Blog - Meet the Maker

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"

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"

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"

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"

I’m Fiona, I am a screen printer and maker. I create happy colourful artwork and home accessories to make people smile and add some colour to their homes. Describe your printmaking process. I spent a year creating a print or collage a day a few years ago and this has given me a huge body … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Fiona Wilson"

I am a painter and printmaker living in East Yorkshire. In the early 1980s as a young frustrated artist, I started to screenprint my art onto T-shirts which developed into a small business, Kwatz T-shirts. After a few years and a move abroad, the business was ‘mothballed’. Forward 30 years, in 2018 I decided to … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Amanda Roseveare"

My name is Maarit Hänninen. I’m a Finnish printmaker and artist living in the Netherlands. I love traditional/folk art, nature, plants and animals, and all these elements are all strongly present in my work. Describe your printmaking process. I work mainly with linocuts. After sketching a design (either with pen and paper, or a digital … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Maarit Hänninen"

My name is Sunbul Akhtar and I run Night Press from my bedroom studio. I work in publishing during the week, ordinarily cooped in an office on the 41st floor of a building in London, and I love my job. I sometimes wish I was born half a century earlier to experience what publishing was … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Sunbul Akhtar"

Print maker and illustrator Tom Frost graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2001 returning to his hometown of Bristol to work as an illustrator for a number of years. He now divides his time between print making, restoring his tired Georgian house in rural Wales and raising a young family. In recent years he … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Tom Frost"

My name is Yasmine, founder of Yasmine Charlotte. I create block prints and printed goods, inspired by nature, human forms and daily life. Describe your printmaking process. Depending on what I am working on, I would either sketch straight onto the lino first in pencil, and then in a thicker black pen. How and where … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Yasmine Charlotte"

I was born in London and my parents are from Trinidad and Tobago. I have always been creative: I listened to a lot of Jazz, Soul and Reggae music growing up, and later in my life I had the great opportunity of going to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study Jazz. I … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Sandra King"

I’m a Bristol based illustrator and designer with a love of bold colour. I am an advocate for diverse representation, challenging taboos and stereotypes. My work comments on recurring social issues in modern society. How and where did you learn to print? I learnt to print in Bristol during my time on UWE’s illustration course. … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Beth Harris"

 Hi. My name is Helen Bulmer and I am a printmaker living in Nottingham. Describe your printmaking process. I start with a sketch or photograph then play around with it until I’m happy with the composition. I spend quite a long time on this part. I draw it onto lino with a permanent marker to … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Helen Bulmer"

I am a painter and printmaker living in Norwich. My work is about journeys; those that I take and the journey that the artwork has been on in my studio. The textures, colours and structures of each environment dictate the development of my artwork which whilst predominately abstract are based on fleeting images, imagination and … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Sally Hirst"

My name is Claudia Jones and I’m an artist from Kingston, Jamaica and I have been living and working in Petworth, West Sussex for the past thirteen years. How and where did you learn to print? I learnt print making about five years ago after attending courses with Will Dyke and Hugh Dunford Wood. Although I’m … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Claudia Jones"

I am primarily a textile designer, artist, illustrator and maker. In my early career, in partnership with a friend I set up and ran Blooming Designs, which was then a successful textile design business selling prints to leading high street fashion chains both in the UK and internationally. Under the Blooming Designs name, I now … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Alison Butler"

Liz Wellby is as an artist, teacher and maker. She creates a range of outcomes, including wire sculptures of birds and animals and lino, woodcuts and monoprints, exploring the theme of home and thedomestic environment. Liz also runs a range of creative workshops for Arts groups and societies, galleries and museums. Describe your printmaking processes. … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Liz Wellby"

I’m a Graphic Designer and Printmaker living in South East London. My style is inspired by Japanese art and geometry in design and nature and includes a signature colour palette recognisable with accents of neon tones. I have worked on commissions with brands including Barbour, GLUG, ibis Hotels and also collaborations with creatives including US … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Emma Fisher"

I am a screen printer, working out of my Studio in Bedford where I am also mum to two children and various pets. I screen print Art Prints and Greetings Cards, I love bright colours and my prints more often than not feature animals, I am partial to a Dachshund and most recent piece is … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Hannah Carvell"

Will is a graphic artist, designer and printmaker currently based in Brighton. He began freelancing full-time in 2018 and now divides his time between commercial work and personal projects. Will’s personal work explores improvisation and play within design through the use of modular systems and printmaking techniques. Describe your printmaking process. I’ve experimented with a variety … Continue reading "Meet the Maker: Will Mower"