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Ideas, musings and writings about printy things and life as an artist.

Aug 22, 20215 min read

Equipment Guide: Inks and rollers

My first forays into linocutting were made with an Essdee kit I bought at Cass Art for £20. The kits comes with a cutting tool handle...

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Jul 17, 20216 min read

Equipment Guide: Lino and cutting tools

My first forays into linocutting were made with an Essdee kit I bought at Cass Art for £20. The kits comes with a cutting tool handle...

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May 9, 20214 min read

5 Contemporary Printmakers I can't get enough of

One of the saddest things for me about the restrictions we've all been living with over the past year has been the closing of art...

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Apr 25, 20218 min read

How to become an artist... am I there yet?

I find it quite hard to call myself 'an artist' or 'a printmaker'. From what I can gather listening to my favourite 'Ask an Artist'...

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Apr 8, 20215 min read

A day in the life....

I recently completed an interview for Haychley Webb's the 'Meet the Printmaker' series. If you're interested in reading about...

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Mar 27, 20214 min read

Making my new Reduction Linocut 'Spring Mist in Green'

I'd like to introduce my latest reduction linocut print 'Spring Mist in Green'. I'm so excited about it I thought I'd write a little...

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Feb 21, 20214 min read

Equipment: my Akua pin press

I've been asked a few times what the big 'roller thing' I often use is, so I thought I'd introduce my Akua pin press. Some of the first...

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Nov 28, 20203 min read

My first newsletter

"Hello, I'm Jo and I like printmaking" was the opener to my first newsletter. I'm hoping to produce one every couple of months and...

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