North Wales Print Fair 2025

North Wales based ‘Art-and-Danniella’ is run by Danniella S Haggar. This small business sells greetings cards, postcards, original and fine art prints of works in various sizes and affordability, as well as newly added notebooks and printed tea towels based on their printed designs. They are currently a studio holder at the School of Creative Arts.

Carl Jones Doodles creates abstract art using experimental printmaking, linocut, fineliner pens, and marker pens. Each piece is a one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn design. His work has gained recognition locally and nationally. Inspired by books, libraries, architecture, music, and the rhythmic beat of sound, his intricate compositions reflect a unique fusion of structure and creativity. Born and raised in North Wales, Carl works from his studio near Shrewsbury, having arrived there after being based in London for 12 years.

I am an artist and interior architect with a background in art, design and education. My work centres on creating bespoke illustrations across a range of media, often combining traditional methods with experimental techniques and materials. I find inspiration in the everyday, from textures and colours to fleeting moments and natural forms that catch my eye.

Much of my creative practice is influenced by the landscapes and atmosphere of North Wales, which has been my home for the past twelve years. The rugged coastline, shifting weather and rich architectural heritage offer a constant source of visual and emotional inspiration. Whether I am sketching outdoors or working in my studio, these surroundings play a vital role in shaping my work.

My process is intuitive and allows each piece to develop organically. I enjoy exploring the relationship between structure and spontaneity, finding a balance that feels both deliberate and expressive. In my design work, I often incorporate architectural elements, layering form, space and material in thoughtful, expressive ways.

At Dots Allowed, the dot is more than a mark—it’s the heart of our art. Through our art, we explore the expressive power of this simple form, using it to build rhythm, texture, and meaning. Each piece begins with a single point and grows through repetition, variation, and intuition. Our practice embraces both precision and imperfection, inviting viewers to find depth in simplicity and connection in pattern. Rooted in process and playful experimentation, our work transforms minimal elements into meditative visual experiences.

I am a North Wales illustrator, animator and teacher. I am inspired by people, places, objects and the magic and humour of everyday life. I love telling stories though pictures and helping others to do the same.

The work is a collection of different printmaking processes used both traditionally but more recently in playful combination of process and image, these also include elements of collage and chine colle making each of these prints individual and often unique.

The themes are treated in a playful way, observation and thoughts are layered to create different levels of meanings. The work documents the day to day, events, people, nature and things that are common to us all however the characters that emerge from these evoke a more sinister world of imagination and fiction.

Painter printmaker, collage from original print, unique handmade artists books. I make abstract work, primarily using the collagraph technique, but often combined with etching or collaged print. My interest is in the colours, textures and forms of coastal and ancient landscapes, where evidence of the intervention of weather, time, and long lost manmade endeavours lingers in intriguing glimpses of the past.

Here at Fonted we travel across the UK photographing the signage on hotels, pubs, shops and iconic buildings. As a result we have generated a vast image bank of letters in a variety of typographic styles. From these, we create unique word-art in the form of pre-designed words and phrases. Alternatively we offer a bespoke service whereby any word or phrase can be made to order. For each piece of artwork we provide a certificate detailing the exact location of each letter featured.

I make original prints inspired by a life-long love for nature; my animals are animated with a subtle glint of character designed to make you smile. Passionate about drawing, I prefer intaglio printmaking methods: I use a sharp tool to incise my image into a surface (copper, perspex, mountboard or even an old carton) and take prints by pushing ink into the cuts I have made and running the plate through my beautiful cast iron press with specialist papers. This process is quite slow, rhythmical and meditative, and every single print is made by hand; the magic of that peel and reveal when the print emerges always makes the effort worth it!

Frances was born in Montreal, Canada, where she graduated in Publicity from Ecole Des Beaux Arts. She worked as a graphic designer for Sun Life of Canada where she was responsible for their sales promotional material winning three advertising awards for her designs. In Britain, she did a degree in Fine Arts at North Staffordshire, graduating with a first class honours degree specializing in printmaking. She has exhibited widely, in Britain, Malta, Canada, Russia, Italy, Germany.

