photo Jo Crawford 2023
PRINTS
A selection of new silkscreen prints, drawings and collages I have been making over the last few years. Most of them are available to buy in my shop, (link to my shop in the headings above), please get on touch if you have any questions. If there is something you can’t see, please send me a message.
Threads of the Land, monoprint diptych on Washi. 100 x 74cm
Little Treasures, handprinted old book with pencil, & Paths to Nowhere, monoprint on Lokta.
Woven Meadows, monoprint Diptych on Washi. 75 x 75cm
Line up of new work. Please get in touch for more details.
Some of these pieces are also being sold here at Wondering People
Field of Stars, screenprint on Lokta, 76 x 56cm
A selection of work soon to be available at Partnership Editions. Other similar work available through my shop.
‘Silent Ground’ & ‘Washed Blue’, silkscreen prints on Mitsumata Washi.
Screenprint on found paper, (left) and a set of six screenprints on Fabriano (right).
‘A Place of One’s Own’ and ‘Open Air’
Handprinted antique book pages with coloured pencil. 22 x 31cm
‘We Two’ and ‘Open Space’, Screenprints on Antique books, 40 x 24cm & 32 x 22cm
The light is shifting and the colours are changing, its a perfect time to start something new. I’ve been in the studio mixing fresh palettes and making these little print studies, letting the season guide me. Follow along for peeks at the process, new textures, and the happy accidents that happen along the way.
A selection of new silkscreen prints in lots of layers of subtle colour combinations.
‘Buttons’, ‘Syncopation’, ‘Tiny Buttons’ and ‘All Lined Up’
‘Pockets of Green (pair), ‘One After the Other’, ‘One after the other (yellow) with ‘Four Corners’
These are all available in my shop.
Two new silkscreen prints from small editions on Fabriano above. Single Stone’ and ‘Sit with Me’ 38 x 30 cm
Experiments in colour on antique papers. The first four images of works below now sold. Please get in touch for details about the others or similar pieces.
Playing around and fitting pieces together. I gathered together a selection of ovals printed onto antique papers I made recently. Some are available in my shop.
Pieces above Sold (left and top right), bottom right available.
A selection of handprinted vintage book covers and pages. Inspired by a recent trip to the Yorkshire Dales and the beautiful pebbles of the river Swale. Available in my shop.
Pebbles from the River Swale inspiring new works.
‘Carried Away’ silkscreen print with conte and pencil. 2024 70 x 46cm & ‘I go on forever’ 95 x 70cm
I started a new series of prints in May 2024, of sea glass and hidden stones, rocks and debris. Using drawn textures and playing with space and colour to create little jewels in the sand. This series follows one I started last year with the work ‘In The Sand’ (above) 95 x 71cm which was exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Royal Academy.
COLLAGE & PRINT – (some of the works shown here)
It’s been really enjoyable working in collage recently, I love it’s immediacy.
There’s a structure to printing that collage just doesn’t have. Collage has been a bit of an effortless, or rather a more intuitive process. I like feeling my way around a space, using fragments and leftovers to build something new. Each collage is about balance of colour and the interactions of the shapes within the rectangle. Re-ordering pieces becomes the subject itself.
It’s a new way of working for me; a kind of thinking on top of words, working over the pages of books at the end of their lives. Something more spontaneous and recycled.
Playing around on old book covers and arranging them with simple prints on paper.
‘Bookmarks of Time’ – ‘Twice Over’ – ‘Backwards and Forwards’ – Screenprint and collage on found papers.
‘The Small Backroom’ recently exhibited at the RE Original Print Exhibition 2024. (left) ‘The Other Half’ available in my shop.
above ‘Quiet Garden’ and ‘How Tiny it looks from here’ and ‘Undercover’ 2024, 34 x 45cm
‘Treasure Hunting’ – a book made from some of my beginnings… (screenprints and collaged prints on old pages).
I nice way to show works side by side, and to see the interaction between shapes and space.
Recently chosen for the R.E’s Diploma Collection
Top – ‘Side by Side’ and ‘Sitting Quietly’
Bottom – ‘From Another Direction’, ‘From and Window’ and ‘Ha-Ha’ (sold)
Above ‘Inside the walls ‘ & ‘A Place to Walk’ two new donated editions made for the collection at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Both prints are for sale exclusively through them, and all proceeds go to the up keep of the park, and future exhibitions.
The rectangular works below are made spontaneously alongside making prints on paper. They are unplanned and evolve almost by themselves. Even though most of my work comes from things seen in the landscape, these recent pieces seem to flow from other work. I love to try out different textures through hand-drawn stencils to add subtle details and add extra layers of colour. This is something I don’t see changing, as my interest is growing towards pattern.
All above now SOLD (top right available)
Above, ‘Up They Sprung’ and ‘On a Morning like this’, 95 x 71 cm, screenprints on Fabriano 2023
Top ‘Underfoot’ 50 x 32 cm, shown next to a unique print on two old book pages
Above a selection of collages with print on old pages. All SOLD
A new series of work for 2022.
‘Sticks and Stones’, (above left) ’52 x 40cm, silkscreen print on Fabriano, edition size 30.
Stencils in my studio on the right.
A series of 38 x 30cm silkscreen prints inspired by the colours of my daughters precious stone collection. From top left – ‘Tumblestones’ – ‘Rumple’ – ‘Wiggle II’ – ‘Dreamstone ‘ – Darkstone’ & ‘Moonstones’
Left above – My little ones are expanding…some new, some old. The full set is available in my shop, or sold individually.
On the right above ‘Grey Curve’ 71 x 71cm. Also available in my shop.
Top left ‘Spring Drawing’, 60 x 60cm – Top right ‘Chasing Curves’ 60 x 60cm – ‘Long Light’ 38 x 30cm (centre bottom), shown with ‘Close’ (right).
Screenprints on found paper, (except top centre). I’m slowly adding to a collection of spontaneous prints, made as by-products of other work.They’re becoming a kind of visual diary to help inspire new pieces. It would be lovely to exhibit these alongside my larger pieces.
‘First Light’ (middle above), is available to buy. 60 x 60cm – screenprint on Fabriano.
Above – a small selection of screenprints and collages on found paper ~ I have been assembling a visual diary of colour and new beginnings. New chapters here we come.