Past Events
We like to keep sharing the printmakers involved in our most recent events so that you can still find them afterwards. You’ll find the details of our two most recent events below, along with links to everyone’s websites and social media accounts.
Intricate, small edition, hand-printed collagraph and linocut prints, inspired nature and it’s architecture, particularly seeds and plants.
Pattern led prints and paper goods inspired by Mid Century modern design. Nature and celestial themes in detailed linocuts, abstract monotypes or miniature etchings.
Linocuts inspired by the feelings of wonder we experience when we are immersed in natural landscapes, with a particular affinity for mountains. Hannah’s practice is informed by drawing on location and exploring experimental mark making by combining the structure of linocut with the painterly freedom of monotype processes.
Charlie creates unique and eclectic designs for fashion and the home. She takes inspiration from English botanical gardens and visits to sunny tropical islands, producing prints that are vibrant, colourful and full of texture.
Beautiful original prints inspired a life-long love of nature, depicting animals often animated with a subtle sense of character that will make you smile.
Colourful and imaginative prints inspired by nature and fantasy, with hand drawn illustrations at the core of every design.
Dom is a screen printer based in North Staffordshire. His work is inspired by his love of strong colour and geometric patterns, the culture and design of pop music, The Bauhaus and mid century ceramics.
Danielle is a multidisciplinary artist based in Birmingham, U.K. She creates paper, prints and animation by hand. The papers are repurposed from locally sourced organic materials and paper waste.
Colourful, textural depictions of birds and nature. Hand-drawn processes, layering of painterly marks, collage and mixed media play a part in Laura’s translations into screenprint and linocut techniques.
Colourful and semi-abstract prints that spotlight distinctive landmarks. What began as a passion project has blossomed into a vibrant collection, with Liverpool taking centre stage as his inaugural series.
Watercolour paintings developed at home from sketches made on Jonathan’s travels, reproduced as high quality archival prints and books.
Alex creates generative prints by assembling libraries of hand-made images into one-off artworks. His code combines models of composition and colour with complex systems, creating unique outputs with every run.
Ayeen Art is home to Sarah Lee-Byrne, printmaker specialising in screenprint and copper plate etching. Her artwork captures the soul of nature, encouraging moments of reflection and offering glimpses into captivating narratives waiting to be discovered.
Matt Hooper is a self taught Linocut artist from Leeds, printing from nature, pop art, Japanese culture and whatever grabs his eye. He is known for fine line and striking composition.
Pittville Press is committed to publishing visual scholarship across the widest variety of disciplines, bringing together unexpected collaborators make positive contributions and create new knowledge. They believe developing new work through visual communication will break boundaries that they didn’t even know were there.
STISH’s print designs are inspired by the macabre, mysterious and curious sides of history, science and religion, with many of their interests particularly linking to Ancient Britain, Europe and Scandinavia.
Glasgow based screenprint artist whose work focuses on literature, storytelling and word play.
Detailed lino prints of woodland landscapes, often printed directly on wooden veneers so that the wood grain adds atmosphere to the work.
Aaren is a Chinese freelance illustrator living in Leicester, creating some Risograph and Giclée prints. Most of her works are inspired by her dogs and some quirky ideas in her life.
Beautiful screen prints exploring black culture and black women. Much of Ada’s work seeks to understand and reflect that black is beautiful, and the importance of knowing your worth.
Hannah creates work inspired by industrial decline and heritage, abandoned and derelict buildings, Brutalist structures and other landscapes that reflect or give context to our current environmental and political climate.
Emma is interested in narrative and seeing the value of mundane or overlooked moments within nature. She loves finding ways to push the boundaries what processes can be- in particular using analogue and traditionally painted mediums through a digital riso process.
Mark’s style has a unique minimal and sometimes abstract aesthetic, which he uses to break down everyday things into basic geometric forms.
Emma’s work is a document of life, an observation of the day to day. Wildlife, people and things that are common to us all. The characters that emerge from those places however evoke a different world of imagination, dream and nightmare.
Conwy-based printmaker and poet. Julian creates limited edition wood engravings and linocuts inspired by the landscape and architecture of North Wales.
Self-taught, Northern Irish printmaker and illustrator based in Edinburgh, working primarily in lino. Rosanna is drawn to linocut for the finality of the marks, to learn to adapt to the decisions she’s made and grow around them. She also loves the manual processes involved, using tools to carve the block, rolling out ink, and pressing paper.