Work in private and public collections include, Museum of Fine Arts Malta, Great Universal stores (GUS), Chepstow house, Manchester, British Midland airlines, Masterworks Foundation Bermuda, Grosvenor Museum, Chester. She has devoted much time and effort to promoting art in the community. For many years she served on the Patrons committee at Manchester City Art gallery. She is also a founder member of Cheshire Artists Network and is a board member of Norton Priory Museum.

I’m a designer and printmaker based in North Wales, producing limited edition, hand-pulled screen and lino prints as well as decorative art inspired by pop-art, punk, fairground, and old-school tattoo styles.

Trained as an illustrator, I’ve spent the last 33 years working as a graphic designer, art-editing, and designing some of the UK’s most iconic custom motorcycle magazines —as well as many other publications.

I returned to printmaking in 2023 as an analogue antidote to my digital workday, but it quickly became a full-time obsession. I aim to keep my process as digital-free as possible. My current works began as small linocuts incorporating typography from a collection antique woodblock letters. I like to carve into soft materials to enhance the unpredictability of the lines, which become more exaggerated when enlarged for screen prints—giving each piece a unique character. Every print is hand-pulled in my studio.

I am a Lino print artist and my work is inspired by local landscapes and the natural forms I find in them. I am fascinated by the constantly changing coastline around where I live and I love finding ways to represent the forms and textures created by the interplay of the sand, sea and elements.

Julia Midgley is a printmaker, specialising in etching with aquatint. Observational drawing underpins her practice . Editions of etchings are made on zinc plates, printed by hand. Works are held in public and private collections including the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Gainsborough’s House Museum; Wellcome Trust; Science Museum London; Liverpool John Moores University; UK Parliamentary Art Collection.

Until retirement Julia was Reader in Documentary Drawing at Liverpool School of Art & Design In 2024 she received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University. She holds National awards for drawing, and printmaking.  In 2022 Julia was one of six artists commissioned by UK Parliament to record the Lying in State of Queen Elizabeth ll. She a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers; Trustee of Manchester Academy of Fine Art and frequent exhibitor at the RA Summer Exhibition.

An abstract painter and printmaker whose paintings and works on paper are characterised by energetic brushwork and the idiosyncratic use of printmaking processes. Carter Grist’s process is intuitive and emotive and her works are influenced by combining diverse sources including the landscape of North Wales, cultural inspirations, literary associations and the photography of her photo journalist father. Her most recent commission in Spring 2025 is an outdoor permanent printed banner installation at Ruthin Craft Centre by CELF the National Contemporary Art Musuem of Wales.

“Painting for me is about tension and sponteniety, the transformation of both subject and mark achieved through a process which is both controlled and fluid.”

Born in Cardiff, in 1972. Lisa Carter Grist now lives and works in North Wales. She makes two and three dimensional compositions both in the studio and in response to site.

I’m captivated by the interplay of transparent colours, bold shapes, and textured surfaces in relief printmaking. Through these elements, I create evocative images rooted in places I’ve experienced, transformed by memory and imagination. The process of building multi-coloured prints fascinates me: What happens when one blue overlays a particular red? What unexpected hues or emotional resonances emerge? I’m equally intrigued by how far a shape can be reduced—pared down until it becomes not only recognisable but also poetic.

Lately, I’ve been disrupting the clean, flat quality typically associated with linocut by experimenting with surface and texture – scratching into wet ink, or layering prints with unexpected materials like netting, masking tape, and zips. Each print becomes a journey from drawing to final impression, an attempt to distil the essence of an idea and elevate the everyday into something more dream-like and lyrical.

The focus of my work is recording the beauty in the natural world combined with decorative qualities resulting in a contemporary feel.

My ideas predominantly start with visits to botanical gardens. On each visit I discover new aspects of the garden, and am drawn to the plants’ form and structure lending themselves perfectly for creative exploration. Drawings are made from direct observation, these studies are then developed in the print making studio. I enjoy reworking the drawings and the anticipation of printing each proof until I am satisfied with the outcome before then printing the limited edition. Printmaking enables me to achieve a high level of detail & precision that captures the transient beauty and fragility of the natural world.

