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Welcome to the world of printmaking artists!

Are you interested in the print arts or in artists who do printmaking? Then you've come to the right place! This lens is a list of blogs and sites by artists who are either printmakers or who discuss printmaking or printmaking artists.

If you're interested in other printmaking resources, please visit my other lenses:

All About Printmaking - techniques, links to resources, books
Printmaking Studios, Groups, Ateliers & Galleries - world wide venues for printmaking, including letterpress and bookplates
Printmaking Resources Online - supplies, tools, equipment

If you're a printmaker and you're not on this list, feel free to contact me. You might also be interested in checking out the Printmaking forum on Wet Canvas!, an online artists community.

ATTENTION ALL PRINTMAKERS! I am thrilled that this is such a popular page and that everyone wants to be included!!!

As a result, I'm swamped with requests. Please click on the "Contact Me" with your link to your site (either a blog or a website, and let me know if you're on Etsy), and I'll let you know once I've added you to the list. It's a bit of a handful to manage, plus I'm trying to get my own art and work done :) so bear with me. Please check back regularly as I keep running across new people to add to this list!

Printmaking Artists

Artists who use any traditional printmaking technique, or combination thereof, in their work. Please click on the letter corresponding to the last name of the artist to find their work online.

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Stephen Alcorn: STEPHEN ALCORN - While born in the U.S., Stephen Alcorn spent his formative years in Florence, Italy. It was there that he attended the Istituto Statale d'Arte, an experience that left an indelible impression upon him, infusing his work with a passion for bold technical experimentation in a wide range of mediums. It was there that he also met his future wife, Sabina Fascione, a native of Pisa, Italy.
Since 1986 Stephen, Sabina, and their two daughters, have lived and worked in the village of Cambridge, in upstate New York. Working in a variety of disparate, yet mutually complementary styles and techniques, Stephen and Sabina work side by side in a multi-faceted, 19th century carriage house, where they incorporate a unique blend of studio related activities and rotating exhibitions of their work.
Helen Aldous: HELEN ALDOUS - I am an Artist Printmaker based in Holmfirth West Yorkshire. I began Printmaking whilst on my Art Foundation Course in 1989 and my work has been evolving ever since. I completed a Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration and have worked primarily in the Digital realm before feeling a need to feel the texture of paper again.
My medium is primarily Screen print and I also create relief based work using Linocuts. My work as an Artist Printmaker is a combination of hand drawing, computer enhancement and traditional hand printmaking. I am fascinated by the combination of modern and traditional techniques. I create original limited edition art prints in small numbers.
My current work has polarised into images which touch on the everyday pressure of modern life and also the escape from this pressure via the landscape and natural forms.
Daniel Allegrucci: DANIEL ALLEGRUCCI - Charlotte, NC printmaker. The Block is the personal art blog of Daniel Allegrucci. The focus is on woodcuts and prints in general, but any art is fair game. This blog is a place for exploring and sharing my artmaking process as well as the results of that process. Hope you enjoy it.
Heather Assaf: HEATHER ASSAF - From Rhoddy's Bay near Braeside, Ontario Heather is an intaglio printmaker and mixed media artist who expresses herself through the abstract qualities of shape, colour, line, pattern, form and texture.
Intuitive expression is at the core of her art, stimulating the viewers' perception and imagination to "feel" and experience the paintings from their own personal perspective.
Her love of vibrant colour and strong design shows up in all her work.
Heather Aston: HEATHER ASTON, Canadian artist/printmaker, works out of the Malaspina Printmakers Studio on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She also teaches printmaking courses and workshops in local communities, studios and schools.
Maria Arango: MARIA ARANGO - Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1959. A one-and-a-half year old child cannot remember what it was like to have our homes and businesses taken over by the regime of Fidel Castro. In any case, we took a long ship-ride to Spain right about when Cuba turned communist.
I was raised in Barcelona, Spain until 1974. In a sense, I still think of Spain as home, a home that will be undoubtedly changed if and when I return to visit. There again, hard for a happy and energetic thirteen year-old to recall the turmoil of Franco's impending death and the threat of social unrest.
Nevertheless, my family thought it best to take another long trip in search of a better life. This time my family and I moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where we were reunited with my father's family.
About art...I have loved art all my life and earned a few stripes at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. After a short but fruitful career in Exercise Physiology, I decided I wanted to make art full-time. As of September 30th, 1999 I am proud to say I am a full-time artist. I find collectors mostly through art festivals throughout the Western US.
My current body of work includes figurative semi-abstracts inspired by the grain of the wood, and simple realistic works of the world around me. Other hobbies I actually have time to practice are dog-walking, hiking, camping and traveling by car. I love my life
Viza Arlington: VIZA ARLINGTON - VIZArt on ETSY - Printmaker in Seattle area. Viza Arlington attended Pacific Northwest College of Art where she majored in printmaking. She worked as a professional screen printer for many years but gave that up to spend more time on her own art. Viza now lives and has her studio on the family farm. She enjoys working in all forms of printmaking but most of her prints are intaglio, relief or monotypes. She is an active member of the Baren Forum.
Mary Azarian: MARY AZARIAN - In 1969, she started Farmhouse Press and began producing woodcut prints, first printing by hand and eventually printing on a 19th century Vandercook proof press. Her initial prints were done in black and white, but she soon began experimenting with adding color. Trained as a painter as well as a printmaker, she developed a non-traditional technique of adding the color with water based paints rather than with individual color blocks.

This allows each print to be unique and the color to be varied. Most of the prints produced at Farmhouse Press are printed by the artist on the Vandercook proof press, but in some cases a block may prove difficult to print properly and is printed by a small print shop in Barre, Vermont. These prints will be designated by an asterisk (*). Each print is individually hand painted by Mary Azarian.

Recently, she has returned to hand printing black and white woodcuts on Japanese paper. The quality of hand rubbing can never be duplicated on a press. A special selection of black and white prints is offered on this site.
Colin Bailey: COLIN BAILEY is an artist & printmaker living and working in Hastings, East Sussex after living in Rye for ten years and Kings Cross, London for fifteen years. Originally an etcher, and still with a printmaker's instinct for multiple images, Colin has embraced the advance of recent technology through the use of digital photography, high resolution scanning and archival quality giclée printing.
Lynn Bailey: LYNN BAILEY - Lynn Bailey is a fine art printmaker based in Devon

