Sadie Tierney created a box set of drypoint etchings on her journey round the lakes, all of them created on the spot Edition of nine of each of nine drypoint etchings, 30x21cm Sadie Tierney ~ In Search of the Picturesque Hill Top ~ Sadie Tierney ~ In Search [...]

Sadie Tierney found her inspiration for the Printfest commission, sitting beside the deepest lake in England, looking at the tallest mountain in England, with half a mile of shale screes falling vertically half a mile into the fjord like lake, the dusk glowing the rocks pink, the colours changing by the second as night falls. [...]

Sadie Tierney found her inspiration for the Printfest commission, sitting beside the deepest lake in England, looking at the tallest mountain in England, with half a mile of shale screes falling vertically half a mile into the fjord like lake, the dusk glowing the rocks pink, the colours changing by the second as night [...]

Gail Brodholt visited the Lake District before Christmas, staying in Ambleside, her linocut is called ‘A Winter’s Tale’ The commissioned work portrays what she calls a “fairly normal, ordinary road” her husband Jim drove down each day of her stay between Windermere and Kendal, the A591 approaching Ings. “We visited lots of places, [...]

Jason Hicklin created a series of etchings from sketching around Coniston Water, the Printfest etching is titled ‘Coniston Water from Low Water End’. Jason in his studio, image © Conor Dardis www.jasonhicklin.com

Jane Glynn created an etching of the gardens at Furness Abbey where the tree growing from the side of a small shed caught her attention; ‘The Magician’s Hut’. A special spot. Jane in her studio in Dublin, image © Saidhbhin Gibson www.aquatintprint.com

Gill Tyson create two stone lithographs; this is ‘North West Passage’, a view of the Hoad that looks over Ulverston, Gill working on a stone in the studio www.aquatintprint.com

Gill Tyson created two stone lithographs; this is ‘Floating Castle’, a view across the water from Walney Island to Piel Island. Gill at her press www.gilltyson.com

Katherine Jones created a collagraph and block print: ‘The Usual Things’ of the gas silo near the Glaxo Smith Klein factory/buildings by the Ulverston Canal. Katherine in front of her commissioned print at Printfest 2013 www.katherine-jones.co.uk

Kelly Stewart created two screenprints, this is ‘View to Piel Island’. She particularly loved the how people travel to Piel island on a small boat from this pier Kelly at Edinburgh Printmakers www.skellydesigns.com