A print-creator of the everyday world around me. Enjoying the combination of photography, linocut and handmade books.

I take photographs everywhere, whether I’m at home, walking in the countryside and coast, or exploring a city. I’m constantly drawn to landscapes, structures, details, and ever-changing light and shadow. My linocuts are based on my own photographs and bring the textures and shapes into a different type of print, allowing me to get my hands dirty. After an intensive course in bookbinding I was inspired to use my photographs as book covers, integrate my love of patterned papers and create handmade books.

I shall be demonstrating at least one of these crafts at Pig Cotes Barn during this Open Studios.

Website
www.kjmatthews.co.uk

Instagram
www.instagram.com/kjmatthewsphoto
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