One of the things that excites me most about printmaking is the potential to use materials gathered from the environment in the actual creative process. These materials leave traces of themselves embedded in the artwork - as we too leave traces of our activities etched into the landscape. All my artwork is in someway influenced by the environment.
Nicola Barsaleau: bluecicada on ETSY - NICOLA BARSALEAU - I grew up in South Africa and fell in love with the linoprints that adorned Cape Town's lampposts and street corners. When I lived and studied in London, I learnt to make my own. I discovered an art medium that is immediate, and the process of carving allows the block to take a life of its own.
Mariana Bartolomeo: MARIANA BARTOLOMEO - etching, wood block printmaking. I have been a professional artist for 35 years woring as a printmaker, photographer, sculptor, mosaicist, write and teacher. My MFA in printmaking & art history is from the University of Kansas. I also have a doctorate in psychology from Fielding University, Santa Barbara, CA. I exhibit my work internationally.
Curtis Bayer: CURTIS BAYER - There's nothing better than exploring. New locales, new foods, new ideas. This blog pays homage to those who want to know "What's around the next bend?" Those who believe the best adventure is yet to come! Welcome and enjoy the trip!
Laura Beach: LAURA BEACH - Art, nature, & conservation of the natural world around us are three subjects I have been interested in for as long as I can remember. I was lucky to grow up in a home full of creativity and as much room and artistic license as we could muster, not too mention all kinds of art supplies. Over the years I had the opportunity to dabble in many different art techniques. While studying biology at UC Davis, it wasn't until I took a relief printmaking class that I really found the art medium that captured my full attention - the medium demanded I slow down and think about each step, as once you carve away there is no going back.
Wendy Bell: WENDY BELL - Berlin, Germany - I enjoy making woodcuts because I get to hold, smell and carve a 3-dimensional block of wood. It's an interesting challenge to integrate the grain and knots into my work. After carving the block I print it by hand to be able to react to the variations in surface quality of each piece of wood - applying more or less pressure in certain areas as required. I often make monoprints on the blocks, other times I reduce the block step by step, alternately carving and printing to create a layered image of different colors.
Annie Bissett: ANNIE BISSETT - A long-time illustrator whose woodblock printmaking focuses on moku hanga, the traditional Japanese method. Recently she has been working on a series of prints based on satellite views of various world geographies that have been in the news. Her blog, Woodblock Dreams shows the preparations and stages of her work as she produces it.">
David Blackwood: DAVID BLACKWOOD - Internationally acclaimed artist, awarded the Order of Canada in 1993 in recognition of his contribution to Canadian culture & heritage with his art. His intricate intaglio prints and paintings capture the maritime history, mythos and iconography of Newfoundland.
Dave Blank: DAVE BLANK - DBlankPrints on ETSY - Monotype prints - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My work is a combination of my interests in photography and monotype printmaking. Many of my prints begin as photographs I take around Milwaukee, Wisconsin and in my national and international travels. The process from photo to print takes many hours (sometimes days) of trial and error, adjustments, trial prints, hair pulling, and cries of anguish before I am satisfied.
Robert Boe: ROBERT BOE - Homesick ink was established in 2006 by artist/screenprinter Robert "Marty" Boe. "I have always been into music, and all other artforms, so making concert posters just seems like a natural step in my art path." Most of my artwork is done with pencils, pens, paper, and screenprinting, but I also like to experiment with other mediums.
Mark Bovey: MARK BOVEY - An array of visual qualities unique to the medium of printmaking provide a palette with which to mine a visual image landscape that has evolved over six centuries. Within the history of the printing matrix as a place(s), a technology, and a source of visual output through which to filter/distill/expand image ideas, I explore the way images resonate, dislocated from their sources in new contexts. I enjoy using the subtle transparent layers of stone or plate lithography, new possibilities of the virtual matrix, rich texture intaglio or primal mark making carved in wood to bind together or trans-locate the images .
Sara Bowen: SARA BOWEN - I came back to art the long way round after twenty years setting up and running small businesses in the UK. I trained as a printmaker with Martyn Grimmer and Emma Stibbon in Bristol, and then at the University of the West of England. Now I live on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia, and I work primarily in print and artists' books.
Ed Boxall: ED BOXALL - I am an artist and illustrator living in the seaside town of Hastings, England.
I self publish my visual books as 'The Pearbox Press'. My first 'Pearbox Press' books, the 'Storm Tree Stories', were published in 2006. They take childhood rural holidays as a starting point but mix dream and reality freely. Along with my most recent book 'The Shipwrecked Sailor' they are a labour of love; an attempt to make enchanting visual poetry for both adults and children.
I love getting my hands dirty printmaking and make my own handmade prints, using techniques such as woodblocks, lino and mono printing. My books and prints are available at various galleries and shops in the UK.
I did a degree in printmaking (Hull) and an MA in illustration (St Martins, London).
Simon Brett: SIMON BRETT - Simon Brett has made wood engravings since 1961. They have been made as prints, as bookplates and, mostly, as book illustrations: it is largely as a book illustrator that he makes a living. He also writes on the history, practice and current condition of the art.
Wood engraving is a print-making medium. Prints are the main work of a printmaker. Wood engraving is also an illustrators' and a graphic artist's medium. Most of the prints I make are used as 'applied art' - illustrations, bookplates, logos etc. When illustrations appeal as individual images, separate from their text, as they often do, their blocks too may be editioned (see below), signed and issued as prints. But other engravings are made just as art, as images for their own sake to hang on the wall or to collect. The images on this page are of that kind: my work as a printmaker.
Selma Swartz Bromberg: SELMA SWARTZ BROMBERG - My work is inspired by the rugged beauty and fragility of nature. I am attracted to the dramatic play of light and shadow on rocky cliffs, the swirling patterns of rushing waterfalls and the translucent colors in partially frozen ice along the river's edge. I frequently ski and hike with my sketchbook in tow so that I can draw a particular view. Back in my studio, I am often influenced by the sensitivity and directness of Japanese and Chinese sumi paintings as I create new pieces from my nature studies.
I cut bold lines and rugged forms into my woodblocks. I print my woodcuts in one color to convey either stark stillness or intense movement in the landscape. My prints are monochromatic because I do not want the distraction of color to diffuse the forms. Conversely, my monotypes feature layers of translucent color, elusive light on surfaces, and undulating lines. Both woodblock and monotype reveal my strong interest in the variety of changing textures and patterns in nature. I am constantly trying new techniques, inks, and tools to discover more ways of expressing myself through printmaking
Fred Brown: FRED BROWN - For me, art can be anything that my mind can dream of.
The technique for creating these woodcuts consists of a three-part process: painting, cutting and printing. The painting sometimes begins with a pre-conceived idea, while other times it is spontaneous. Usually, I render something from my environment such as flowers, trees, mountains, the moon, and the human body, or I may simply throw paint around and react to that. This allows me the freedom to create images that are personal - they relate to what is going on in my world and the world as a whole. The thoughtfulness and raw emotion that I invest in the work will, hopefully, translate into universal truths about the human condition.
The cutting is, at once, an athletic event and spiritual experience. Again, there is a back and forth dialogue between myself and the work. Some areas are translated exactly from what is painted on the board, and other areas are cut in a much more reckless manner. I believe this gives the print its vitality, energy, and life-force.
The print, the final medium, is considered throughout the process. This is where the exact colours are chosen for the print. It is also the way of capturing the event of the cutting. By using a reductive technique, meaning that the board is cut and printed several times to build up the image, I am able to play with colour and work with the different layers of mark making, once again, in an organized yet intuitive manner. I hope you, the viewer, will be able to relate to my work on several different levels, or at least be able to say, "Hey, I've been there."
Matt Brown: MATT BROWN - The hanga method is printing from multiple color wood blocks using water. Most Western print-making techniques have used oil as the medium for printing (we are addicted to oil!) Printmaking (as well as painting) in Asia has a history that relies on water.
Oil goes well with metal machinery . . . it is its blood! Water goes well with living things that depend on water, like wood, and our own human bodies. So printing with water works best done by hand, using a baren. Emphasis on water as a medium in art and writing, and a tradition of disciplined use of the human body in the production of craft, may have a lot to do with why Japan hosts a strong tradition of printing with water. This is reflected in the term to describe many Japanese prints: ukiyo-e, or floating world.
I have been working the craft of color woodblock print-making since January, 1993. Years spent working in the building trades after college (particularly cabinet-making) contributed a lot to the development of my printmaking. Self-taught, my pursuit in the first few years was mostly in isolation. Being able to spend time with the Japanese prints, at home, with friends and neighbors who own prints, at several museums, through books, was key. In my craft I feel often the beneficiary of the work and discoveries of generations of artists and craftsmen, most Japanese but not all. Finding Walter Phillips' book Technique of the Colour Woodcut was very helpful.
Sue Brown: SUE BROWN - Sue studied etching to degree level in the late 70s at Bristol. In 1996 she added collagraphs to her portfolio of work after discovering this printmaking technique being taught at the Steiner School in Gloucester. Sue extended her practice further in 2000 by working with 'non toxic' etching developed by Keith Howard and Friedhard Kiekeban. Now etching plate safely in her studio she explores the possibilities of combining etching and collagraph plates in the same image. The images Sue uses are a vehicle for her to use the qualities of these two printmaking techniques.Sue is passionate about promoting the technique of printmaking as an art form; to this end she is involved in working with all age groups across Gloucestershire conducting workshops and demonstrations in a wide variety of intaglio techniques.
Rosa Brugulat: ROSA BRUGULAT - rosabrugulat on Etsy - I started studying etching techniques in Barcelona, now eighteen years ago. My work bases itself on a code of elements that can be identified with nature; it suggests a language of landscapes that combines abstract and organic elements, in which gesture, texture and colour are my main priorities. Most of the prints are viscosity prints. Viscosity printing is a multi-colour printmaking technique that incorporates principles of relief printing and intaglio printing. It was pioneered by Stanley William Hayter. The process uses the principle of viscosity to print multiple colours of ink from a single plate, rather than relying upon multiple plates for colour separation. It is a fine art printmaking technique, as it is too slow and allows too much variation between proofs to make the printing of a large edition feasible (thank you, Wikipedia, for the clear definition).
David Bruner: DAVID BRUNNER - Block printing has been my favorite medium since I first tried it in 1972. I cut or engrave the blocks under magnification, then ink and print them on a hand-operated press in my studio.
Wood engravings are printed from end-grain wood blocks with black ink. Generally they are small and highly detailed. After printing, I hand color some of them with acrylic paint.
Dave Glentz Brush: DAVE GLENTZ BRUSH - XylografiPress on ETSY - Xylografi Press offers distinctive notecards, stationery and ephemera.
Everything offered is an original art print of Dave Glentz Brush and is printed directly from hand-carved blocks of wood and linoleum. Each piece is printed by hand on an old cast iron letterpress by the artist.
Shannon Buck: SHANNON BUCK - loadedhipspress on ETSY - Shannon Buck is the main force behind Loaded Hips Press. Her love of printmaking was cultivated within the past couple of years and she has since dedicated herself to making things.
"The name Loaded Hips Press comes from my short-lived zine, Loaded Hips. The words came together after seeing a billboard that featured the torso and face of what appeared to be an under-aged girl seductively swaying in leather pants. Her face had been cropped so that you couldn't see her eyes. It was an advertisement for a radio station. It became an annoying part of my day to have to see this billboard on the way home from work, and I wanted to take back the power of the female form. While most of my work is removed from any overt political or social criticisms, the driving force behind my creative process is to care about what image you project into the world, and what images you select to appreciate."
David Bull: DAVID BULL - I love woodblock prints as objects, not just as vehicles for carrying a particular design to a viewer. In some forms of graphic art, the paper serves merely as a support for pigments making up an image, but in woodblock printmaking the paper becomes a integral part of the image. To my mind, a great deal of the beauty of woodblock prints is born in the materials and tools used.
Marissa Buschow: fustian on ETSY - a woodblock printmaker obsessed with birds and animals. It took me some time to figure out how to synthesize my love for wildlife with my love for printmaking - and now it all seems so obvious.
Places I've called home (or at least rested my feet for a while): Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Lawrence, KS; Salvador, Brazil; Amherst, MA. I've just moved to Auburn, AL.
Elizabeth Busey: ELIZABETH BUSEY - Patterns are everywhere. In my current work, I am exploring interpretations of patterns from unconventional perspectives. Influenced by the aerial views of Yvonne Jacquette and the decorative patterning of Gustav Klimt, I look for images from far-away satellite photos to up-close microscopic views. I am fascinated by the similarities between patterns that occur in nature, and those created because of people's presence on Earth. I strive to portray the beauty and complexity of these patterns, because of, or in spite of what they actually represent.
My works on paper are linoleum relief prints. I use oil-based inks in a style similar to watercolor, where a succession of subtle transparent layers build up color and texture. Thick western-style cotton paper is used to support these many layers, and I create my images using an etching press my husband built out of recycled steel.
I use the reduction method of printing, meaning I use only one block, carving away sections for each new color. I prefer to start with only a basic framework or idea sketch, and make decisions all the way through the printing process. This makes each day in my studio one more of creation and less of production, where each new color layer is an adventure.
Karen Cameron: KAREN CAMERON - UK printmaker.
Barbara Carr: BARBARA CARR - I'm a painter and printmaker living and working in New Hampshire. You'll be seeing paintings, prints and other art-related happenings here.
Jeanne Norman Chase: JEANNE NORMAN CHASE - monotype, woodblock, serigraphy. People and their environment have been my inspiration for the past 40 years. Lately have been having a love affair with the way the sun dapples through sunhats and on faces. I work in a series so now it is the sun and shadows.
Kannan Cangro: KANNAN CANGRO - is printmaker and papermaker living in the DC metro area.
Janet Catmull: JANET CATMULL - PlanetJanet on ETSY I enjoy printmaking, drawing, and making miniature books and other small things, and I usually manage to make something every day. Etsy gives me the opportunity to continue at this pace and find homes for my artwork. Starting December 1, 2007, I am donating 100% of my sales proceeds to the Alzheimer's Association in Chicago, IL.
Bobbi A. Chukran: BOBBI A. CHUKRAN - bobbichukran1 on Etsy - I am a printmaker and painter living in Leander, TX. I work with linoleum block printing (linocuts), monoprints and hand-colored prints. My images are quirky, graphic, bold and fun, and I love working with images from popular culture (such as tikis) as well as more traditional subjects such as cats, trees, flowers, etc. My website is www.bobbichukran.com.

I'm a member of the Baren.org list.
Helen Clarke: HELEN CLARKE is a fine art printmaker who spent her childhood on a farm in the wheatbelt of Western Australia and was surrounded by bush rich in unique flora and fauna which she explored on a daily basis. It is not surprising that, as an adult and an artist, she is intrigued with the diversity and minutiae of the landscape.
Her current works are hand-coloured etchings of fruits, seeds and pods and reduction lino prints exploring the flora of the south west of Western Australia. Other works include those inspired by her two year voyage around Australia on a cruising yacht.
Claudia Coonen: CLAUDIA COONEN - Haiku, Hawaii - I make prints on fabric and paper. I mostly do relief, woodblock, linoleum, but also monotypes ,litho and etchings. I work at the local art center printmaking studio.On fabric I do silkscreen, Shibori , batik and Katazome (Japanese rice paste resist) and other forms of dyeing. My work is inspired by work is inspired by nature, the flora and fauna, marine life - I guess you could count surfers as marine life - and primitive art and ritual.
Damian Cote: DAMIAN COTE was born in Holyoke Massachusetts. With the exception of four years of service in the Marine Corps he has lived in the Pioneer Valley most his life. Since 1996 he has focused on serigraphy and painting. Today Damian is also producing a variety of works in intaglio and other printmaking methods. Damian and his partner Rebecca Lisi are back in Holyoke where they rebuilt one of the original Houses of Smiths Ferry.
Margie Crisp: MARGIE CRISP - Artist Margie Crisp was born in New Orleans, Louisiana but got to Texas as soon as she could. She lives in Elgin, a small town east of Austin with her husband (painter and printmaker William B. Montgomery) and a motley crew of pets. When she is not working in her studio (or taking care of animals); she can be found printing at Slugfest Printmaking Workshop in Austin. A nationally exhibited artist, her work can be found in private and public collections.
"As an artist, I find myself grounded in reality: the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined. My images are derived from aspects of my life including the irritating and heart rending beauty of a Mockingbird's song at midnight, the heady delight of watching Purple Martins spin in the sky, the quiet mystery of the countryside at night and the daily distractions of home and garden. I strive to contain enough of the particular elements of my experience to make each image unique, but to also hold a hint of the universal."
Diane Cutter: DIANE CUTTER - DCutter on ETSY - I love my life... I'm an artist/printmaker, currently living in eastern Puerto Rico. Between jaunts to the American Southwest and other areas, I find such varied inspiration which shows up in a rather eclectic body of artwork...
Sandy Cvar: SANDY CVAR - The truth is that I began my art education with the intention of being a drawing and painting major but after my first printmaking class I was in love. I have spent my most recent time exploring ways to incorporate my love of drawing with printmaking and they are truly made for each other.
Several of my lithographs, etchings and relief prints use drawings of figures from
drawings done from live models. I have also translated some of my animal drawings and photos into etchings, wood cuts and lithographs. My other favorite subject is places, so I have relief prints and lithographs that I have created that are of real and imagined locations.
My prints are of a whimsical nature as I tend to be that way myself. I hope to have my viewers walk away with a smile on the face and a happy memory.
dakokichidekalb: dakokichidekalb on ETSY - Printmaker & kite maker.
Coralette Damme: CORALETTE DAMME - CraftyHag on Etsy - Coralette has studied a variety of artistic mediums, with emphasis on printmaking and painting and has earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the the University of
Nebraska in 1990. In 1991 she moved to Minnesota's Twin Cities and taught in a community education program, offering classes in paper marbling and art history while working full time as a designer for an art gallery and custom framing studio. A few years later she took a mini-course in stained glass in St. Paul and continues to work in a variety of media.
Currently Coralette's artistic endeavors are based out of her home in St. Petersburg, FL. She started The Crafty Hag as a home business in 2004, offering hand made cards, stained glass, and other seasonally inspired items. She is currently busy creating new linocut prints and hand carved rubber stamps with printmaking being her art of choice. She is also concentrating on using recycled products as art materials in an effort to be just a little more earth friendly.
Lori Dean Dyment: LORI DEAN DYMENT - DeanDymentStudios on ETSY - I'm a native Vancouverite who can't stop creating. I'm a artist, printmaker, illustrator and baker who loves to get her hands into more things than I have time for. Born and raised in Vancouver I went to Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design where I fell in love with printmaking. I have my own press at home where I create linocuts, collographs, drypoints and monotypes. Monotypes make up the majority of my work and are really just paintings printed onto paper.
Belinda Del Pesco: BELINDA DEL PESCO - bdelpesco on ETSY Originally from New England, Belinda was raised in a family of immigré artists and inventors, where creativity was encouraged and seasoned by influences from Italy, France, England and Canada. Her mother and aunts are painters, and her father and grandfather were precision tool and die machinists. The combination set her affinities at an early age in a lean towards painting & metal shops. The first time she used a press, she was hooked. Belinda divides her time between watercolor painting and printmaking, and produces an assortment of intaglio etchings, collographs, dry point engravings, relief prints and monotypes each year. A life-long fascination with the nuances of the face and figure - and the seasonal changes in natural light on every day things - have been a constant source of inspiration. She posts new art - and much of the process to make it - on her blog each weekday.
Jan DiPietro: AN DiPIETRO - I work primarilty in Linoleum cuts but often use mono printing techniques incombination with that. I am on the Board of Directors for a>Atlanta Printmakers Studio/a. Our mission is to promote and support the fine art of Printmaking and educate anyone who wishes to learn.
Imogen Duthie: IMOGEN DUTHIE - mezzotint on ETSY - I was born in Cádiz (Spain) to British parents. I now live in Barcelona and work at home as a translator and part-time printmaker, hoping to gradually increase the time I spend on etching. Currently, I am focusing on mezzotints (or as they say in Spanish, 'manera negra'), which I find to be very laborious but incredibly rewarding. The technique is perfect for me because it is non-toxic and I can do it easily at home during the week, and then go and print on Saturdays, in a little workshop in the town centre.
I am interested in suggestion, organic patterns, fragile balances and, at the moment, greys and blacks. I love Goya.
Stuart Duffin: STUART DUFFIN - Intaglio