My recent works in screen print consists of many layers using bold colour combined with scientific draughtsmanship hence taking botanical art to a more contemporary level.

OR8DESIGN is Owen Findley, designing and screen printing from a cabin in Leeds. Owen has been screen printing for over 14 years, perfecting his minimal, less-is-more approach to design. His work features cottages, camping, campervans and celebrates some of the North’s most beautiful landscapes.

Owen sells hand-printed screen prints, in a range of sizes and prices to suit all, ranging from £8 to £55. Alongside the screen prints, he also offers a range of cards, pin badges, patches, stickers and digitally printed designs, all inspired by nature, travel and adventure.

Quality of light and purity of colour are my challenge and the wonderful Eryri landscapes are my inspiration. My style of linocut printmaking is applying layer upon layer of transparent oil based ink on to high quality washi paper, aiming for complex colour and shading but with the light shining through the image.

Contemporary collage based imagery/hand drawn drypoint.

My work is a celebration of the natural world and of special places. Despite everything it has an optimistic feel which references mid century design and I use the techniques of linocut and screen printing in particular to create bold, simplified designs with limited colour pallets. As well as original limited editions I also make a range of homewares and stationery from my designs.

I make limited edition screenprints and one-off collages. The prints are made by hand and presented in conservation standard mounts.

My work is inspired by animals and plants, folk art, midcentury design and illustration. It seeks to inspire cheerfulness and to lift the spirits with bold colours. I aim to draw attention to the value of the little things around us, and their ability to effect our lives for the better.

Ruth Thomas makes original prints in response to the natural world around her. She has exhibited in galleries across the UK, and internationally.

My studio in the Vale of Clwyd looks out over an open landscape of fields, woods and the Clwydian hills. A large flock of rooks is present all year round and I watch them feeding among the sheep or riding the air currents on windy days. In summer, swallows fly over the field outside the studio window, searching for insects. Occasionally, a raven, the largest of the corvids, can be seen and heard.

Birds are the wild creatures we see and hear most; while other animals are elusive and rarely seen, birds are all around us, connecting us to the ‘wild’ and reminding us we are also part of the natural world. Birds have always fascinated people, not only for their song but also for their agility and skill in the air, which suggests a sense of lightness and freedom. These birds have inspired my recent prints, as have the feathers I find when I am out walking.

I make work in response to the natural world around me, but I am also interested in making work that is innovative in its use of materials. Collagraph is an experimental way of making printing plates and I take this further by using found natural materials, so that my printing plates of birds are constructed from actual feathers.

I explore and experiment with ‘findings’ often producing work layered from many different parts of the original discovery. Drawing is the most significant part of any project I develop. Creating alternative interpretations of the original line through screen printing and other mark making processes. I’m committed to sharing my practice and have a passion for creative engagement in all settings.
I’ve always designed my own cards and enjoy using the screens to create small prints and develop larger projects that describe the details and shapes found in my surrounding outside spaces.

Tara explores and experiments with ‘findings’ often producing work layered from many different parts of the original discovery. Drawing is the most significant part of any project she develops. Creating alternative interpretations of the original line through screen printing and other mark making processes. She is committed to sharing her practice and has a passion for creative engagement in all settings.

“ I’ve always designed my own cards and enjoy using the screens to create small prints and develop larger projects that describe the details and shapes found in my surrounding outside spaces “

The Moonlit Press is an independent lifestyle brand inspired by nature, handcrafting colourful prints and functional homeware from their studio in North Wales.

I am a multi-disciplinary printmaker, my work explores inner and outer landscapes.I make work intuitively through deep contemplation when walking in rural and urban environments and gathers and collects textures, marks and patterns drawing from the mundane and everyday that are often over looked and celebrating being in that moment.Embracing the unpredictability of printmaking combining woodcut, mokuhanga, mokulito, mono print, collagraph and screen print I often uses a technique called decollage – where prints are cut and intercut back together to form new outcomes, mixing and collating colours and textures into one again.These unique pieces are often mounted onto birch plywood to form small collections known as ‘Art for Small Spaces.’