Category Archives: Printmaking

Miesje Chafer

August 12, 2016 12:02 AM \

MiesjeChaferMiesje Chafer is a textile designer, doodler, screen printer and maker based in Southsea, UK. She creates and prints bold and bright geometric designs to create her line of accessories which includes cushions, quilts, purses and bags. On the website, Sorting Office, she describes her creative process as such:

“I usually start my day with printing, as this takes up the most energy. I make a list of all the different colours and patterns I want for that day, then I cut out and iron all the fabric I need for that batch of printing. I then spend the afternoon sewing/emailing/taking photos/putting stuff online/posting things/eating/napping/ until I’m too tired to do anymore and I collapse on the sofa!”

You can see more of her work on her website and on Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Miesje Chafer.

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Posted in: Handcrafted, Printmaking, Sewing, Textile

Raubdruckerin

July 26, 2016 12:02 AM \

RaubdruckerinWhat a great concept! The German collective Raubdruckerin, specializes in street screen printing. They use manhole covers of major European cities as surfaces to ink, creating bags and t-shirts printed directly in the streets. Their collection currently includes prints from 20 major cities all of which are made from organic cotton and certified fair trade.

You can follow this group on their website and on Facebook.

Images: Courtesy of Raubdruckerin.

Posted in: Graphic Design, Handcrafted, Printmaking

Ruth Asawa 1926 – 2013

June 8, 2016 12:02 AM \

RuthAsawaRuth Asawa, artist and educator, was born in 1926 in Norwalk, California, one of seven children. She is celebrated as a modernist sculptor but her art training at Black Mountain College in North Carolina was in basic design and drawing (some of her works on paper shown above). She never stopped creating drawings, paintings and sculptures and in her later years became an active proponent in art education. She writes this about her teaching philosophy based on her personal experience:

“A child can learn something about color, about design and about observing objects in nature. If you do that, you grow into a greater awareness of things around you. Art will make people better, more highly skilled in thinking and improving whatever business one goes into, or whatever occupation. It makes a person broader.”

Images: Courtesy of the Estate of Ruth Asawa.

Posted in: Illustration, Printmaking
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