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Emily Eakes: EMILY EAKES - filthEdesign on ETSY - Linocut printmaking, photography, design.
Michael Earle: MICHAEL EARLE - painter, printmaker
J. Ann Eldridge: ANN ELDRIDGE was born in Maine and has spent most of her life in central Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In 1977 she graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA in printmaking. Her prints are all true stories, and often the titles appear in her head before the image does. She primarily works with intaglio print techniques on copper plate. The term "intaglio," an Italian word meaning "incised," encompasses line etching, aquatint, drypoint, engraving and soft-ground, mezzotint and other similar processes.
James Ehlers: JAMES EHLERS - James Ehlers was born in Lake Charles, LA on September 28th, 1976. He has studied at McNeese State University, Bradley University and the University of Florida. He has had work exhibited in Bulgaria, Canada, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey and in shows across the United States. He is currently the Don and Mary Glaser Distinguished Professor of Engraving Arts at Emporia State University in Kansas. This program is
the first and only in the world to offer a BFA in Engraving Arts.
Andy English: ANDY ENGLISH - I dream my dreams and stagger contentedly through life. I enjoy company and communicating but I am not really a very sociable person. I am very content to be alone with my thoughts and so working in the studio suits me. I am a full-time professional engraver, working in a rural community
Leslie Evans - Sea Dog Press: LESLIE EVANS - seadog on ETSY - Sea Dog Press is the letterpress studio for Leslie Evans Illustration. The press in question is a Vandercook #4 Proof Press, an ideal machine for printing relief blocks, such as linocut, woodcut and wood engraving. The press was formerly used to proof linotype in the old days before computer typesetting. Leslie Evans has worked as an illustrator/printmaker for editorial, publishing, and advertising clients over the past 25 years. Morgan, the press namesake, frequently surfaces in her work.
Bridget Farmer: BRIDGET FARMER - bridbird on ETSY - Basically I just love drawing, it started with cats when I was three, moved through the usual house, family and puffin pictures at primary school, horses in secondary school, and all through art college and since I have become obsessed with drawing birds. I also like the odd musician and interesting building to try and capture too. I am right handed but often use my left to draw as this loosens me up and I become not so precious. I have also tried drawing with my toes and you'd be surprised how much harder it is to use your left foot rather than your right foot if you are right handed (or footed) These days though I stick to using my hands when I'm out drawing in public places. I am currently living in Melbourne Australia, although home for me is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. When I first arrived here in Australia, in 2005, I discovered etching and printmaking and find it is an excellent way to take my drawings a step further. I have also started making brooches out of my Australian bird sketches, so my drawings are wearable too!
Laura Frewin: LAURA FREWIN - FrewinPrint on Etsy - I am an artist and printmaker living and working in Leicester, UK. I produce intaglio prints in my attic studio and try to juggle life as a full time employee, mother, wife and artist. My prints are usually one of a kind, as the plates I use are too fragile for editions and I like to play with inking up combinations!
Valori Fussell: VALORI FUSSELL - valorifussell on ETSY - Painter, Printmaker - My work is described as intense and alive. I would add authentic. I know I am in an authentic place when I feel connected to what I am making and my heart responds to the work. The sensation of this connection fills me with purpose and excitement. And even though there is clearly a controlled hand in my painting and drawing there is also the inner guide which creates (and keeps) the 'happy accident'. In printmaking, there are a few steps in the procedure which are almost serendipitous if I'm lucky. This absence of control is something I appreciate. It reminds me that I am only a part of this process of making art. I like that.
Katka: KATKA - Home is the south coast of BC - ocean, forests, mountains - where I balance a day-job with periodic bursts of creativity: printmaking, drawing, writing. Stagnation is the cancer of the spirit and I strive to outrace it. I discovered relief printmaking in the summer of 2005 and have been learning as much as I can about it ever since. Along with this, I also study the Tarot and spirituality.
Linda Dubin Garfield: LINDA DUBIN GARFIELD - In the early 90's, I took a printmaking course and fell in love with the process. Unlike other passionate relationships that fade with time, the passion and love I had for printmaking has only gotten more intense. Several years ago, I started exploring mixed media and have found that combining collage and monotype is another relationship that works for me. In my latest work, I am combining photography and digital imaging with my other techniques. The possibilities are exponential.

I am a printmaker/mixed media artist in the Philadelphia, PA area.
Catherine Gillet: CATHERINE GILLET - Engraver and draughtsman, near Versailles, France.
Alex Gillies: ALEX GILLIES - Brisbane, Australia - Not a lot to say that isn't shown in the pictures. I make Woodblock images and relief prints. I'm teaching myself everything I know from old dusty books in my library. I'm holed up in my little town of Brisbane, Australia and I am getting a large amount of satisfaction and enjoyment from learning this form of art.
I still have a lot to learn but%u2026 patience has been the first lesson.
In regards to my history or CV? I don't have one. I have no background in art. I took photos as a hobby for a few years in the first half of the decade and almost by accident, did my first woodblock carving (on a skateboard no less) in May 2008. In July 2008 I tried my second woodblock, fell in love with the medium and haven't stopped to look back. I had my first solo art show in July 2009 and am currently experimenting with whatever comes to mind.
Elana Goren: ELANA GOREN - spiderink on ETSY - I am an artist living in Northern Westchester County, NY. I live in a pretty rural setting and I love watching the birds come to the feeder and the deer out in the back eating apples from our apple trees. I've spent most of my career as a graphic designer. And though I've painted for many years, I have recently discovered printmaking and it has got me hooked. Each time I run a plate through the etching press, the moment when I lift the paper up from the plate is like opening a present. It sometimes feels like magic.
Victoria Goro-Rapoport: VICTORIA GORO-RAPOPORT - I grew up in USSR, a society that was supposed to be the first utopia in the history of humankind. The goals of ultimate justice, equality and brotherhood were never realized. At my age the horrors of repressions were over, but the oppression of the freethinking and creativity continued. As a result, the soviet people learned to live in an atmosphere of ultimate hypocrisy, halfheartedly playing the roles, which were assigned to them by the government. The whole country turned into an elaborate stage set, a giant Potimkin village, where beautifully painted facades were hiding crumbling ruins, and excessive make up covered up the pallor of starvation. This explains why the topics of illusion and disillusionment became important themes of my work.
In my current and future work I aspire to combine my theatrical experience in three-dimensional design and model building with my expertise in printmaking in innovative and experimental ways. I am also looking for the possibility of collaborating with artists working in other modes of expression, such as literature and animation, which are based upon interests related to the imagery, which I use in my prints.
Don Gorvett: DON GORVETT - Don Gorvett produces his powerful reduction woodcut prints on a large French Tool etching press. He is a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and a board member of the Boston Printmakers. Mr. Gorvett has exhibited with the Charlotte Printmakers of North Carolina, and was invited by the Fitchburg Art Museum to participate in the New England Impressions exhibit which traveled to West Germany. His works may be found in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum, the Portland Museum of Art, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, the Cape Ann Historical Museum, the Duxbury Art Complex, the Currier Museum of Art, and numerous corporate and private collections. He is represented in Provincetown, Massachusetts by the Bowersock Gallery, and in New York City by the Old Print Shop. In February 2007, Gorvett opened Piscataqua Fine Arts at 23 Ceres Street in Portsmouth, NH. In September 2009, the business relocated to Gloucester, Massachusetts, where it now operates as GRAVURE GALLERY.
Mark Graver: MARK GRAVER - New Zealand artist (MA Camberwell, London), is a professional artist specialising in nontoxic Printmaking and Paintings. Mark runs nontoxic printmaking courses from Wharepuke Print Studio and Gallery and teaches part time at NorthTec, teaching printmaking and final year students.
The traces of time etched into the environment, be it natural or urban, the surfaces making up a city, or the forms of nature. The effects of occupation; the present and the past. The imposition of action and ideals onto nature, mapping, naming and the claiming as owned of a view, a landscape or a place.
Chelsea Groves: CHELSEA GROVES - BirdNerd on ETSY - I had been unable to create art that I even remotely liked for years. Then, suddenly, in April of 2006 I made my first bird collage. It seemingly came out of nowhere and I was thrilled and amazed to have created something that so clearly expressed my personal aesthetic with a subject that I'd loved since childhood. Now, as a full-time artist, I sell my birds in my Etsy store. I wake up every day amazed that I am able to contribute to my household doing something that I love so much.
Alynn Guerra - Red Hydrant Press: ALYNN GUERRA - redhydrant on ETSY - I was born in Mexico City; there, I was exposed to printmaking and it's social character and I fell in love with it.

I have been doing printmaking for 11 years and I still love the whole process of doing prints; carving the plate, inking the plate, pulling the very first print from the press, and finally hanging the edition to dry, resembling rows of paper militants.
The Half and Half: THE HALF AND HALF - thehalfandhalf on ETSY - We are a two person design team with our studio located in Columbia, SC. Our studio doubles as a printmaking shop where we spend most of our time screenprinting anything and everything.
David Harrison: DAVID HARRISON lives in North Hinksey. You'll find it just a whisker to the left of Oxford on your map.

Interests include relief printmaking, speculative fiction, thinking about growing stuff in the allotment, and bunking off to Greece whenever possible. A cat is sometimes involved.
Angela Heidemann: ANGELA HEIDEMANN - I exchanged the country of 'Vorsprung durch Technik' for Scotland's beautiful skies, hills and beaches in 1994. Since the beginning of the new millennium, my chosen home has been the Crook of Devon from where I work as an illustrator, teacher, and educational author. I completed an HND in Art & Design at Lauder College in 2006, followed by a postgraduate painting course at Edinburgh's Leith School of Art and a number of printmaking courses both at Edinburgh Printmakers Studio and Fife Dunfermline Printmakers
Richard Hellman: RICHARD HELLMAN - I have been making prints since 1970 and still find printmaking exciting as the circle widens to include more and more. While trained as an intaglio artist (worked with: Don Cortese, David Driesbach, Krishna Reddy), my work over the past 10 years has been more concentrated on screenprinting and integrating Photoshop and Illustrator as tools for creating photo-stencils that are then hand printed. The richness of working and printing a color viscosity plate still informs my work after all these years.. I love to go back and forth between traditional and digital methods. My screenprints are featured in "Water-Based Screenprinting Today", by Roni Henning.
Justin Helton - Status Serigraph: JUSTIN HELTON - Status Serigraph - Concert poster artist and printmaker from Knoxville, TN. In just the past few years, Justin Helton has emerged from the South as one of the finest young graphic designers today. Helton's designs are hip, quirky, and always unexpected. Born in the midwest, but bred, and educated in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife Mary Kate, Helton specializes in screen-printed concert posters, album packaging, and merchandise design. His design firm, Status Serigraph, adheres to the highest of standards, integrating design, typography, and illustration into a style that is innovative, visually thrilling, and most importantly, possessed of a clear and compelling message. Helton's recently worked exclusively with publicists and concert promoters to design gallery-worthy posters for My Morning Jacket, Ben Harper, Son Volt, Ween, Keller Williams, and Spoon, as well as being the designer of choice for concert series, clubs, and national concert events like Bonnaroo and the Vegoose Music Festival. Helton's work has been featured in gallery shows nationwide. Also, look for his work in the upcoming issue of Fringe magazine and on www.omgposters.com.
Claudia Hershman: CLAUDIA HERSHMAN - claudiahersman on ETSY - My interest in color, shape and abstraction has become the focus of my work, regardless of the medium. I also like working a small scale and find the format comfortable but challenging. Printmaking is a relatively new medium for me, and I find it very exciting. The spontaneous way that I work is not totally predictable which makes the results surprising and fresh. Currently, I am exploring ideas about architecture, aerial perspective,water and inner space. Almost any pattern can be a jumping-off point for the next printing plate. The process is mostly spontaneous and does not require a lot of pre-planning. I like to let it evolve intuitively, which is a joyous way to work.
Tor Hildyard: TOR HILDYARD - I have recently gained an MA in Printmaking at UCA, Maidstone,Kent, UK where I had worked, up until 2003, both as tutor and printmaking technician , after I finished my degree in 1996. I also worked as a tutor in Adult Education for ten years, and now run my own private printmaking courses from my studio in Kent.
In April 2010, I was lucky enough to win The Galleries Magazine Award at Originals '10, at the Mall Gallery in London.
I exhibit my work, both Nationally and Internationally, and have been involved in a number of charity events, including 'Cow Parade', a public arts event that took place all over London to raise money for Child Line, painting 'The Ritz cow' for the Ritz Hotel, and 'Essential British Kit', for Hacketts. I also submit postcards to 'Secrets' at the RCA, a yearly event that raises money for student bursaries.
My subject matter is drawn from my imagination and from life, and in addition to my studies of animals and humans, I also produce prints depicting quirky humour in everyday life. My current pictorial concerns are with capturing the body language of both human and animal forms, as well as reducing the figure to a dense mass. In doing this I hope to allow the figure to dominate the picture plane, but at the same time putting across sensuality and emotion.
My interest in experimenting with new techniques, images and printing methods allows me to challenge the boundaries of printmaking and enables me to produce the right marks and textures that relates to each subject matter.
I cover all the main processes involved in printmaking; etching, lithography, silkscreen and lino, often combining more than one method.
Mark Hill: MARK HILL - markbhillblockprints on ETSY - A native of southern Illinois, Mark made his way north to Wisconsin over 20 years ago and has never regretted the decision. He now lives in Middleton WI with his soon-to-be wife, Valerie. Also an award-winning book artist, he now focuses his creative energies toward linoleum and wood block printmaking.
Hive Design Studio: HIVE DESIGN - amyb13 on ETSY- Letterpress based in Madison, Wisconsin - I have owned and run a small design studio since 1995. Our expertise in collateral, packaging, corporate identity, advertising, direct mail, and other various print applications attracts a diversity of clients and assignments.
In addition to my business projects I design and print a line of greeting cards under the name "Bee13 Paper Goods".
April Hoff: APRIL HOFF - lithography, relief, screen printing.
Eric Hoffman: ERIC HOFFMAN - ericvonzip on ETSY - I am a printmaker living in Rhode Island. I work primarily in relief engraving, which is essentially a wood engraving made on plastic instead of end-grain wood. I also etch and make screen prints from time to time.
Brian Holden: BRIAN HOLDEN is an artist who resides in the port city of Thunder Bay, located on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada. He challenges his creative self in exploring a variety of media, including print-making, acrylic painting, watercolour, photography, and mixed media. His work often highlights the beauty of nature, with a focus on the landscape of Northwestern Ontario, a region near and dear to him. In addition to his original art works and art card reproductions, Brian has done a bit of freelance graphic design and illustration work.
John Holdway: JOHN HOLDWAY - jholdway on ETSY - Eugene, Oregon - Oil painter & printmaker. My paintings are done with the idea of painting what I see. I place the things on my shelf and begin. I spend quite a while getting the set up the way I want it. Then I study the set up with pencil and paper. At first I only see the general but the more time I spend looking the more there is to see. Its is obvious but fascinating for me. It feels like an important lesson I am teaching myself over and over. There is more to see. The finished painting is fascinating product but a heighten awarness is a nice reward.
I think about balance while I work. I work the general and the specific, light and dark, warm and cool, this and that. Many dichotomies appear, back and forth. The extended moment of making and the frozen moment of looking. Somehow can I capture the pleasurable sensation of an eye opening to what is being seen. The moment of awakening.
William L. Holt: WILLIAM HOLT - williamholt on ETSY - Whether I am doing an etching, linocut, monotype, Japanese woodblock print, silkscreen... whatever medium I am concentrating on at the time, I attempt to retain a certain stylistic approach towards my art.
After years of selling exclusively through galleries, I am now experimenting with Etsy and other online venues as a self-representing artist to expose my work to the public.
Since printmaking involves a lot of technical aspects, it often takes weeks or even months to produce new images. An etching plate alone can take 40-60 hours to "get right", before the actual printing even begins.
All of my original prints are hand-pulled, by me personally. Aside from using a hand-cranked printing press for my etchings, no mechanical or digital processes were used in producing my original prints.
Sean Hurley: SEAN HURLEY My interest in art is rooted in my obsession with science and my desire to understand the world around me. By rendering what I see directly from observation and in a precise and architectural manner, I hope to reveal something about our society and our engineered environment that runs deeper than superficial appearances. I find the mechanical processes of printmaking uniquely suited to this work.

