a complex print I can be working on the print for weeks (on and off) but I will never see the final image until I pull the paper of the last block. When it works well, seeing that image finally appear at the end of the process is a real treat.
Where may people have seen your work?
I have shown my work at several of the Cowprint exhibitions over the last couple of years and in open studio’s events. I have also had work show in open exhibitions at the St Barbe Museum and the Bankside gallery.
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