Printing

News Feed
Screen print on three rice paper scrolls
2m x 1.5m

This work began as a large collage constructed from cuttings taken from a broad selection of national daily newspapers on a single day. Headlines, fragments of imagery and partial narratives were layered together to form a dense composite of concurrent events.

The collaged surface was then cut and reconfigured through a process of screen printing. In repeating and fragmenting the source material, the work examines our relationship to the news cycle — how stories are framed, prioritised and differently constructed depending on their point of delivery. What appears as continuous “feed” is revealed as edited, mediated and selective.

 

Shadow
Screen print and ink mark-making on layered glass panels, mounted on wood

This work continues my exploration of shadow as both presence and absence — a recurring thread in my practice, often approached through photography. A photographed shadow image was screen printed onto multiple sheets of glass. Fine black ink lines were then drawn across the surfaces, introducing interruption and subtle distortion.

By layering the glass panels, the image shifts from two dimensions into a fragile three-dimensional form. The work plays with transparency, depth and light, allowing the shadow to hover between surface and space — present, yet never fixed.

Following a visit to a scrap yard filled with discarded vehicles, I produced a number of screen prints (two shown below), responding to the surfaces, forms and quiet presence of industrial residue.

The same encounter also informed a large glass sculpture titled Spirits Rising (see Sculpture menu), extending the investigation beyond print into a more spatial, three-dimensional work.

Above:

Car Crash
Various experimental printing and layering techniques on silver card
60 x 45 cm

Developed through experimental screen printing and surface layering on silver card, Car Crash references Marilyn Monroe and the culture of image reproduction surrounding celebrity. Repeated Photo Booth-style images are physically cut and pasted into the composition, creating a rhythm of replication and interruption.

The reflective silver ground suggests glamour and spectacle, while the layering process unsettles the image. The work sits in dialogue with Pop Art’s engagement with mass media and repetition — where the iconic face becomes both symbol and surface.

Here, the “crash” speaks less of a literal event and more of a visual and cultural impact — the moment where repetition erodes intimacy and the individual dissolves into image.

 

Car Parts
Layered screen print on card
91 x 60 cm

Car Parts continues an exploration of mechanical imagery through layered screen printing. Fragments of vehicle components are printed and overlaid, allowing repetition to shape the composition.

The work focuses on surface, structure and the residue of industry. Removed from their functional context, the parts become formal elements — rhythm, line and weight — shifting from utility to image.