Jo Eckersley

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I have been doing linocuts for about five years. I don’t have a background in art, so it’s been really exciting building up a few skills in printmaking. In my first successful print I drew on scenes from Edward Lear’s nonsense poem The Pobble Who Has No Toes. During lockdown I made my niece a retelling of The Incy Wincy Spider, using linocut and collage techniques. 

I joined Sheffield Printmakers in 2021 and have learnt a lot from other members. This year I felt really inspired by the landscape around where I live, and I made a series of prints of the Heeley and Meersbrook Allotments. I love the colours and use of line in Edward Bawden’s work so spent some time studying his prints while I was working on my designs. 

I am a self-taught linocut, printmaker I love the process of printmaking, the physical labour of love when carving out designs and then the completely separate ‘wow’ moment of revealing the work in ink.

I am inspired by the city we live in, and spaces where the built environment collides and complements the natural world. I get inspiration from long walks as much as from galleries and books.