Top 50 Collagraph Artists You Need to Know About (And Their Iconic Work)

Every few months, Art Post artists unite to create an original piece of artwork - celebrating iconic masterpieces and our wonderful city of Sheffield. Each piece created by the collective is showcased on the limited edition Sheffield Art Totes.

I am a self-taught printmaker, working and teaching from my kitchen studio in Kent, alongside my day job as a speech therapist. I make small, thoughtful prints which are often based on my love of exploring. I see beauty in the bleak, the old and the ordinary. Many of my prints feature things I find - fossils, roadside flowers, old bottles and vintage kitchen items. I love teaching printmaking for all ages and abilities and I run workshops at home and in local schools.

I am an artist and printmaker based in Sheffield. Originally from Germany, I moved to the UK over 20 years ago. I love photographing and sketching the landscapes of the Peak District and the animals that live here, and these often feature in my work. After working in watercolours for many years, I have recently fallen in love with printmaking, particularly collagraphy and aquatint etching. All of these mediums have an element of unpredictability that makes them very exciting to work with. I build my collagraphs in a painterly way, by applying pastes and gels to mountboard to create a range of textures and tones. To make my aquatints, I use innovative etching techniques that do not require the use of harmful acids or solvents. For me, the main appeal of printmaking lies in its need for simplification; the stripping away of unnecessary detail to get to the essence of the subject. I am drawn to strong value contrasts, and bold colours. I aim to capture the interplay of light and shade, and the moods created by different atmospheric conditions.