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inugie: inugie on ETSY - I am an architect, wife and a mother of two - I love art and specifically printmaking. All my free time is spent making things. Born in South Africa and living in Ireland for the past 5 years.
R. Shawn Johnsen: SHAWN JOHNSEN - Calgary, Canada. Well, at the end of the day, I think it's about creating this elusive place that exists inside my head and heart . It's snapshots from a story. A piece of the narrative that might suggest the whole. I want there to be more than a beautiful or compelling landscape or portrait, I want the viewer to ask "why?" "Why is this happening?" "Where is this person going?" " What led to this?" or "Where will this lead?" In many ways, I think my art harkens back to a simpler time, a time that was fueled in my imagination as a child, a world where there was room to explore, where life was a adventure, with secret, hidden places and mystery around ever corner. The Canadian landscape, of course, provides a huge backdrop for these scenes, as does the role of "the individual," who only has themselves to rely on, to face the challenges, to ask the questions, to live out the consequences of their action.
I choose to work in black and white as it lends a certain boldness and starkness to the images that captures both the attention and imagination. I love the challenge of creating contrast, texture and a great composition with this limited spectrum. Like a great record, I want there to be layers of nuance, where the image doesn't grow old, but you can continue to find new ideas, emotions and sensations the more you look at it, where you feel like you've never quite seen it all, no matter how many times you've looked at it.
Derek Jones: DEREK JONES - I am best known as a figure painter and printmaker - hand pulled "original" prints not the dreaded reproductions that are flooding the market. I tend to be technique driven so here you will find experiments in different media.
Genevieve Jodouin: GENEVIEVE JODOUIN - Geneviève Jodouin lives, works and prints in Toronto, Ontario. She received her BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design, in Toronto, in 2006 with a major in printmaking. Her medium of choice is serigraphy.

She currently prints at Open Studio in Toronto and has been exhibiting quite steadily since graduating from OCAD. Her most recent shows include installation based exhibitions at LE, the Premiere Dance Theatre Gallery at the Harbourfront Centre and a scholarship show at the Georges Gilmour Member's Gallery at Open Studio.
Mariann Johansen-Ellis: MARIANN JOHANSEN-ELLIS - artcanbefun and mariannjohansenellis and oneline on ETSY - I am a printmaker and a painter.... I love printmaking, and sometimes I love to paint, art, comes first in my life. I don't have a formal art education, but after 18 years of arts and crafts I am in a place I am quite happy with, and had some serious fun in the process.
Judgeworks: JUDGEWORKS - silkscreen, monoprint, woodcut, etching, litho, drawing, animation
Wes Karchut: WES KARCHUT - The southwest is my home and the inspiration for my art - from the mountains of Colorado to the Grand Canyon of Arizona to the Pueblos of New Mexico. Each print is a unique vision of each of these. In preparation I travel to a location first and create an on-site color study which I carefully match in the studio. I hope you enjoy these prints as much as I did making them.
Stephanie Kasper: STEPHANIE KASPER - Wishbone Press - I finished my BFA in Printmaking at the UW in 2005. I recently acquired a Takach etching press and while this blog begins with my student work, I have high hopes that it will grow and progress with new prints or paintings. When my job and commute get in the way, I try to post about living an artful, observant life. The point is to stay in tune with the colorful world around me, park my ideas and inspirations for later recall, share print methods or techniques, and learn from others. I tend to be frenetically paced and inspired by Just. Too. Darn. Many. Things (but that's the way I like it!).
Jan Kellett: JAN KELLETT - De Walden Press - DE WALDEN PRESS publishes Jan Kellett's Limited Edition miniature books. For detailed information and pictures of the books, click on All Books above.
De Walden Press books are published in small editions (recently thirty or fewer), and are known for their original content, fine bindings, and hand-coloured illustrations. The aim is to design and make books that are interesting and pleasing to view and handle, appealing to the eye and mind in equal measure, with every aspect of the book being given due consideration.
Christine Koch: CHRISTINE KOCH - Painter and printmaker who for the past seventeen years has made her home in Newfoundland, an island in the North Atlantic off Canada's rugged east coast. Her work is inspired both by her travels and by her immediate physical environments - domestic and natural - as well as by the various animals, plants, and objects with which she lives.
Wallace Koopmans: WALLACE KOOPMANS - Abbotsford, BC - I attended the Fine Arts program at Kwantlen College in the early 1990's but have been creating art or taking things apart my whole life. I work in many different mediums depending on what I want to convey. However I find that painting with oils on canvas gives me the greatest freedom and enjoyment.
Photography often plays an important role in my work. It allows me to capture fleeting moments and provides the luxury of time to study them. Photo's also serve as my visual memory bringing me back to images I want to explore yet have forgotten in the crush of new ideas. I also enjoy creating photographs that stand on their own, using my digital cameras or one of my vintage film cameras.
Dorothy Simpson Krause: DOROTHY SIMPSON KRAUSE - Krause is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media into her art. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals and books.
Krause is Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art where she founded the Computer Arts Center and a member of Digital Atelier®, an artists collaborative, with Bonny Lhotka and Karin Schminke. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia and a consultant for manufacturers and distributors of products which may be used by fine artists.
Lindsay La: LINDSAY LA - "I create images that tell a story because I am interested in humanity and the range of immense beauty that accompanies life, whether it be blessing or tragedy. I strive to capture the breadth of the human experience by displaying it visually in a single, simplified moment. Whether it be a humorous account or a pinhole view of a larger, deeper idea of humanity, I aim to capture emotion and depth in the images I present. Just as looks can be deceiving, I enjoy the complexity of simple images representing big ideas."
Lindsay lives in Denton Texas with her sweet dog, Norman.
David Ladmore: DAVID LADMORE - Born and raised in England, David is an award winning artist who works in the classical tradition. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where he also teaches painting and drawing. His paintings hang in corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States and Internationally. David was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1997. In 1998 he was awarded the Honour Award and A.J. Casson Medal. David works in watercolour, oil and etching.
Lana Lambert: LANA LAMBERT - PistolesPress on ETSY - Lana is a member of the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, VA and recieved a BFA with a concentration in Printmaking from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She has been to Niagara Falls, West Virginia, Washington DC, and other places in search of letterpress equipment. She has a Chandler and Price Pilot and an old old Vandercook along with a collection of Baren's and Bake's for Moku Hanga. She has a guilty pleasure for watercolour, drawing, and gouache and LURVES to make books.
Lapwing Printworks - Sarah Spooner & Jon Gregory: LAPWING PRINTWORKS - SARAH SPOONER & JON GREGORY - spoonergregory on ETSY - based in Norwich in the east of England, where we enjoy producing an array of prints, drawings, paintings, miscellaneous crafts and letterpress ephemera. We have been printing together since 2005, and adopted the Lapwing name in 2007. Click on the images below to explore our website, where you can find a variety of the things we make and do.
Melody Knight Leary: MELODY KNIGHT LEARY - I'm a printmaker living in southeastern Connecticut. I have been an artist since I could first hold a pencil and a printmaker since my first introduction to simple relief printing back in high school. Over the years I have explored many different techniques and processes and never tire of the endless possibilities that printmaking affords or the excitement that is generated when the paper meets the plate. I was an art educator for 35 years and now work in my home studio. I have a strong interest in less toxic processes and since the mid-nineties I have been experimenting with photopolymer films and plates and water soluble inks. Now that I have the time, I look forward to building a new body of work and participating in various opportunities for printmakers.
Gene Leavitt: GENE LEAVITT - Canadian wood engraver.
M. Lee: MARISSA LEE - mLee on ETSY - I am a fine art printmaker living in Boston, Massachusetts with my husband and too many pets. My studio is in my home where I create each piece by hand.
I find that the printing process is a time for me to play with my colors and composition since I do only minimal sketching. I think of my printing press as a sketchbook. I use it to bring my ideas together as I work. This gives me the freedom to improvise during the production of my pieces without feeling as though I'm rejecting a plan or any preconceived notion of how the piece is supposed to turn out. I prefer not to plan my pieces because I find that it is often more rewarding to just let the process lead me where it leads me. Thus far I feel as though it has led me to some very exciting places.
Andrew Levitsky: ANDREW LEVITSKY - Levitsky uses intaglio technique - modern Intaglio which includes different ways of work with metal; both etching
drypoint, engraving, mezzotint and aquatint.
A combination of different manners, union of graphical embossing and picturesque intaglio allows the artist to create complicated, wide in range, intense in expression. The possibility to draw freely with a needle on a metal board preserves a straightforward manner of art's creation and imprints artist's individual mode and temperament. Surface is natural for Intaglio. Due to this, imprint obtains deepness and lightness. A fundamental stroke is short or long, straight or creatively stretched, condensing or crossing; it is able to communicate different shades of the mood as well as the landscape's condition, its multidimensionality, spaciousness and airiness.
Andrew Levitsky principally holds on to the laws of the classical Intaglio printing technique.
In this aspect his work is direct continuation of Rembrandt's and Shevchenko's art heritage and a development of his direct teachers' experience.
Sue Lincoln: SUE LINCOLN - UK printmaker
Evan Lindquist: EVAN LINDQUIST - Most of Lindquist's prints are engravings, developed from his own original ideas and designs. Using a traditional engraver's burin, he cuts his ideas into copper plates. He prints the plates in the traditional process of intaglio printing.
Ivan Locke: I am an amateur fine art printmaker and printmaking tools tinker. My current mediums are linocut and woodcut relief prints, and wood pyrography printed either relief or intaglio. In lieu of a traditional baren or press, I experiment with homemade tools to pull prints.
Caren Loebel-Fried: CAREN LOEBEL-FRIED - carenloebelfried on ETSY is a storyteller and second-generation carver who learned the ancient art of block printing from her mother. Growing up on the New Jersey shore, she spent summers exploring the beach while her mother worked on woodcuts and taught by example. Her love of nature, art, mythology, dreams, and learning about cultures that live "at one" with nature, came together for her the first time she visited the Big Island of Hawai'i. She felt all of the energies that the legends describe manifested in the elements and animals around her. Caren did extensive research at Bishop Museum Library and Archives in Honolulu on the ancient Hawaiian culture and explored the storied places of Hawai'i.

