Contact. j.rollin@talk21.com
John is a new member of Sheffield Printmakers.
John Rollin
Artist
Matthew Ford
Having not done anything artistic since High School, during the first Covid lockdown we started a ‘friends and family’ art contest. I found myself drawn to the graphic qualities of printed images, and began Linocut printing in 2021. It’s still very much a hobby, but I’ve enjoyed making prints for friends and family as gifts for friends and family.
Jennie Merriman
I started printmaking in 2014 and really enjoyed the challenge and process of lino and collagraph printing. There are so many ways to make a plate or add a ground, it is always exciting. I enjoy taking a mixed media approach, particularly with collagraph printing. I have had quite a long break from the work but now have my old press back and am ready to get going again with a lot of help from friends.I enjoy the camaraderie and the ‘making together’ of printmakers and have recently renovated an old engineering workshop in my garden. It is now set up as a printmaking workshop both for myself and as a community resource for workshops and as a drop in centre. The space can also be used as a gallery for exhibiting work.
It is early days yet but since September we have had some very lively sessions both with new and experienced printmakers. I have also recently rejoined Sheffield Printmakers and am looking forward to exhibitingwork with them again.
Jennie Merriman. 09. 11. 2023
Zena Farel
Contact Details
Email. zena@zenafarelgallery.co.uk
Website. www.farel.co.uk
Non commission website. Free for international women artists. www.voltagallery.co.uk
Instagram. #northwind365
Facebook. Volta Art by Women
I create monotypes and monoprints using acrylic on paper and work quickly, always with a firm idea of what I want to produce, but I prefer not to plan an image in advance. I like the exhilaration of producing work in such a necessarily imprecise way and always welcome the resulting surprises and discoveries. I’m exploring, and expressing remembered feelings and experiences, rather than the immediate world around me.
I lived very close to the North Devon coast for four years and in Valencia for two years before that, and both the sea and the flamboyant, energetic colours of Valencia appear in my work. At the moment, I live in the North East and have also produced newer, more muted forms connected to woodland walks and the huge skies of County Durham.
Christine Jones
Email. Christinejones.printnewt@gmail.com
Website https://christinejonesprintmaker.co.uk
Folksy shop link https://folksy.com/shops/christinejonesprintmaker
Instagram @christinejonesprintmaker
I am a Derbyshire based printmaker, living in a small village that has always been my home. I have a small print room at the bottom of my garden which houses an hand built etching press lovingly made by my husband.
I fell in love with the printmaking process whilst studying Art @Design over 20 years ago, and continued to build up my knowledge through self learning, books and specialised courses. Whenever time and commitments allowed I would make prints.
Since giving up work to pursue my passion for printmaking I have exhibited and sold my work at fairs, art trails group exhibitions and galleries. I love what I do and being part of a creative community.
I am inspired by the everyday, textures, patterns, the way the light falls and the drama and shadows it creates. The stories and memories objects can evoke and my love of the printmaking process also inspire me. I don’t feel compelled to follow a strict path and can veer off if a subject interests or speaks to me.
Tracy Litterick
Email. tracylitterick @gmail.com
Although I have a Fine Art degree I then worked primarily with photography and film, discovering printmaking some years after graduating and retraining to become a Homeopath and subsequently studying Therapeutic Shamanism.
My prints, therefore, explore my inner landscape and Shamanic realms behind this ordinary reality. Inspiration comes from the Stone, Plant, Standing, Animal and Human peoples and is part of my healing process. My imagery touches on aspects of Soul Loss and Retrieval, Ancestral Healing, Power Animals, the Medicine Wheel and Shapeshifting that emerge from Shamanic Journeying.
Printmaking embraces these experiences and becomes almost a meditation process which cannot be rushed or forced but results in outcomes often unexpected, helping wounded parts tell their stories, through hands, feeling and touching, being guided by intuition.
Cintia Stammers
I have been experimenting with printmaking for many years, in particular with collagraphs, dry point and monographs.
I moved to Sheffield in 2022 and have continued with my interest in representing nature. Here, instead of mountains and the sea, I have returned to trees as my main subject. The idea of sustainable art appeals to me. I have used driftwood both as a ground and as a printing plate, and I sometimes print on homemade recycled paper.
After finishing school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, I went to art college for two years and also studied printmaking and painting at the studio of Loi Portinari’s. Later, I qualified as an English teacher, and Art became a privilege, a hobby, but I never stopped drawing and painting when time allowed. Later still, I attended an art and design course offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. I was also a member of the Portree Printmakers group.
I have taken part in exhibitions in Brazil, London, Essex, Brighton and Portree, on Skye.
Annetta Lambert
Email. lambert137@btinternet.com
I started printing about six years ago, whilst in retirement, having always been interested in other aspects of art. I have throughout my life enjoyed painting, drawing and general crafting etc, but had never tried printmaking. I attended Peter York’s workshops for a couple of years where I mainly concentrated on lino print and intaglio with perspex plates. I really enjoyed both processes and found that cutting into a block or etching onto a perspex sheet very relaxing and calming.
I have recently started printing again at home, both intaglio and relief but using the old fashioned method of pressing with a small baren or a spoon. The results are very unpredictable but when I manage to pull a good print it is extremely rewarding and always great fun.
My prints tend to be inspired by my love of nature, in particular flowers. I also enjoy planning and executing abstract designs. The black and white abstract print below is one of the early lino prints that I did at Peter’s.
I am still exploring and enjoying all aspects of printmaking like colour, techniques, subjects etc. and have not developed a particular style.
Louise Vickers
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My introduction to printmaking was through etching many years ago but I have recently returned to it via linocut. I enjoy the mindful process of cutting the lino and rolling the ink.
I have recently joined Sheffield Printmakers as i would like to meet others who also enjoy printmaking and hopefully learn from their knowledge and experience.
I would like to expand my techniques into other areas, the textures of collagraph are interesting me at the moment. The inspiration for my images has mainly been nature but I would like to try larger images of landscapes and cityscapes.
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Exhibition
Kath Holland
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I am inspired by storytelling that can be both imaginative and influenced by real life stories/events.
They are colourful, imaginative and expressive. I produce both figurative and abstract work, which are often inspired by nature. In my subjects of nature, I am also interested in animals and their relationships to nature and the flora and fauna that co-exist.
I use a variety of techniques such as dry point, monoprint, collagraph, linocut. Exploring different printmaking techniques offers the possibilities of creating expressive images.
I often combine dry point and monotype techniques and use a painterly approach to applying the colours.
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