Suzanne Parry is an artist who creates limited-edition linocut prints which she sells on Etsy and direct via her Facebook page.
Each hand-made run consists of a mere 25 prints. Her subject matter is often on a Welsh theme; daffodils, Blaenavon coal, Hay-on-Wye, Welsh rugby and Skomer Island puffins.
As a printmaker living in Wales, I love walking and cycling through the natural and industrial landscape, and find it inspiring for the designs of my lino prints.
To create a print, I work first on the design using photographs and sketches. Then I transfer my design directly onto a block of lino, and hand carve the image using lino tools. Next, using a roller. Finally, I lay paper over the lino, and print by hand using the back of a spoon, or a small baren. I repeat the printing process at least 25 times to produce a limited edition of the image and sign each print by hand.
Each of the 25 prints in the edition is an original, not a reproduction. The nature of the hand-made process means that there will be minor variations between prints.
