
I interviewed printmaker Helen Peyton who handcrafts her lino/ woodcuts on an original Victorian printing press. Helen‘s Smart Gallery social museum and art gallery has been long-listed for the Turner Prize. She has created exciting popup exhibition & workshop spaces that allow the public to experience printmaking techniques hands on. Helen teaches art and design, and lives in Upper Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales.
Leslie: Why do you lino-print by hand on a Georgian printing press? What’s special and creative about working this way? Continue reading HELEN PEYTON – HANDS-ON PRINTS & THE SKY AT NIGHT