Author: sheffieldprintmakers

Frances Lewis

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Frances Lewis

Instagram: @redkitepress

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I graduated in Painting and Printmaking (BA) from Sheffield Hallam in 2004 and continued printmaking through local classes and in my studio practice.

I have used different techniques from Lino, screenprint, collagraph and copper sulphate etching. Redkite press is my studio at Exchange Place Studios where I screenprint and use my antique bookbinding presses to produce lino cuts.

I have spent three years developing a low technique system to screenprinting. I use screenfiller and screenprinting drawing fluid to produce my screenprints, which involves mark making directly onto the screen.

My work is expressionistic and dreamlike and I illustrate my personal visual stories within them.

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Uura Niemi-Junkola

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Uura Niemi-Junkola

Etsy shop: UuraNiemiJunkolaArt
Email: uniemijunkola@gmail.com
Tel: 0114-3276277
Mobile: 07414065130

Hi, I am Uura (Niemi-Junkola),  a Sheffield based artist originally from Finland. 

My work is inspired by colors, textures, shapes, light, water, shadows, situations and nature. My style is mainly semi-abstract or abstract, as I prefer mediums which allows flow and have a natural movement, but which can also add structure. My preferred medium for print work is mono-printing, especially using a gel-plate, as adding water and different layers adds to the movement and depth in the piece.

I also work with watercolor, ink, acrylic, charcoal, pencil works. I rarely have a specific plan for a particular painting as I like the unpredictable nature of combining different colours and mediums in the the creative process.

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Barbara Goodchild

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Barbara Goodchild

Email: barbgoodot@gmail.com

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I have had a love of lino and woodcut prints for many years, particularly those of the Grosvenor School, and the images created for public transport information posters between the wars. Soviet art work and more contemporary artists such as Robert Gillmor, Paul Catherall, Max Angus and Dorset-based artist Liz Somerville have also an inspiration for me.

I enjoy the apparent simplicity of linocut and limited use of colour, and my work tends to reflect this. I look for pattern and form, unusual shapes or perspectives, and contrasts in tone and colour which lend themselves so well to the process of lino cut. I use chine colle is some of my prints to add a hit of colour, and use newspaper, sheet music, maps and other backgrounds to complement the image.

More recently I have been experimenting with dry-point, etching and collagraph. Local buildings and lndscapes, peoples homes and much loved pets have been my inspiration as I continue to develop my practice.

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Eva Juusola

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Eva Juusola

Instagram: @evajuusola
Email: eva@juusola.co.uk

I am an artist and printmaker based in Sheffield.

After working in watercolours for many years, I took up printmaking in 2019. I started off making collagraph prints, then moved onto aluminium plate etching. I feel that this medium best allows me to express my fascination with light and atmosphere. I enjoy both the discipline of the process and the unpredictability of the end result.

I am inspired by the Peak District and I love nothing more than getting outside and sketching the landscape in all seasons. My watercolour and ink sketches often form the basis for my prints. I aim to capture the moods created by different atmospheric conditions in the simplest way possible, by stripping away any unnecessary detail to get to the essence of the subject.

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Maude Tricker

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Maude Tricker

Email: maudetricker@hotmail.com
Website: www.maudetrickerprints.com

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Currently, I am concentrating mostly on lino cut prints.  I always enjoy the physical process of carving and cutting the lino block, allowing the different cutting tools to produce marks and textures to build up the final design. I apply inks in thin layers, often with a leather dabber, producing subtle gradations of colour within each layer of printing.

I have just started exploring the possibilities of mono printing, and of combining mono print with lino print to create more painterly effects. I also enjoy experimenting with printing on to different papers, combining watercolour, gesso, and digital giclee print to create interesting surfaces.

Much of my work is inspired by the Yorkshire coast, maps, poems and stories, and Sheffield itself. Artists I love include Melvyn Evans, Michael Kirkman, Edward Bawden and Eric Ravillious. Old railway posters, and graphic and textile designs of the 1950s are also a source of inspiration.

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Sally Brooks

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Sally Brooks

Email: brooksally@gmail.com

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Sheffield Printmakers has opened up lots of possibilities for me, as an artist, especially the chance to exhibit and sell work, to share best practice and to be inspired by other printmakers.