Caren spends her time with her husband and son in Volcano, Hawai`i, and in New Jersey.
Christina Lovering: CHRISTINA LOVERING - pigeonprints on ETSY - I am an artist who works primarily on drawing, printmaking, and anything paper. Many of the original prints you will find in my shop are known as intaglio printmaking- an old school form of printmaking involving metal plates, vats of acid, and of course an old fashioned printing press.
In time, I hope to indulge in other creative methods and materials. Many of my prints and drawings have been in art shows in the Chicagoland area.
Mike Lyon: MIKE LYON (b. 1951) is a father, husband, visual artist, & karate teacher. He is driven to make stuff. Lately he has been making Japanese woodblock prints, furniture, drawings and other stuff. He and his wife, Linda, play violin duets and perform with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. They have raised five wonderful used-to-be children, Cecily, Max and Allegra Lyon and Andy and Scott Goldberg.

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Lynn Macintyre: LYNN MACINTYRE - LynnM on ETSY - I live and work in the Dundas Valley of Ontario, Canada, a beautiful area that abounds in natural spaces. I hope you will find in my images evidence of the meditative mood in which I approached the scenes before me. Taking my camera to the woods and the lakes is the best way I know to restore my spirit, and it gives me great pleasure to know that others enjoy my images.

I have worked in several media, studying in Vancouver, San Diego, and with many teachers at the Dundas Valley School of Art. My work has been in juried shows and I have received awards for both my black and white photographs and my etchings.
Barbara Manager: BARBARA MANAGER - Artist, printmaker Barbara Manger works in her studio overlooking the Milwaukee River in Grafton, Wisconsin. This vantage point, a life lived near lakes and rivers and her love of paddling kayaks and canoes inform the unique prints she calls "riverworks". Using watercolor or printer's ink, she combines woodblocks, linoleum blocks, stamps found and carved and stencils. She prints these both by hand and on an etching press onto handmade Japanese hanga paper to create wandering rivers and flowing waters. Many of these works are in corporate and private collections in the Midwest and are exhibited in galleries and museums.

An experienced teacher of college students and other adults, Manger conducts monotype workshops in her studio and teaches additional printmaking workshops at such sites as The Clearing in Door County.
Nancy Marculewicz: NANCY MARCULEWICZ - Inspired by her environment, both natural and man made, artist, Nancy Marculewicz has been producing and exhibiting her paintings, mixed-media pieces, collages and monotypes for over forty years. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design where she earned a BFA, her works have been exhibited throughout the country, winning many awards for excellence and creativity and are included in many private and corporate collections. She is an active member of the Cambridge Art Association, North Shore Arts Association, the Monotype Guild of New England and the Society of Layerists in Multi-media. Author of the book, Making Monotypes using a Gelatin Plate, she lives and works in Essex, Massachusetts.
Marco Flavio Marinucci: MARCO FLAVIO MARINUCCI - In my ongoing At Home Far Away and Crosscuts series, I explore what it means to feel at home in this community, in this city, in this culture. The portraits you see here are all people who, like me, have gravitated to the Bay Area from afar. Collectively, these portraits pay tribute to our complex and seismically individualistic Bay Area culture: we are by turns ambivalent and hopeful about our homes here, so far away from our homelands and hometowns. These portraits herald
our presence in assertive colors; at times dissonant, but always complementary.
Mary Mark: MARY MARK - She is arguably the 21st century's expert on linoleum block printing. Having established a reputation in the 1980s with her handmade papers, she produced her first major reduction lino cut in 1988. Thirty seven major images and editions later, Mary's awe inspiring technical ability and unique artistic style stand forth from the crowd as all her own. These hand pulled original prints are a riot of color and texture combined to form an almost 3 dimensional "living space" of solace and contemplation. "Everybody's world is full of cacophony. Mine is...The trick is to find a place of closeness and harmony . My artworks are like that; they are frenzied filled up images of solitude and tranquility."
Mary's oil pastels, as with her prints, are a profusion of life's accouterments and fabrics. Expanded contemporary still lifes. A frenzied assortment of brilliant colors and textured patina composed into harmonious image that speaks of reflective reverie. They are locations for and images of meditational quietude, contemporary sanctuary for a modern world. "I design places that I want to be for a while. I put around me the luscious and interesting things with which I want to fill my world. They become places to commune with myself and the things that I like."
Jeff Martin: JEFF MARTIN - jeffmartin on ETSY - ceramic artist & printmaker.
Sri Maryanto: SRI MARYANTO - I am a printmaking artist from Indonesia, living in Yogyakarta. Actually i studied painting at ISI - Institus Seni Indonesia. But since 2002 my big major ist printmaking, prefering hardboardcut as you can see on my portfoliosite. I founded the label oraber and producing usefull stuff like t-shirts, bags and clocks. with the ambition to promote real artwork, making it interesting to usual people.
Serge Marzin: SERGE MARZIN - engraving, intaglio - « La gravure m'est rapidement apparue comme un art majeur. Si la peinture et le dessin m'ont fait découvrir le monde des formes, la gravure m'a surtout conduit vers l'approfondissement. L'attrait du métal, du bois, avec une sensibilité prononcée pour les odeurs de vernis, d'huile, d'encre%u2026
Le vaste choix des techniques, la diversité des papiers et des matériaux servant de matrices, cette recherche de l'empreinte pour imprimer une émotion. Choisir aujourd'hui la gravure comme mode d'expression à part entière implique l'exigence d'un résultat plastique propre qu'aucune autre technique ne pourrait offrir : la gravure n'est pas reproductible autrement que par elle-même. Graver, l'acte de graver est, comme le langage, propre à l'humanité. Graver, c'est prendre un engagement. L'estampe est transfert. La matrice est instance. L'épreuve est dévoilement. Graver, c'est se situer volontairement dans l'entre-deux, dans l'intervalle de la matière et du signe, entre incision et écriture, entre le minéral et le vivant, dans un espoir d'unité. Graver, creuser suppose résistance, désir, volonté, investissement du corps. On ne creuse jamais sans raison, on ne grave jamais sans raison. »
Barbara Mason: BARBARA MASON - I am and artist and printmaker and I work largely in my own printmaking studio in Aloha, 15 miles west of Portland, Oregon. A lifelong artist, I began studying printmaking in the early 1980s and was immediately enamored with the medium. I have made monotypes since the early 1980s, and ten years ago included block prints and solar plate intaglio prints in my portfolio.
My interest in the recently refined solarplate etching process has propelled my work into a new direction. Most of the prints here are individual or done in multiples, in editions of 20 or less. This exciting non objective work seeks to portray the balance in life as well as the choices made by us as humans.
Mark Mason: MARK MASON - curiouslydrawn on ETSY - Viewed from a different angle, I'm on of the UK's leading 2D Animators who's work has appeared in countless commercials and many of the best loved children's TV series of the last few decades.
From this angle I'm a woodblock print artist who's passion is to introduce enjoyable, fun and inspiring original art into family homes and into children's lives at realistically affordable prices.
Anne May: ANNE MAY - After receiving a biology degree, I developed a career as a scientist and along the way discovered a love for drawing. While working on my art degree, I found a passion for printmaking, with its myriad of fascinating processes and creative possibilities. A life-long curiosity about the mysteries of nature led me to a special fondness for its small creatures, as I explore their shapes, colors, textures and relationships in my artwork. I have been concentrating in printing these intimate and sometimes fanciful nature scapes as linocuts and etchings. In 2003, I received a BFA in Printmaking.
McCafferty Rudd Studio: TOM RUDD and MARGO McCAFFERTY make art in a small town on the Keweenaw peninsula in northern Michigan. A sculptor and a painter respectively, Tom and Margo create work informed by their wooded surroundings with frequent reference to the omnipresent environmental crisis, especially as it relates to the quality of water.
Besides their individual works, the two artists have found collaboration rewarding. They work together to create color reduction relief prints, a process which makes use of each of their areas of expertise (Tom's carving, Margo's drawing). The resulting prints have been exhibited and collected internationally.
Victor McCay: VICTOR McCAY - victorprints on ETSY - Since I was first introduced to printmaking, it has been my medium of choice and artistic passion. Printmakers seem to be a dying breed these days, so I am especially proud to be one. People often do not know much about printmaking, even people who are knowledgeable about art - so it can be challenging just to have people understand what you do.
But there is a wonderful controlled chaos to printmaking. There is an unknown, almost magical quality to printmaking, because you never truly know what your print is going to look like when it comes off the printing press. I am the artist, but in a way I am also an interested observer, eager to see how it turned out after giving it over to the printmaking gods.
Most of my prints these days are monotypes and linoleum, printed as "one-offs" or very small editions.
Julie McIntyre: JULIE McINTYRE - These print mosaic miniatures are recycled pieces from Julie's excess work. Like a raised relief jigsaw puzzle, they are created for relaxation and enjoyment. With over fifty sold, they have also become Julie's bread and butter for many years. Each 5"x7" (12.5 x17.5 cm) mosaic takes between 5-10 hours to complete. Commissions welcomed.
Holly Meade: HOLLY MEADE - Printing from woodblocks is the medium that I've been exploring these previous five years. This interest developed following a workshop with Printmaker Hester Stinnett at the Haystack Mountain School on Deer Isle in 2002.

In this new passion is where I primarily spend my days. As is true in all engaging creative paths, as one foot falls the other is already mid-step, anxious to travel on. The possibilities are endless, and exciting.
Amanda Gordon Miller: AMANDA GORDON MILLER - edamamepress on ETSYWelcome to Edamame Press, home of hand-pulled prints by Amanda Gordon Miller! I'm a Baltimore-based printmaker who likes surprises. Though I have a background in traditional printmaking (such as the etchings and lithographs you see in my shop), I'm now committed to non-toxic or less-toxic, experimental printmaking methods that I can do in my home. With my work, I love to tell stories, look for beauty in unexpected places, and play with my materials.
Justin Miller: JUSTIN MILLER - boundstaffpress on ETSY - I am a teacher and printmaker in Southern Colorado. I enjoy working with relief printing and lithography. I also make hand bound journals using a variety of materials.

Mystery is the driving force behind most of my images. I begin with a vision or an emotion for a particular subject. I proceed to explore that subject until I have asked all the questions I want to ask. This leaves my work with a few answers, but mostly the viewer is faced with an array of questions.

Often viewers ask what a particular element means. I do not have straightforward answers for these questions. The interpretations have been intentionally left vague. In many cases, even I have not completely sorted out all of the meanings. In my opinion, a successful piece is one that causes the viewer to think and become involved. I still enjoy viewing and thinking about pieces I have created, because I still find questions to answer and mysteries to explore.
MISSBUGG: MISSBUGG describes making artwork, exhibiting and moves around the outskirts of the Liverpool art scene. (and goes to Manchester a lot too!)
Stephanie Mohr: STEPHANIE MOHR - tepimade on ETSY - I focus primarily on photopolymer etching (also known by the trademarked name solarplate).

