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 [...]

Selection process Emails are being sent out to everyone who applied. The selection process has two stages: 1. The anonymous round ~ Each of the 8 judges receives a Pinterest link with a board titled ‘Selection Process 2020 – anonymous round’. They receive a criteria sheet and every applicants’ Artists’ statement of [...]