Sue Brown Sue Brown is an artist who uses printmaking to tell stories. She is inspired by process as much as nature. Her work springs from the pages of her sketchbooks and she develops carefully researched themes using collagraph processes. Sue uses her work to explore the relationships we have with our [...]
Cath Brooke Cath studied fine art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where her interest in industrial spaces began during sketching trips to Swan Hunter shipyard on the River Tyne. Images focus on the changing industrial landscapes of the North and ways in which nature responds when large industrial structures are [...]
Laura Boswell I work exclusively with Japanese woodblock printing and linocut and my time printmaking in Japan has a profound effect on my work both in approach and technique. My woodblock printmaking and linocut printing continue to grow increasingly similar in appearance and I often use painted and drawn line directly onto [...]
Tess Baxter I am a printmaker and video artist interested in exploring the connection between actual and virtual worlds, often working with the essentially human nature of avatars. My printmaking uses photopolymer etching to reinterpret this. The process considers the relationship between the digital and the mechanical, and the aesthetics of light [...]
Jamie Barnes Jamie is a Cumbrian printmaker specialising in etching. His artwork is principally concerned with man-made structures: houses, buildings, and structures in the landscape and on the coast. For Jamie all printmaking comes from drawing, which he loves to do. He enjoys taking his love of line drawing and transforming it [...]
Sinclair Ashman My printmaking practice often asks questions of the art form, such as ‘when is a print finished?’ and ‘is a print the only possible outcome?’ For example, I sometimes include post-print embellishments, such as sewing threads into the paper surface, or sell the printing plate. My largely abstract and heavily [...]
Ruth Ander After completing her Illustration degree, Ruth has continued to hone her unique mono-print technique. Her pictures are delicate, translucent drifts of colour on fine tissue paper and traditional hand-made Japanese paper. Recent work combines etching and mono-print and strives to convey her love of the English land and sea scape. [...]
Debby Akam My woodcuts explore the potential of colour in environments as a source of emotional response. The use of textured paper, and evidence of the tactile process of making the prints emphasises their qualities as objects, and foregrounds the direct relationship that exists between wood, paper and cut. Layered prints result [...]
Sally Adkins An artist printmaker based within walking distance of the River Derwent, on the edge of the Peak District in Derbyshire. A multi-disciplinary printmaker, she works predominantly in the age-old tradition of acid-based etching, harnessing established techniques to develop finely etched, expressive metal plates. She also specialises in monotypes and contemporary [...]
Printfest 2020/21 line-up! | Printmaker of the Year 2020/21 Anita Klein | | Printmakers’ Printmaker 2019 Helen Murgatroyd | | Sally Adkins | Debby Akam | Ruth Ander | Sinclair Ashman | Jamie Barnes | Tess Baxter | Laura Boswell | Cath Brooke | Sue Brown | Adele Burdon | James Bywood | Lou Davis | Annwyn Dean | Alison Diamond | Katie Edwards [...]