A combination of illustration, painting & print works that predominantly explore place and identity.
Scottish printmaker, illustrator and storyteller inspired by folklore, the stories of people and the world around us.
Reduction and multi-block printing linocuts, taking inspiration from the German expressionists and Brazilian block printing.
Handmade relief and intaglio prints, exploring modern takes on old things, often with imaginative speculation at it’s core.
Emotive portraits and florals infused with elements from the arts and crafts movements; with a modern twist. Drawing inspiration from the innate relationship between humanity and nature.
Amy Lee Young creates work inspired by magic and ancient rituals, sound therapy and music, the sun, the moon and the cosmos.
Utilising found and reappropriated imagery, collaged with rich textures and bold colours, the layering up of inks, collage, pencil, and oils by hand builds the rich surfaces to produce unique screen-printed monoprints.
Linocut artworks inspired by the local landscape and wildlife. Jade is particularly interested in birds and these are a main focus in her works.
Colourful, hand printed linocuts that are full of texture, and inspired by nature and bold strong shapes.
Letterpress printmaker using the process in a clean modern and graphic way. Each print is typically hand inked to retain the one of one aesthetic.
Kate Moorhouse is a designer from Manchester. Inspired by the cut-out years of Matisse, Kate uses cut paper as a way of creating impactful shapes and arrangements. Her style is based on her love of bold colours and plants.
Illustrator and cartoonist from Yorkshire who love making prints, comics and zines that communicate a heady mix of joy and nostalgia.
Hand drawn, hand printed illustrations, rewriting historical narratives within her designs to give them contemporary relevance. Ruth’s illustrative landscapes convey more sinister meanings shrouded in decorative beauty.
Bold and intriguing linocuts that reflect an imagination and love of the unusual and surreal. From portraits of cultural heroes to science-fiction inspired pieces, the prints are a mix of single colour linocuts to more complex multi-layered reduction prints.
Bold abstract screen prints on paper and cloth. Inspired by nature and seasonal change, Nell works from a studio at Hot Bed Press in Salford. She has recently been exploring using natural dyes and pigments in her prints.
Bold and bright prints, often with neon ink and range from graphic vector art to painterly abstract pieces.
Playful typography for walls and minds. Capturing ideas, thoughts and feelings in uncomplicated, vibrant ways.
Shropshire-based printmaker, specializing in wood engraving, a technique that’s been used for art and illustration for hundreds of years.
SANS Studio is a home for limited edition creations that honour the beauty of handmade techniques and traditional processes. Many of the works focus on reclaimed and forgotten objects such as old books, photographs, scraps of paper and vinyl records.
Unique, bold paper cut collage illustrations, and abstract mono screen prints and products. Victoria’s prints are inspired by the natural world – the colours, flora, fauna and most often the beautiful landscapes she lives in and visits.
The Quiet Orchard is a Project run by Abi Turner, an artist living off grid deep in the hills of west Wales. The projects focus is to make folklore accessible again & through this restore our connection to the land.
Blue Room is the Bluecoat’s inclusive arts project supporting learning disabled and neurodivergent artists to develop their creative practice and share their work with audiences.
David Armes is a visual artist based in Calderdale who works with print, language and geography. His primary medium is letterpress printing and he creates typographic artworks that range in scale from large scroll installations to prints and artist’s books.
Abstract artist inspired by found objects, using printmaking and mixed media.
Geen Jones is an illustrator with a love of retro inspired aesthetics and colour, making perfectly imperfect prints with any and all printmaking techniques.
Versatile illustrator, specialising in children’s illustration but aiming to evoke magic and nostalgia for all ages. Her work combines traditional and digital media to create uplifting, playful images that bring magic to everyday life.
Pat enjoys the magic of breaking images down into their component parts, precise carving and then ink application, a layer at a time, each different to the last.
Prints, books, and pamphlets, letterpressed using wooden and lead letters. Subject matter ranges from architecture and environmental and socio-political concerns.
Original hand drawn illustrations, transformed in to prints though the fun and messy process of screen printing.
Hannah Parkes creates captivating screen prints using self-built equipment, blending architectural styles with natural elements for a semi-surreal aesthetic. Her handmade approach, utilising paper cut stencils and hand-drawn lines, adds an organic feel.
Florence Blanchard is a painter and screen printer who spent her 20’s in New York painting graffiti and learning about molecular biology.
