Origins

History
One day I walked past a sign saying Etching Saturday School and was intrigued. I'd heard of etching and thought it would be interesting to enrol for the course. I didn't have an art school qualification, having trained as a teacher, but was active in art in my spare time. The course, being over a full day enabled me to leave with a finished print, working from scratch. After that I was hooked. I never looked back and have been printmaking ever since. I have been a printmaker for many years, working in both relief printmaking and intaglio. After concentrating on etching as a print form for many years, I moved to mainly relief printing, producing lino cuts and then wood engraving and woodcuts. ​In recent years I have gone on to transfer these designs to textiles, printing on cotton and then silk. I also had a series of leaping animals mugs produced as well as a variety of cards printed from  prints. They are mainly of animals, and birds , landscapes and seascapes. Recently, I've been exploring other ideas of printing my designs on different items such as tea towels. 

Original Prints
Etchings ,lino cuts and wood engravings have been printed as limited editions.At the moment the mugs are in four designs- a leaping hare, a leaping cat, a leaping spaniel and a sunbathing cat!They are all in bright, contrasting colours .The silk scarves are of two designs, one a square design of resting doves, The other design is a rectangle of birds resting on the seashore with waves  reprinted several times on the scarf. ​The scarves come in two lengths and a variety of colours.They are hand  printed in fabric inks which are colour fast and can be washed in warm water.The scarves are unique as they have all been printed individually and the design varies slightly in each one. Sometimes borders have been added, depending on what is needed to finish the scarf.

Cards

​A wide variety of cards have been printed both in small and large sizes. They are also in themed packs of five, with a heading card in a cellophane pack. Recently I've been looking at the idea of  a cardboard presentation box rather than cellophane.