I first manipulate my own digital photographs or draw directly with the computer, often layering more than one image. I then print the image on a transparency (I use a laser printer for sharp detail).
I sometimes make changes to the transparency directly using a marker or wax pencil. Also, I sometimes etch directly into the photopolymer plate using a drypoint etching tool.
The final image depends on: the digital file, the print-out of the file, changes to the print-out, the exposure time used to make the plate, any drypoint etching done on the plate before or after exposure, the ink and paper used, intaglio and/or relief inking, and use of one plate versus layering of pulls from more than one plate.
William B. Montgomery: WILLIAM B. MONTGOMERY - Artist William B. Montgomery is known in the international herpetological community for his reptile etchings and lithographs that combine exact scientific depiction with the animal's innate sensuous beauty. Based on the tradition of the early natural history engravings, these scientifically accurate, yet artistically exquisite etchings and lithographs have been commissioned for a variety of publications.
All of Montgomery's prints are hand-pulled etchings and lithographs on high quality, acid-free paper. These are not reproductions; the images are drawn directly onto copper plates or lithographic stones so each of the hand-pulled prints is considered an original. Hand colored prints are individually colored by the artist using high quality, light fast watercolors.
Born and raised in the piney woods of East Texas, Montgomery studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of New Mexico. He currently lives east of Austin on 17 acres of land with his wife, several dogs, a few chickens and some reptiles. A full time painter and printmaker, he occasionally takes time out from his studio in the historic section of Elgin to search out and photograph reptiles and amphibians in the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America, Europe and Asia.
Ortansa Moraru: ORTANSA MORARU - Printmaking has always been a special medium to me. The inspiration comes from surroundings. For printmaking, one must have good eyesight, good hands, and a lot of attitude.
I also enjoy drawing which is of central importance to me and strongly influenced my very first medium - lithography.
I move easily between painting, drawing and printmaking, each media opening a new way of describing the world. Empty spaces and the spirit of things fascinate me.
Always analyzing what I see or do, I wonder if the process of creating art is not a self-discovering process. Everything that influences me, every defining moment of my life becomes part of that unique process.
My relief printmaking is one of the diverse ways I express myself. With a zinc plate on my workbench, I become an explorer. The sort of exploration gives freedom of mind and heightens the soul... What an amazing feeling: lost in the material world!
My new paintings do not have much in common with my older prints since most of my recent artwork is inspired by the newly discovered Canadian landscape.
However, printmaking, which has given me such interesting experiences in the past, continues to challenge me, because the longer I explore it, it requires an entirely different way of thinking.
The qualities and the possibilities inherent to various printmaking processes, and the ability of making multiplies of an image have always fascinated me. Early in my career, I have been exposed to relief printing, particularly linocut and my first teacher was Dafinel Duinea. Now I work in many materials and formats, I create unique impressions using techniques, such as monotyp, and variable editions as well.
As an artist, printmaking is my focus area and my art, being, by its very nature, autobiographical.
Elizabeth Moriarty: ELIZABETH MORIARTY - Elizabeth is an artist and illustrator based in Wolvercote, near Oxford. She is a member of the long-established Oxford Printmakers, and has had solo exhibitions at a number of galleries in her native Wales. She uses etching techniques in her print work, and is particularly interested in the way she can use light and shade to create atmosphere.
Much of her work is drawn from studies of the wildlife and livestock that surround her smallholding adjoining Port Meadow.
Wendy Morosoff Smith: WENDY MOROSOFF SMITH is a painter and printmaker living in Tsawwassen, B.C., south of Vancouver. Her paintings, monotypes, and carborundum prints are meditations on place, time, the elements, memory and perception. Blending abstraction and landscape symbolism with the study of light and space, Wendy paints intuitively, reacting to her surrounding landscape and the perpetual threat of weather and its consequences.
Natalia Moroz: NATALIA MOROZ - WingedLion on ETSY - Reading and drawing have always been my passions and my particular love for poetry had a great impression on my work. I treat a line in a linocut as a line in a verse - both should be sharp and precise. Like a short piece of poetry can say more with less words than a long novel, a graphic image, laconic and powerful, can convey much "on a limited budget". Uniting strong concepts and expressive graphics, I create visual metaphors with multiple layers of meaning.
Bary Moser: BARRY MOSER illustrator and wood engraver. In addition to being an illustrator he is also a printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist, and teacher. Mr. Moser frequently lectures and acts as visiting artist and artist in residence at universities and institutions across the country. He is on the faculty of the Illustration Department at the Rhode Island School of Design, was the 1995 Whitney J. Oates Fellow in Humanities at Princeton University, was artist and writer in residence in the Children's Literature department at Vassar College in 1998, and is currently on the faculty of Smith College where he is Professor in Residence in the Department of Art and serves as Printer to the College. In the fall of 1999 he was artist in residence at Dartmouth College and the University of Iowa. He was the Elliott lecturer in the book arts at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto in the fall of 2000, and in the fall of 2001 was the Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Louisville. Mr. Moser lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, two English mastiffs and four cats. He has three grown daughters and nine grandchildren.
James G. Mundie: JAMES G. MUNDIE - Mundie is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he majored in printmaking, and the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received his B.F.A. magna cum laude.
Known primarily as a draughtsman and printmaker, Mundie's most recent artistic output has concentrated on pen and ink drawings and woodcuts. Mundie's drawings, paintings and prints have been exhibited widely at many locations
Carolyn Mount: CAROLYN MOUNT - Through my work, I attempt to recognize and give honour to that which is often passed over or disregarded. I am drawn to and captivated by the beauty I see around me - in nature, in people, in everyday objects, and I try to share what I see with others through my art. I notice, collect and am drawn to mementos and relics of a time gone by, of a way of being and living that may be lost or cast aside in our [post] modern time. It is my hope that in reclaiming the lost, acknowledging the simple and renewing it through my creative process, new life can be breathed into it and a new honour bestowed upon it.
Carolyn Mount lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an active member of Dundarave Print Workshop on Granville Island.
Bill Murray: BILL MURRAY - Since I began printmaking, my work has employed a sense of minimalism in its design and execution. In my latest series, Juxtapose, minimalism is evident in the lack of exposition. Unlike traditional printmaking, which layers pigment upon a white surface to "illuminate" the subject, my compositions literally grow from the shadows.
The series seeks to place the viewer in the position of narrator while acting as a sort of social inkblot in which our inner voice allows us to complete the story.
Betty Murtagh: BETTY MURTAGH - abstract serigraphy.
Carol J. Myers: CAROL J. MYERS - printmaker.
Jillian Nickell: JILLIAN NICKELL - jilliannickell on ETSY - I'm an illustrator, designer and educator, rolled into one! I grew up on a farm in central Illinois, and I've always loved animals, especially birds. This was probably fostered from my early days as a chicken wrangler (pictured). I went to the University of Illinois and graduated with a degree in Art Education. Currently I am working as a designer and a freelance illustrator, and I am especially addicted to making gig posters and Threadless. I love drawing. A lot. I silkscreen many of my drawings in my basement which is tons of fun.
Other likes = making my own clothes from adorable Japanese fabric, peanut M&Ms and parrots. I am, in fact, owned by a noisy sun conure named Sunny. She likes to sit on her perch in my studio for moral support and also loves screaming at the mailman.
Erin Nolan: ERIN NOLAN - pejnolan on ETSY I believe that beauty is everywhere: it is in the natural, organic forms found all around us. Those shapes, colors and textures can be harnessed by using design elements to force people to see them for the beautiful things they are. In this way the everyday becomes sacred.
In the spirit of Australian aboriginal art, I am interested in showing the interior and exterior physical anatomy, energy and spirit of the subject through the simultaneous use of realistic and symbolic imagery. To view other work, please try out my Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pejnolan and click on the Artwork, Metalwork, and Pen and Ink sets on the right hand side.
Thomas J. Norulak: THOMAS J. NORULAK - printsnat on ETSY - etching, screen printing, monotypes.
Carol Nunan: CAROL NUNAN - Horsely Printmakers - Little did I know how enrolling on a Saturday printmaking course eleven years ago would instill an absolute passion for handmade prints and completely change my life and career direction. Eleven years on Horsley Printmakers, my studio which I share with my former tutor, (Rebecca Vincent) is a thriving business running printmaking workshops for all ages. Both of us make and sell our work through galleries in the North East of England.
Anne E.G. Nydam: ANNE E.G. NYDAM - NydamPrints on ETSY - I am an artist, author, and stay-at-home mother, in addition to being a former middle school teacher, a gardener, and a negligent housekeeper. All my work is an expression of curiosity and joy in the world around me. And really, what more is there to say?
Jan O.: Washington DC area - printmaking & sketch blog.
Marian O'Connell: MARIAN O'CONNELL - The desire as a lifetime learner and the endless promise of Intaglio printmaking has led me on a journey of experimentation. Living in New England, unquestionably, has influenced my subject matter. I look at the world often through the lens of my Kodak Easy Share camera trying to discover the world so often missed by others. In some ways the camera is my artist brush and back in my studio the photography and drawing are combined eventually becoming reflections of my own emotions and feelings. I enjoy each season and look forward to the changing light each brings from snow scenes in winter to summers at the beach. The architecture of Victorian houses, their doorways and rooftops are always sources of inspiration.

As an artist, I would hope that my work is something to be contemplated and rediscovered each viewing over a period of time. Viewers should spend time looking at my original prints from different vantage points and light and enter a relationship with the piece until it becomes familiar. Only then will the piece become a viable new image that I am striving to create.
Hillary Paynter: HILLARY PAYNTER - Wood engravings.
Bev Peden: BEV PEDEN is a Canadian artist exploring printmaking and oil painting at her home on Pender Island, British Columbia. Having lived in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for 20 years, her African experiences have strongly influenced her Eastern African paintings and printmaking. She has also enjoyed writing about her experiences and has taken many photographs of people and life in East Africa.
Debra James Percival: DEBRA JAMES PERCIVAL - an artist, non-toxic printmaker, instructor and Mom. I work in the mediums: intaglio type, collagraph, monoprint, wood cut, polyester plate lithography, water based silkscreen, and copper and aluminum etching. A lot of my work is strongly influenced by my everyday life on Prince Edward Island, Canada. My love of the printmaking medium started with printing on fabric at College. After graduating I started working on paper and I loved the idea of editioning an image with many different colors, exploring the many possibilities with one image. Collaging images and ideas is a big part of my work, and that is why Intaglio type printing is such a fascinating medium for me.
Patricia Phare-Camp: PATRICIA PHARE-CAMP- PhareCamp on ETSY - I cut my first tooth on a paintbrush in my Mother's studio, where I learned to draw and paint. My whole life has been in an art studio. When I was a little girl I would sit and make paper dolls, designing outfits for them as I watched my Mother paint. Now I like to use the computer as an art tool. I will sketch my ideas, scan them and then play with the digital images till I determine the composition and colors I will work with. Sometimes while playing around I will create collages of my photos, sketches and ready-made computer clip art. I print the final plans, do a painting of the image and/or transfer the digital print to wood for black & white or multi-color woodcut prints. I try often attempt to convey socially relevant and socially conscious dialogue in my art through the use of humor.
Ian Phillips: IAN PHILLIPS Since receiving a development grant from the Arts Council of Wales in 2003, Ian has built up a substantial collection of linocut prints focusing on the welsh landscape. Most of his work is completed as series' based around a long distance footpath or particular area.
Interest in these contemporary welsh landscapes has been increasing steadily and Ian has been invited to exhibit alongside the most recognised artists in Wales today.
Eva Pietzcker: EVA PIETZCKER - Germany - presents her artwork (etching, silkscreen) and her working process.
Sue Platt: SUE PLATT - My work is concerned with the transformation of materials and objects into artefacts that are both precious and mysterious. The sculpture/assemblage comprises of glass fronted cases and cabinets, which contain artefacts and found objects alongside prints and paintings. The juxtaposition of 'things in boxes' suggests relationships and dialogues between the objects, inviting the viewer to ponder on the collective stories created.
It can be likened to reminiscing about a past you never knew but the objects help you to discover. Each piece is a small comment or observation of the world and our surroundings, be it humorous or tragic, analytical or earnest.
The prints and paintings are a response to my personal collection of unusual artefacts and artworks It questions my desire, (and others) to collect and accumulate disparate objects and artefacts.
The prints are a way of documentation, they are a more personal and spontaneous response than just writing things down and making lists. Each of the original prints are generally either a monoprint or collagragh, and embedded in them are etchings, lino cuts, drypoint, rubbings and other techniques (sometimes found objects) using a process called Chine Colle. The notion of incorporating all these various elements into a final piece of work can be likened to placing artefacts in a cabinet.
Each print is unique and the frame is an important component of the finished piece, not just something to protect the image. It is considered in the same way a cabinet or box would be with the 3D work.
Puddypress: Puddypress on ETSY I am Canadian. Cliches aside, I once was a contender, a Mensa invitee and full of promise.
But now I am retired and content to carry on a family tradition. My father made his linocut Christmas cards in the '40s and I would kibitz. Now just the smell of Dick Blick's new linoleum causes memories to flood back.
I studied art history at the University of Toronto and took drawing lessons from famed Toronto artist John Gould. Then, LIFE intervened and only now do I assume the mantle and teach my grandson how to "ink" as he calls it. I hope you enjoy my efforts as much as I did in their creation. Cheers!

Printmaking Artists R-T

George Raab: GEORGE RAAB - My original intaglio prints are made by creating textures and grooves below the surface of zinc plates. The techniques I use most frequently are acid-etching and aquatinting, engraving, mezzotint, photo-etching, and drypoint. The plate is hand inked and wiped for each printing. Prints are pulled on damp rag paper which is subjected to the great pressure of my manual etching press. Some of the resulting images are then watercoloured.
Mila Radisic: MILA RADISIC - Croatia - Mila was born in Split. Mila's technique is appreciated with fascination by the viewer. She works with drawing ink making numerous number of little circles (something like pointilism in painting) and she also make cooper-engraving and sculptures. Mila is self-taught.
Mathew Raj: MATHEW RAJ - painter and printmaker.
R. Scott Randall: SCOTT RANDALL - I am printmaking in Seattle, WA. I have moved from the thin gray 'battleship' linoleum to the thicker white kind (softcut/softolium) - this robot was my first attempt with the new (to me, at the time) material. Took some getting used to - but I do like the material and use it regularly now.

