What first brought you to Edinburgh Printmakers?
I loved looking through the birds-eye viewing-window in the Union Street gallery into the white tiled workshop full of busy bees making their work.
How did you first get into printmaking?
I like magic where you press a button and art appears.
How has your interest in cycling influenced your work?
Name a great painting that couldn't be improved by adding a bicycle.
What printmaking techniques are you most drawn to?
Pressing the ink onto the paper with a squeegee is so satisfying. Screenprinting is so direct - the other processes are still a complex, scrapy, inky mystery.
Describe your artistic research process.
I have to write down all my ideas and images and drawings, put them in categories, leave them for a bit, then decide which one makes sense, then I have to really stick with that idea until I have at least three prints I could show my family.
How do you start your printing process?
I quite like all the prep you have to do, I enjoy the aesthetics of each bit, tearing paper, trying sample ink prints, coating a screen, loading the drying racks, tying your best apron, sorting the favourite spatula. The process is the best bit.
What artists are you inspired by?
I am constantly inspired that humans are artists. Every day I see new amazing things. I saw some 1509 Duhrer wood cuts last week, he was dealing with the same stuff we're still grappling with.
What’s next for your printmaking practice?
Book a press, print more bikes, win a prize.
