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HELEN BROWN

“Being outdoors and connecting to nature allows

me to capture the spirit of the place,” says woodcut

artist Helen Brown, who takes her inspiration from the

chalk hills of the South Downs National Park, always

drawing directly from life. She carves thin plywood

using V- and U-shaped tools, then rolls on ink‚ printing

onto paper using a 1844 Colombian press‚ and hand-

tints the images. Helen describes her style as “flowing

and bold with a sense of calm”.

@helensprints

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LISA PAICE

Lisa is the driving force behind Letterpress

Design, which uses traditional print methods to create

contemporary stationery and art. “Letterpress printing

is addictive,” she says. “But of course, you need a

love of all things inky to begin with.” Her designs are

inspired by favourite books from authors such as Ray

Bradbury, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, and she

thanks the “old-school pressmen” who have helped

her over the years.

@letterpressdesign

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ANNA MARROW
“I love working with strong colours, simple
compositions, strong drawing and lots of negative
spaces,” says Bristol-based screenprint artist Anna
Marrow. She finds inspiration in busy cities and
brutalist, Victorian and modernist architecture, but
also has a weakness for budgies and parrots. “With
screen printing, I love the wonderful flatness, as
well as the layers you can create and how you can
reproduce drawing and turn it into something else.”
@annatmarrow

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KATHY HUTTON
“My style is minimalistic, with pared-down, hand-
drawn lifework,” says Kathy, who loves combining
monoprinting with line drawings. She blockprints and
screenprints too, but explains, “When I’m creating my
monoprint line drawings there’s a different pace and
I feel a deep calmness. Each piece is hand-drawn into
the ink. I have to be bold, there’s no sketching – it’s just
a simple black line, and because of that it feels, for
that moment, I’m connected.”
@kathyhuttonprints