Thanks to my creative mum I’ve always dabbled in arty things. She taught me how to paint and draw when I was young which certainly came in handy as presents for various grandparents and family members. I discovered lino printing at school as many people do but didn’t think much of it, mainly because what I had made I thought was rubbish, until lockdown when I was looking for a way to stamp a design for a personalised tea towel gift. I was instantly hooked and haven’t looked back since. 

For those that haven’t heard of it before, lino printing happens when you use various sharp tools to carve out the parts that you don’t want to have colour. You then cover the lino with ink and press paper to it, creating a print. You can leave it as one layer or you can progressively remove parts and print different colours as you go along, allowing you to ‘paint’ with the lino.