RUTH KEMP
Artist and Graphic Designer

For me printmaking is a very challenging medium which often takes me outside my comfort zone.  I enjoy the way that by losing control of the outcome I often create a more interesting artwork as a result.

“Seasons” is an edition of large prints which combine three printing processes, woodblock (the tree), collograph (background) and screenprinting (leaves).

Another series shown is “America 1956” based on some very old slides taken by my father on a business trip in that year.  These are printed from copper plates by an etching process called aquatint. The prints are created by rubbing ink into the surface of the finished plate and printed under pressure on an etching press.

Also featured is a series of fairly graphic coloured lino-cut prints by a process called “reduction”.  This process uses the same block for all the colours, printing from lightest to darkest colours and cutting away as you print each colour.

​