I often skip the press and use a baren. They are cheap and simple and it is fun to see the image appear through the thin paper as you rub the back side - and I think I enjoy that part of the process much more than futzing with the pressure settings on the press. If you think you need an expensive or fancy press to make linocut prints - think again!
Margaret Rankin: MARGARET RANKIN - Toronto, ON - magprint on ETSY - My block prints are inspired by the nature I see around me - the shapes of trees, the texture of rocks, the colours of the earth. The resulting prints are a combination of observation and imagination.
Marja-Leena Rathje: MARJA-LEENA RATHJE - Finnish-Canadian print artist Marja-Leena Rathje works in a variety of printmaking media, including combinations of digital printing with traditional techniques. Her blog is an online showcase for her prints, a past/present blend of the organic and archeological, along with personal reflections about culture, history, artistic process and research that inform her work.
Mellissa Read-Devine: MELLISSA READ-DEVINE - Born in England in 1966 and as a child emigrated to Australia with her family. She started exhibiting in 1997 and became a founding member of the Maranatha Art Group, Darwin 1999. Now living in rural Sydney overlooking the Hawkesbury River, Mellissa continues to refine her painting style & techniques, and ranges between vibrant flower & bird acrylics, textural abstracts and intricate woodcuts. Her combination of quirkiness and calm blend to create works with a strong spiritual base. Mellissa writes%u2026 "Being made in the image of The Creator, I believe we all have an innate ability to create. To reflect upon is 'whatever is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, virtuous &, praiseworthy' , is a discipline we are often distracted from in this world."
Fleur Rendell: FLEUR RENDELL - FleurRendell on ETSY - Fine art graduate, Fleur Rendell creates limited edition block prints using an 1854 Albion press. Her studio overlooks the Warby Ranges.
Her imagery includes babies, children, wildlife, flowers, domestic scenes and vintage objects. Her tone is optimistic and celebrates the beauty of everyday life.
Fleur studied ceramics and printmaking at RMIT in Melbourne.
Fleur worked at the Australian Print Work Shop in Fitzroy, Melbourne for two years. She also completed a six month traineeship with the APW master printer, Martin King. She had the good fortune to assist and work with prominent artists during this time such as Judy Watson and Lewis Miller (Archibald prize winner).
She later established her studio in rural Victoria, where she lives with husband Mark and daughter Abi.
Paula Roland: PAULA ROLAND - Encaustic monotype printmaker. The Encaustic Monotype is an innovative, contemporary process and a painterly approach to printmaking. This process is experimental, freeing, and has been used successfully with a range of imagery and styles. The encaustic monotype combines the ancient painting medium of encaustic with the popular monotype process. Encaustic sticks (beeswax and pigment in solid form) are used to draw on a heated metal plate. The wax melts instantly and is manipulated with brushes and other tools. Absorbent paper is laid on the plate, the back is rubbed, and the image is transferred to the paper by hand.
Amie Roman: AMIE ROMAN - ploverwing on ETSY - My focus is printmaking, specifically relief printmaking. My style is naturalistic, often with a photographic quality. Once in a while, I diverge into the whimsical. I am inspired by nature and the irony of progress. Follow the development of my artwork on my blog, Burnishings. Each of my prints is hand made, and of a very small edition size.
Michael Roosevelt: MICHAEL ROOSEVELT - Michael Roosevelt's work ranges from large engravings on copper to lithographs and relief prints (both wood engravings and linoleum cuts). The majority of his work is black and white although he has made a quantity of color relief prints in recent years. His subjects cover a broad range with a special emphasis on figures and architectural themes. Many of the pieces shown here are relief prints of subjects found in New England and the Maritime Provinces.
Abigail Rorer: ABIGAIL RORER - The Lone Oak Press, a private press, was established in 1989 in Petersham, Massachusetts, to publish letterpress-printed fine press books, broadsides and ephemera with wood engravings and etchings by Abigail Rorer. The mission of The Lone Oak Press is to choose text that is engrossing and visually inspiring and to strive to publish it in a visually beautiful manner. The press was named in honor of a huge 200+ year old oak tree which stood majestically alone in the middle of the field behind the artist's home and because the press was going to be a solo venture. The tree has since fallen but the press carries on- a tribute to the oak tree, its many fruitful years, and its progeny.
The engravings and the letterpress type are printed on a Vandercook #4 proof press. The etchings are printed on a small modified M. M. Kelton & Son iron press.
Katherine Ross: KATHERINE ROSS - My work is a portrayal of the magic of the landscape and the sky above it. The images are inspired from the experiences and memories of flights across countries, and flights of fancy; the tales and beliefs that belong to these places, and the combinations of the real and the imagined.
The majority of the most recent works portray the synergism, the connection, the endurance, and the energy, of ancient and modern sites. The common thread in these pieces is the sense of eternity, the feeling of both timelessness and fragility, and the stories that are created because of them.
Gerardo Ruiz: GERARDO RUIZ - painting, etching.
Adam Halé Saul: ADAM HALÉ SAUL - Graphic artist with portfolios ranging from Pencil & Ink to Photoshop & Illustrator, from didgeridoos to tattoos. Born, raised, and coal-fired in southwestern Virginia, Adam has developed devoted clients through his work. From friends (& foes) to local, regional and national bands, his work has graced biceps and billboards across the nation. Adam's broad array of artistic abilities and natural understanding of design and technique has taken him to ever-challenging roles in New York City design firms, western Virginia's premier tattoo parlors, and various screen-printing workshops. His love of music, pin-up art, and classic Americana are evident in his bold poster and screen-printed designs, homegrown on moonless nights in Boones Mill, VA. Above all, an Adam Saul design represents integrity: each piece is designed to deliver emotion and pride from the first viewing to the last.
Roxanne Faber Savage: ROXANNE FABER SAVAGE - Printmaking allows me to think with my hands. I am fascinated by the process of transferring imagery from a plate to a substrate. The printing process links me to a primal feeling of surprise, and I value its versatility and directness.
The creative process is a force of nature that comes through me as I respond to my immediate surroundings. Using symbols as my vocabulary, I explore concepts like freedom, confinement, death, religion, beauty, love, sex and power to express my fears, desires and sense of wonder about my own life.
Gaylord Schanilec: GAYLORD SCHANILEC - Wood engraver, printmaker, book arts.
Aine Scannell: AINE SCANNELL - Aine Scannell was born and raised in the south of Ireland. She lived in London for about 15 years before recently moving to Dunfermline, just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Her formal fine art education included the University of Middlesex and Goldsmiths College, London University. She did her M.F.A. in Barcelona (Winchester School of Art, in the Barrio Gottico) University of Southampton and more recently undertook post graduate studies in printmaking at Wimbledon School of Art, London.

Initially Aine started out in what she thought was the way one ought to become an artist i.e., by "becoming a painter". She later concluded that this "was a waste of time and oil paint".

In the past ten years though, outcomes have been going more successfully, on her own terms, and that has been as a graphic artist in the European sense of the word.
So Aine make drawings, installations, art-objects and printmaking works - these are original intaglio and digital prints, sometimes they comprise both techniques. This additionally applies to the book-art works she has created. They have been unique works to date though Aine states that she would like to involve herself at some point, in making small editions of such book works.
She has made a number of print editions including silkscreen though the majority of these have been intaglio/digital. Editioning work for Aine though, is just laborious and uninteresting; so it is only undertaken in the case of portfolio exchanges.
Recently Aine was one of the artists featured in the book, "Printmaking at the Edge"by Richard Noyce (Publishers: A & C Black London)
Jennifer Schmitt: JENNIFER SCHMITT - AzureGrackle on ETSY - Born and raised for the majority of her years in Massachusetts, Jenn has been creative and curious all her life, but only recently began to see herself as an artist. She learned to knit at age five and has been at it ever since. Her love of color drew her to the intricacies of Fair Isle knits that she mastered to the point of designing several for her family. That fascination with colors and how they sit together, blend or fight, lead her to try watercolors, textile painting and wax resist, pottery, jewelry design and most recently woodcut printmaking.

The natural rhythms of the seasons and history of New England inform her work, along with the poetry of Mary Oliver and a wealth of family stories of generations past. The ocean, old stonewalls and a sense of home are never far from her mind as she works. She also writes fiction and poetry, but has found her true creative home in printmaking.

She currently lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
Jo Sculthorp: JO SCULTHORP - I am a printmaker living on Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia. There was a tumble down little shed on the property where I am living. Some friends helped me to put a few windows in and fix it up. It's now my fabulous little Studio Space - I call it my Green Room%u2026. My own space to make an inky, papery mess (and hopefully some beautiful prints !) whilst I explore the wonderful world of Printmaking. Welcome to my Green Room - a journal of my printmaking pursuits.
Jacob Semko: JACOB SEMKO is one of Canada's hottest young artists. His strikingly vivid images are saturated with honest emotion and draw the curious viewer in to examine themes of hope, sadness, sarcasm, humour and contradiction.

Jacob was educated in printmaking at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and at the University of Saskatchewan. He has travelled and taught extensively, including at the Hong Kong Institute for Education, and at the Department of Printmaking in Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in Xi'an City, China.

Jacob's prints are rapidly gaining in popularity and value as an increasingly wide audience is coming to appreciate the depth and breadth of his work.
Kris Shanks: KRIS SHANKS - kshanks on ETSY - I'm an artist and biologist living in Northern California. I have a BFA in painting and printmaking from California College of Arts and Crafts, and I get up the morning thinking about what I'm going to make today.

I paint outside, with the wind and the bugs. The result are "plein air" paintings that are vibrant and capture the essence of a particular place and time. They are my way of bearing witness to the landscape.

Woodblock printmaking is a very roundabout method of making art that produces images unlike any other process. First I carve a block of wood, removing any areas I don't want to print. I like using wood, because I like the pattern of the woodgrain that can emerge in a print, but I also make prints using linoleum blocks. Multiple colors require multiple blocks, or a single block is carved between each color, slowly reducing the printed area. The second step is inking the block with a rubber brayer, and lastly I transfer the image to a piece of paper by rubbing the back of the paper with a traditional Japanese printing tool, the baren. I talk about my process and lots of other art stuff on my blog
Ellen Shipley: ELLEN SHIPLEY - ellenshipley on ETSY- California - I am an artist, printmaker and perpetual student. I didn't start out that way. I was a stay-at-home mom until my son went off to college and I found myself at wits-end with an empty nest. So I went off to school and fell in love with art in general and printmaking in specific. I should've done this 20 years ago! Oh, I'm also a weaver. Someday I'll get some of my weavery bits in here too. ;-]
Hannah Skoonberg: HANNAH SKOONBERG - I am a printmaking student at the University of Georgia and I focus on lino prints of trees. I feel my work is influenced by Zen and my recent work is moving more in that direction. I create reduction lino prints by carving my image into a linoleum block and rolling the surface with ink. Between each color more lino is carved off, inked with the new color, and then printed on top.
I print on high quality Japanese printmaking papers and so far I have used only oil based inks. (but I would really love to try different kinds!)
Small Stump: smallstump on ETSY - is an art and craft making machine based in northern california. i have a weakness for things that are tiny and old. i am happiest when my hands are dirty.
Mikolaj Smolinski: MIKOLAJ SMOLINSKI - This site is an ongoing catalog of visual art work and ideas by Mikolaj Smolinski. Currently, Mikolaj is an active artist and member of Dundarave Print Workshop and Malaspina Printmakers Society in Vancouver BC. n brief, the work shown here is a form of Alchemy, an exploration of the transformation of ideas, images, materials and the Self. The images themselves explore various realms and realities. They are often composed of distinct and recurring elements, characters and acting costumes that perform or suggest a non linear narrative. Various themes arise like transformation, animism and ritual. The work explores the psychology of images and the psychology of dreams. It explores visual dialogue. It explores the interesting, vast spaces between objects, contexts and meanings.

The images are primarily traditional copper etchings, printed as a chine colle on japanese gampi with german etching paper as the support matrix.
Allen Smutylo: ALLEN SMUTYLO - I work in a variety of mediums including; oil on canvas, watercolour, drawing, etching and monoprint. My images usually depict specific experiences or places from a trip. These ideas are often layered with other "memories" in the land: such as geophysical forces, land and marine biology, and the imprint of previous cultures.
Beth Sobel: BETH SOBEL - Bellingham, Washington - The story of one girl's life with a printing press, and all the lessons, frustrations, and fun that go along with it
Elisabeth Sommerville: ELISABETH SOMMERVILLE - Elisabeth (Betty) Sommerville is a Vancouver artist and printmaker. Her stone lithographs are based on impressions from British Columbia and her native Alberta. Betty's prints of birds and birch trees are detailed and realistic. Her landscapes experiment with the moods and shadows created by natural light and weather.
Lynn Allison Starun: LYNN ALLISON STARUN - artistanlyn on ETSY - I'm a portrait artist, printmaker and plein air enthusiast living near New York City.
Amy Stoner: AMY STONER - colorworks on ETSY - I work in a variety of mediums, depending on what imagery I want to convey. Currently my work includes encaustic paintings, relief printmaking, and acrylic painting.
strawberryluna: strawberryluna on ETSY - I am a screen printer and designer born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I moved 300 miles away from home only to realize that I am, in fact, still in Pennsylvania. This gives me a lot of practice correctly spelling "Pennsylvania". Now I make my home in No Rules Pittsburgh with my husband and our dog.

