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Louise Edwards: Printmaker.

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Tawny owl flies above rural landscape in shades of blue.

Louise is a Member of The Peak District Artisans, a prestigious group of professional Artists and Artisans working in and around The Peak District National Park.

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Red Cottage Prints at Manchester Art Fair '23

Discover the Art of Louise Edwards.

Recharge in Nature with Williams BMW.

Delicately hand engraved blocks

My Background

My Inspiration

My Background

Having worked in the Pottery Industry as a painter for the majority of my life, creativity cannot fail to be a large part of my make up.

I grew up with a mother who painted in Watercolour. I enjoyed drawing and painting and finding work in a World-renown Pottery kept me involved in the creative life. A return to relief printing in 2019 cemented my commitment to the medium.


My Medium

My Inspiration

My Background

Linocut started for me as a child. Introduced to the magic of printmaking by my friends mother, I remember marvelling at her work, fascinated by the process and the result. I returned to it later in life after finding that painting as an occupation had somewhat diminished the joy of painting as a hobby. 

So, carefully cutting each intricat

Linocut started for me as a child. Introduced to the magic of printmaking by my friends mother, I remember marvelling at her work, fascinated by the process and the result. I returned to it later in life after finding that painting as an occupation had somewhat diminished the joy of painting as a hobby. 

So, carefully cutting each intricate block with gouges, printing the image onto beautiful Somerset paper and hand-printing on a Gunning No. 3 press became my joy. It never fails to provide me with excitement and anticipation at finding out just what the image will be and of course, each print is unique even within the same print run. Now, being a printmaker and artist is a large part of my everyday life.

Linocut of curlew in heather by nest.

My Inspiration

My Inspiration

My Inspiration

The natural world, surrounding us here at Red Cottage, is a constant source of inspiration and enjoyment. Each season providing a new aspect through which to view nature and a different feel to our lives here. 

I am constantly seeing things, places, plants that I want to put into my work. Maybe something from my daily life, maybe a small f

The natural world, surrounding us here at Red Cottage, is a constant source of inspiration and enjoyment. Each season providing a new aspect through which to view nature and a different feel to our lives here. 

I am constantly seeing things, places, plants that I want to put into my work. Maybe something from my daily life, maybe a small fern growing from the stone wall, once the door of a falling down barn. They lodge, like tiny seedlings, waiting to be shown the sun and to appear  somewhere in amongst a design.

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    The Printmaker at work

    Using fine gouges the grey, hessian backed lino block is cut away, leaving only areas that are to pick up ink and be printed.

    Blocks and take days and even weeks to cut, any mistakes are permanent and cannot be rectified. 

    Cutting away the block to print a different coloured layer (cutting away for each colour-sometimes 14 layers are applied) on top of the others makes a reduction print and is how a skilled Printmaker can make beautiful, coloured images like this Redwing and Fieldfare.

    The inked lino block is laid onto the press bed, paper laid gently on top and run through the press, transferring the ink from the block to the paper.

    Louise Edwards on Williams BMW and Recharge in Nature.

    The Aviator.

    Using the Gunning etching press to put the final layer onto The Aviator. 

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    Events

    Meet the Printmaker in these places....

    14/10/2023 to 15/10/2023

    Whitworth Autumn Fair.

    All day

    Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale, Matlock.

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    14/10/2023 to 15/10/2023

    Whitworth Autumn Fair.

    The Autumnal Fair for the Peak District Artisans in the beautiful Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale.

    All day

    Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale, Matlock.

    02/12/2023 to 03/12/2023

    The Gasworks, Sudbury, Ashbourne.

    All day

    Sudbury, Derbyshire.

    Event Details

    02/12/2023 to 03/12/2023

    The Gasworks, Sudbury, Ashbourne.

    A brand new event for the Peak District Artisans! An exciting new event at the beginning of December. Come and celebrate with mince pies and...

    Event Details

    All day

    Sudbury, Derbyshire.

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