Colourful and imaginative prints inspired by nature and fantasy, with hand drawn illustrations at the core of every design.
Delicate, drypoint etchings inspired by the natural flora and fauna that they encounter everyday in their local surroundings.
Bold and intriguing linocuts that reflect an imagination and love of the unusual and surreal. From portraits of cultural heroes to science-fiction inspired pieces, the prints are a mix of single colour linocuts to more complex multi-layered reduction prints.
Original relief and intaglio prints influenced by mid-20th century graphic art and illustration.
Matt Hooper is a self taught Linocut artist from Leeds, printing from nature, pop art, Japanese culture and whatever grabs his eye. He is known for fine line and striking composition.
Ben Lingard’s work brings together a number of interests including psychogeography and the life of the city, the nature of memory, the act of looking, and the role of craft in contemporary art.
Jennie makes playful, bold and colourful screen prints using cut-paper collage and hand-drawing to give an experimental, hand-made feel.
Liverpool based illustrator known for her colourful, character design focused artworks.
Lino and screen prints is inspired by the female form with a pop art, rockabilly vibe.
Utilising found and reappropriated imagery, collaged with rich textures and bold colours, the layering up of inks, collage, pencil, and oils by hand builds the rich surfaces to produce unique screen-printed monoprints.
Linocut artworks inspired by the local landscape and wildlife. Jade is particularly interested in birds and these are a main focus in her works.
Bold and illustrative linocut prints inspired by tattoo, music, folklore, nature and trans identity.
Victoria finds inspiration in the natural world; flowers and animals feature regularly in her designs and she strives to bring character and a touch of irreverent, light-hearted humour to each print or illustration.
Created for Joy, House of Payne’s aim is to spread that joy onto the walls of homes, with bold colours, mark-making and a playful curiosity.
Patricia enjoys the magic of breaking images down into their component parts, precise carving and then ink application, a layer at a time, each different to the last.
Abby is a printmaker and multidisciplinary designer creating colourful risograph prints, greetings cards and stationery. Her work is incredibly vibrant and greatly inspired by architecture, geometry, pattern and typography.
Bold and bright prints, often with neon ink and range from graphic vector art to painterly abstract pieces.
Hand printed by Irish artist Sheena Vallely at print studios in Berlin, Antwerp and Bristol. Sheena’s unique printworks and small editions of animal and botanical themes are of a high quality and reasonably priced.
Blue Room is the Bluecoat’s inclusive arts project supporting learning disabled and neurodivergent artists to develop their creative practice and share their work with audiences.
Geen Jones is an illustrator with a love of retro inspired aesthetics and colour, making perfectly imperfect prints with any and all printmaking techniques.
Scottish printmaker, illustrator and storyteller inspired by folklore, the stories of people and the world around us.
Freelance visual artist based in Edinburgh dedicated primarily to illustration and graphic design.
Emma’s work is a document of life, an observation of the day to day. Wildlife, people and things that are common to us all. The characters that emerge from those places however evoke a different world of imagination, dream and nightmare.
Playful typography for walls and minds. Capturing ideas, thoughts and feelings in uncomplicated, vibrant ways.
Detailed lino prints of woodland landscapes, often printed directly on wooden veneers so that the wood grain adds atmosphere to the work.
Mark’s style has a unique minimal and sometimes abstract aesthetic, which he uses to break down everyday things into basic geometric forms.
Pattern led prints and paper goods inspired by Mid Century modern design. Nature and celestial themes in detailed linocuts, abstract monotypes or miniature etchings.
Colourful limited edition colourful, folk-art inspired screenprints with a mid-century style. Inspired by the countryside surrounding Ruth in beautiful Wales, featuring nature, animals, and landscapes.
An illustrator who is inspired by the natural world experiments with a range of handprinted methods in her Liverpool based studio.
Shropshire-based printmaker, specializing in wood engraving, a technique that’s been used for art and illustration for hundreds of years.
Kalin is an illustrator and printmaker from Taiwan. Creating brings her joy, and she hopes her art can make some feel less alone and light up their hearts.
Handmade prints capturing the essence of what it truly feels like to stand in a particular landscape, be it watching the endless changing of a shoreline as the sea ebbs and flows or be it standing surrounded by trees in the middle of a forest.
Limited edition screen prints and products inspired by 1950s textiles and surface pattern, using bold, geometric colours.