I have printed using various methods, including; linoprint, collagraph, drypoint and etching. Lino printing dominates my work as I find it often produces the effect I want to achieve.

Reduction lino printing is one process I use.  The method is to cut a small amount of lino away from the plate, using a  gouge or v-tool designed for the purpose. The first colour is applied and printed. Then more lino is cut away for the second and subsequent colours. I generally use no more than three or four colours.

I’m inspired by the natural world, especially plants, trees, animals and birds and the occasional human! I always start by making a drawing of the image I want to print, either directly from the subject or from a photograph. I then transfer the design onto the plate using duplicating paper.

I have had some of my prints transferred onto canvas bags and made into cards which, along with the prints, are for sale.

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Jo Pye

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Jo Pye

All of my work is for sale and I can be contacted on:

Phone: 0114 258 8836
Email: pyejosephine@gmail.com

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I had dabbled with lino printing for many years, mostly with the children in my various classes and to make Christmas cards, then in the late 90s I started an Adult Access to Art course at Sheffield college and had the opportunity to experience a wider range of processes. From then on I was hooked.

I continued printmaking as part of my HND and also at evening classes, whilst they still existed. Luckily, Peter York, who had been my tutor at Sheffield, started running workshops from his home and I have been working there ever since.

My work is varied using lino, collograph, dry-point, etching and, frequently, a combination of more than one. I mostly print on paper, but I also print on fabrics so that I can embellish them with stitch.

My subjects are also wide ranging including inspirations from holidays, architecture and folk images from many cultures.

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Jenny Bowden

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Jenny Bowden

For information or sales contact: jenny.bowden@virgin.net

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My art works are reduction linoprints, each picture is handmade and unique. Colours are layered one at a time, onto paper from a lino plate. As each colour is added more is cut from the plate. I have to decide how many prints I wish to end up with before I begin, usually 6-10.

Most of my works reference landscape and place, particularly the Peak District where I have lived for many years. The process of making the print plate can be slow and painstaking yet, for me it allows contemplation, the memory of the landscape, its history and human use over time, its geology and geography, all come together within the print.

For Millennia Humans have always found special places in the lands that surround them. My works are therefore about special places that I visit, and a concern to know them and protect them.

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Cath Dunn

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Cath Dunn

I am a printmaker and painter based in Sheffield (& Edinburgh). My subject matter is based on natural forms and a sense of place – rocks, trees, the lie of the land – although my primary interest lies in pattern, abstraction and stylization. Currently I would describe my work as semi-abstract but with a longer-term aim of greater abstraction.

Although semi-abstract, my work is connected, with a sense of place – places that I visit frequently and have an emotional attachment to. I am particularly attracted to the edges of things whether literally as in the gritstone edges, the urban fringe or more obscurely the edges of life – elements that may be overlooked.

There is a close connection between my painting and printmaking. I often use prints, particularly intaglio types, as a basis for paintings and I use paintings as inspiration for printmaking. Much of my printmaking is painterly in style. I do however work in a variety of medium, often combining collage, ink oil and printmaking techniques. I have a small studio in Sheffield, have won various awards and exhibit regularly in the North of England and Scotland.

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Janet Beautyman

sheffieldprintmakers Artist
Janet Beautyman

For information or sales contact: janetbeautyman@yahoo.co.uk

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Most of my work features images from the natural world – landscape and organic forms. I have travelled widely and enjoy walking and gardening, all of which give me ideas for my prints. I tend to work in monochrome and produce work which has bold contrast in tone, texture and form.

Printmaking has always appealed as it allows the production of both experimental and more figurative images. I enjoy the serendipity element in the creative process and find I can play within the constraints of the medium. I focus on etching, aquatint, dry point and mixed- media techniques.

I have exhibited widely in the north in a number of venues including: the Harley, Welbeck; The Ferens, Hull ; Ropewalk, Barton on Humber; Buxton Art Gallery; Green Door Studio, Derby; The Art House and Millenium Gallery, Sheffield.

In 2012 I organised “WaterPrint”, an exhibition of prints to raise the profile of printmaking in Sheffield. (Profits to WaterAid). From this seed Sheffield Printmakers group grew and I became a founder member.

Through membership of Sheffield Visual Arts Group I campaign for recognition of public participation in the arts and improved access to galleries and art education for all.

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