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Hello, I am John Coe, founder, publisher and designer of Pressing Matters magazine - a new printmaking publication that takes a look at the people, process and passion behind the art form. I approach the curation of the magazine from a ‘creatively curious’ standpoint and find myself getting arm deep trying out new printmaking techniques and meeting makers to chat about their work. I created a new kind of magazine as, although I have plenty of books about the subject, I felt that the magazine area of the printmaking world was limited, so decided to do my own! Read more

One of the hardest things to do when printing a relief block (lino, vinyl or wood) is to print solid blocks of colour.  Read more

Hello, My name is Hayley and for the past week I have been at Handprinted for work experience. I have loved every minute of it especially when I took part in the screen printing work shop onto fabric. It was my first time screen printing and I cannot wait to do it again. We began the workshop with screen printing using a paper stencil where the lovely Shirley did a tutorial on preparation and stencil cutting. Read more

I (Shirley) have been on a trip to Tokyo to attend a five day Mokuhanga course (Japanese Woodblock) and to meet with a few of our suppliers. I have never been anywhere like Tokyo before so it was an experience on lots of different levels. I have been lucky enough to attend a couple of Laura Boswell's courses (her courses with us are full for 2017 but her 2018 courses will be on the website soon!)  Read more