While most kids were out stealing concert posters from clubs, I was busy swiping circus posters from telephone poles. Propaganda art and absurd random associations fascinate and influence me. I am lucky enough to work from the fantastic community print studio Artists Image Resource.
Dan Steeves: DAN STEEVES - Steeves' work has been exhibited in galleries in Canada, the United States, Holland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Taiwan and the Ukraine. His prints are represented internationally in both public and private collections.
He is represented by the Abbozzo Gallery of Oakville, Ontario, and the Peter Buckland Gallery of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Steeves is Printmaking Technician/Lecturer in the Fine Arts Department at Mount Allison University, and was born in Riverview, New Brunswick. He received his BFA from Mount Allison in 1981.
Terry Steinke: TERRY STEINKE - Terry Steinke grew up in the picturesque town of Woodstock, Illinois. The influence of the fields, woods and lakes of that region are apparent in his work today. He was also fortunate in being able to visit the wonderful museums in Chicago, a short train ride away.
Terry received his art training at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign.(BFA, School of Art & Design, College of Fine & Applied Arts)
Terry has been a full time artist since 1975, and lives in San Francisco, California.
Studio-AK: Studio-AK - studioAK on ETSY - A school of Russian dissident artists and their descendants. Residing in New York City, we are active in the national community of arts and supportive of the Etsy community.
Anupam Sud: ANUPAM SUD was born in Punjab, she is one of the finest intaglio print makers in India. She did a diploma in Fine Arts from the College of Art New Delhi. In 1967 she received the British Council scholarship and studied print making at State School of Art London. Anupam Sud has won 19 awards between 1969 and 1985. Her works are in many private collections including NGMA.
Ari Sutton: ARI SUTTON - Fine artist and illustrator.
Annie Swincinski: ANNIE SWINCINSKI - SweetAnnieJeanne on ETSY - Well Im a part time artist, part time waitress, working on becoming a full time artist. Most of my experience with art is watercolor and charcoal drawing, but having gone to art school, Ive dabbled with many mediums. My most recent obsession is print making. I have been pulling all prints by hand so far. Im still learning so much all the time and I hope to have many more prints on soon.
Etsy's creative community has inspired me to try new things and follow my passions. So keep your fingers crossed for us newbies...and stop back again soon.
Andrea Taylor: ANDREA TAYLOR is a prolific printmaker, a budding painter, and publisher of her own letterpress books. She has been pursuing her passion full time ever since a two-year sojourn to New Mexico.
Images of faces in painting and linocut have predominated in the artist's most recent work. Drawing and painting every day, the artist's work is evolving as she studies with her mentor, James Picard.
Andrea's work features her relief prints, etchings, acrylic paintings on canvas and her own hand-bound letterpress books from her press, Cotton Socks Press. Commissions so far include portraits, movie work and corporate gifts.
Marina Terauds: MARINA TERAUDS - Latvian artist Marina Terauds has dedicated her work to printmaking (etching, mezzotint, aquatint, drypoint) after receiving her Master degree in printmaking (Latvian Academy of Arts) and in art pedagogy (Latvian State University).

Although the stylistic elements in her art have varied, there always was love for the unique, spiritual alchemy, searching for a combination of beauty and the mystery of nature. Her works, although in point are not the naturalistic reflection of the world around, but charm the spectator by the thorough knowledge of the subject shown.

All of Marina's prints are hand printed on the premises using traditional printing methods unchanged in over 400 years.
Ruth Thomas: RUTH THOMAS - Ruth Thomas is a contemporary artist specialising in printmaking, whose work reflects a fascination with natural forms. Ruth is based in Flintshire, North Wales. Most of Ruth's prints are collagraphs, a print from a collage. They are original, hand-made prints, not reproduction prints.
Feathers and worm casts collected from the beach, grass, leaves, bark and seeds are now the subject matter of my work. They reflect my rural background and love of nature. I like to make art using unusual materials or materials which are often overlooked: the grass that features in many of my prints is a plant that inspires little interest except as a surface to walk upon. I try to let the materials represent themselves through simple abstract forms.
Roy Tomlinson: ROY TOMLINSON - Stone lithography.
Tugboat Printshop - Paul Roden & Valerie Leuth: TUGBOAT PRINTSHOP - PAUL RODEN & VALERIE LEUTH - tugboatprintshop on ETSY - Tugboat Printshop is our in-house printshop, frameshop, and studio space located in Pittsburgh, PA. We specialize in woodcuts and etchings but also make drawings, gardens, renovations, and dinner.
Michelle Turbide: MICHELLE TURBIDE - I am an artist, woman, wife, soon to be mother, and creative soul living in the Champlain Islands of Vermont. I am drawn to creatively express what I see and how I feel. Color and texture are the language of my moods and thoughts about whatever subject inspires me. This is often the human body, female power, the natural world, and all of it's creations. I am struck by the intensity, beauty, pain, and healing that the world holds for us in our pathways that we call life.

Although I have traditionally been a painter, the last few years print making has held my attention. It gives me the freedom to explore various styles from realistic relief prints to painterly monotypes depending upon my mood. Monotypes are my preferred form of medium as it allows me to be spontaneous and flexible giving me great joy as I see the work unfold before me. I believe creative expression is a spiritual process during which space and time allows me to connect to my inner muse, helping me achieve my best work. In printmaking, this is especially true. I am fascinated by the wonder and surprise that I experience as I unveil the finished piece from the etching press.

I am currently intrigued by forms of art that are non-toxic for myself and the environment. I often use Akua Kolor%u2122 and intaglio inks for my work as well as excellent quality acid free printmaking paper.

Printmaking Artists U-Z

Renee A. Ugrin: RENEE A. UGRIN - Living in a Pacific Northwest rural region most of her life has given Renee an appreciation for the simple beauty of the landscape. The garden in particular, is a wonderfully concerntrated example of the interdependent relationship between the earth and it's inhabitants. This relationship provides an endless fascination for Renee and a visual feast which occurs between the land and the changing seasons. Renee has been a member of the Print Arts Northwest since 1985 as well as an artist for Portland Art Museum's Rental/Sales Gallery since 1985. Her work is in many collections, Private, Public and Corporate.
Jason VanDeusen: JASON VANDEUSEN - Emerging Artist and Michigan Native Jason VanDeusen is currently finishing his last academic year at Grand Valley State University working towards a BFA in Illustration. A Fine Artist and Illustrator Jason pursues both with equal Passion and Dedication. Growing up Jason spent many happy hours immersed in books and the outdoors. The vast richness in both of these worlds would prove to be an important source of inspiration for Jason. Today, Through Woodblock Printmaking Jason combines many ideas and subjects that have been influential throughout his life such as the narrative, history, mythology, illustration and fine art. The end result is highly crafted work that combines all of Jason's skills and experiences in art that is significant for the viewer.
Serena Van Vranken: SERENA VAN VRANKEN - almostmonday on ETSY - Almost Monday is a motivating philosophy to create art and enjoy life before Monday is here again. It developed out of a Haiku relationship with a good friend about the discomforts of office life.
Benjamin Vasserman: BENJAMIN VASSERMAN - Estonia - Etching, aquatint, miniature prints.
April Vollmer: APRIL VOLLMER - established her studio on Manhattan's lower east side after she earned her MFA from Hunter College. She works primarily in Japanese woodcut, and often plans her woodcuts on the computer, combining traditional and contemporary techniques. In the fall of 2004 she traveled to Japan to work with the Nagasawa Art Park woodcut program. April has taught workshops at Japan Society, the Lower East Side Printshop, Pyramid Atlantic and Dieu Donne Papermill and many other locations. Her work has been published in journals including Science, Printmaking Today and Contemporary Impressions. Her prints have been exhibited at AIR Gallery, the Islip Art Museum, Henry Street Settlement, and internationally.
Jay Vollmar: JAY VOLLMAR - silkscreen artist.
Richard Wagener: RICHARD WAGENER - Wood engraver.
Steve Walters: STEVE WALTERS - Owner/Operator of Screwball Press in Chicago since 1991. Specializing in screenprinted posters,
CD and record packaging, and fine art prints.
I taught myself how to print because I was unemployed because I majored in Sociology in college.
I also teach people how to print and use my shop as a co-op.
Amy Walsh: AMY WALSH - wondercabinet on ETSY - If it involves cutting, pasting, painting, collecting, organizing, hoarding, glueing, arranging, obsessing, tasting, listening, pilfering, filling, pouring, resisting,
protesting, tearing, sewing, pretending, peeking, hiding, or constructing altered realities, I'm into it.
I am an artist living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I do a lot of sculpture and installation work, and I make prints, drawings and paintings in between the sculpture exhibition deadlines.
Bette Norcross Wappner: BETTE NORCROSS WAPPNER - BetteNorcrossWappner on ETSY lives in the USA with her husband and two children. She seeks the Sacred in Nature and brings it to her art and poetry. Bette creates woodblock prints using the old Japanese water-based technique called Moku-Hanga, and enjoys tanka and haiku poetry, nature photography, creek-walking, and kayaking.
Oliver West: OLIVER WEST - Proof Print Arts - Oliver West is a successful artist, print-maker, university lecturer and visual thinking specialist based in Cornwall, U.K.
Jim Westergard: JIM WESTERGARD Is the custodian of an old, spoiled and pampered, Vandercook SP-15 proofing press which answers to the name,"Spanish Fly".

He's also an elected member of the SWE (Society of Wood Engravers) (UK); an elected member of the RE (Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) (UK); a member of the WEN (Wood Engravers Network) (US); a member of the FPBA (Fine Press Book Association) (UK, US & CA); and a member of the BP (Boston Printmakers) (US)
Amanda Nicole White: AMANDA NICOLE WHITE - Amanda Nicole White graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2007 where she majored in printmaking. She works in several areas of printmaking including intaglio, relief, screen printing and book arts.

Much of her work stems from a large collection of old family photos dating back as far as the 1930s. These photographs are altered, manipulated, reinterpreted and recontextualized. Through her process, Amanda explores ideas of family, history, identity, remembering and forgetting.

Amanda is currently obsessed with etching and chine collé. She continues to live and work in Toronto.
Ele Willoughby: ELE WILLOUGHBY - minouette on ETSY When I was a child, my father-of-the-green-thumb took cuttings from violets until they threatened to overrun the house. I'm rather like that, except with me, it's the lino block printed stuffed giraffes. I've got a herd of them. I really can't stop making things. They are taking over my small home.
I've been printmaking since I was a child. I had the good fortune to learn about lino, silk screen printing and etching at the Art Gallery of Ontario. I've taken a variety of art classes over the years. Most recently, I studied hand paper-making and Japanese-style wood block printing.
I am obsessed with paper, and colour and books. You'll find evidence of that here too.
Influences include various fauna, myths and legends, science and the unknown.
Gayle Wohlken: GAYLE WOHLKEN - woodblock artist.
Janice Wong: JANICE WONG - painter, printmaker - The monotypes-unique paintings that are transferred to paper with the aid of an etching press-are created while the paper is damp. Dependent upon ambient temperature, time is a factor. With this in mind, and by virtue of the mediums and processes, the monotypes and ink drawings capitalize on my enjoyment of spontaneity-the alignment of eye, mind and heart. Playfulness is a natural by-product of the process, and can easily be seen in these works.
Christopher Wormell: CHRISTOPHER WORMELL - world-renowned illustrator, including many children's books, self-taught artist and printmaker, generally using wood engraving and linocut to create his characteristic images.
Sherrie York: SHERRIE YORK - More than twenty years ago I wrote a project proposal titled "Art Mind and Science Mind," in which I waxed poetic about learning to reconcile and nurture two tracks of interest: exploring "Nature" and making"Art". It was going to be Right Brain/Left Brain taken to The Next Level. I was going to write poems, paint pictures, and have all the answers in twelve weeks.
It was an embarrassingly smarmy proposal, full of big, romantic ideas but no real goal and no practical plan. It didn't even make it past the first committee review.

Looking at the work I've created in the intervening years, I realize that, despite myself, I have been engaged in that project ever since. It has been a lot longer than twelve weeks, but I think I've finally started to understand the questions. Never mind the answers. My varied interests are still with me, still engaged in battles for dominance, and no closer to reconciliation. Record or respond? Explain or explore? Analyze or interpret? Sit still and draw? Or wander about to see what the spring wind has brought today?
And when I pick up a pencil, brush, or gouge, the battle still rages: Slow and careful rendering? Or vigorous, gestural mark making? Pencil, watercolor, or linocut?
I like to think that my work records the constant conversation between my analyzing mind and my creating heart. Each piece represents a moment of accord, or at least compromise, between the desires to express what a thing looks like and what it feels like. Most of the images are of plants, animals, and vistas near my home, but many come from travels, and a few begin as dreams. All reflect a journey barely glimpsed two decades ago, a path that continues to call, "This way."
"No. THIS way."
Jennifer Zalewski: JENNIFER ZALEWSKI - jenniferzalewski on ETSY - works in relief printmaking (woodcuts, linoleum block printing), oil pastel, and mixed media drawing. Most of her art is based on her love of dogs and the natural world.
All artwork is created in her Finger Lakes studio and supervised by her two retired racing greyhounds (of course!).
Joseph Zirker: JOSEPH ZIRKER - An inveterate discoverer, Joseph Zirker is known for his acrylic printing techniques both in the US and overseas. He works with cast acrylic bas relief.
He has also developed collaged sculptures of wood, foam core and cardboard. Using writing paper and other common materials, his creative sculptures show the interplay between shade and light.

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ploverwing Jul 30, 2009 @ 11:39 am | in reply to michelle | delete

Hi Michelle - I've never used one, so I don't know for sure. Looks like you place the inked block face up, paper on top, and maybe a backing paper to protect the print, then press down with the lever. I don't think you'd get great prints, though, except for maybe very small miniatures.

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michelle Jul 29, 2009 @ 9:30 pm | delete

how do you use a Richeson hand held block printing press?

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siy tima Apr 24, 2009 @ 6:46 am | delete

very amazing great lens, this is art.

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HARDPRESSED Mar 31, 2009 @ 6:53 pm | delete

Great lens. I'm very, very new to this and I'm still learning how to put together my own lens. Very unsure of myself but you're you're definitely an inspiration. Hopefully I'll muddle through.

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peter9983 Mar 25, 2009 @ 6:57 pm | delete

Very nice lense, keep it up !

Peter
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