This set contains visual experimentation for the projects I have recently finished and the projects that I am currently working on.
I am really interested in trying all sorts of different processes and methods and combining them in different ways. I am currently exploring creating imagery using a digital (iphone attached) microscope, screenprinting stencils and wooden and lead Letterpress. I often combine analogue and digital methods to enhance the communication of my work.

letterpress details

letterpress detail

Emma Powell, UK. then:now
rejectamenta.com/wlyb
then:now
2018 unique edition
Artist Statement
Emma is a book artist, printmaker and lecturer. She has work in various collections and articles and has exhibited internationally. Emma is the co-curator of we love your books. Her work generally tackles difficult subject matter but this is often hidden within imagery, colour or book structures. She is recently enjoying working from a studio at Leicester Print Workshop in the UK.
Book Description
then:now takes close ups from offset prints from imagery created in response to last year’s theme of intersect and combines these with pairs of offset words. A smaller book is inserted within the larger book to add an additional element of offset. The smaller book structure is cut up and folded in such a way as to offset the imagery even more.
Media Used
Digital prints on Bockingford paper based on original screenprinted imagery

Emma Powell, UK. then:now
rejectamenta.com/wlyb
then:now
2018 unique edition
Artist Statement
Emma is a book artist, printmaker and lecturer. She has work in various collections and articles and has exhibited internationally. Emma is the co-curator of we love your books. Her work generally tackles difficult subject matter but this is often hidden within imagery, colour or book structures. She is recently enjoying working from a studio at Leicester Print Workshop in the UK.
Book Description
then:now takes close ups from offset prints from imagery created in response to last year’s theme of intersect and combines these with pairs of offset words. A smaller book is inserted within the larger book to add an additional element of offset. The smaller book structure is cut up and folded in such a way as to offset the imagery even more.
Media Used
Digital prints on Bockingford paper based on original screenprinted imagery

Final multi-layered letterpress print
For LOOP exhibition Autumn 2018

letterpress layer in progress

Making a print

Inking up a layer

Getting the colour correct

labour of love

time to get inky again

selecting colours

selecting colours for No.75 screenprint

paper stencil for No.75

Studio

circles in progress

selecting details for offset book tests

tasty

Screenprinted tree set
making selections

making selections for In Another Place exhibition

trees to choose from

stencils in progress

drying in between layers

circles in progress

7 hours of this today 🙂

More drying

Final prints drying off

More drying in the rack

Work in progress - drying overnight

Work in progress - drying overnight

Work in progress - drying overnight

Work in progress - drying overnight

Work in progress - ready to start

Intersect work in progress

Intersect work in progress

Intersect work in progress - Riso prints hot off the press!

Letterpress tests for Intersect exhib

New sketchbook finished

Riso tests

Riso tests

Riso tests

Allotment blossom

Print tests

Print tests

Print tests

Print tests

Sketchbook work for wlyb intersect exhibition

Artwork for screenprint for wlyb intersect exhibition

Print tests

Work from LPW summerschool

Work from LPW summerschool

Work from LPW summerschool

Work from LPW summerschool

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

dot /dash letterpress tests
redacted words for dot/dash exhibition - we love your books 2016

Ebb and Flow final book with Melanie Bush

Ebb and Flow final book

Ebb and Flow final book

Emma Powell, Act : Hide
Emma is a co-curator of Ebb and Flow 2015 and a founder member of we love your books. She is a book artist, printmaker and lecturer. She loves colour and circles and her books often tackle personal and tricky subjects. Her work can be found online and in a variety of collections.
Emma’s book was created using wooden letterpress with digital implementation at the final stage. Her words explore the ebb and flow of emotions around the topics of depression, anxiety and fear. It is a physical attempt to make the positives outweigh the negatives though the use of pattern, colour and cropping.

Ebb and Flow final book

Ebb and Flow final book

Ebb & Flow book tests

ebb & flow tests

ebb & flow tests

ebb & flow tests

making chiffon collagraph plates and prints

making chiffon collagraph plates and prints

ebb & flow tests

ebb & flow tests

lovely new Japanese paints
1st job = paint the colour swatch

ebb & flow route tests

ebb & flow tests

Berwick upon Tweed and around about

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

letterpress tests for ebb & flow

Starting ebb and flow tests

Home - final book construction

Home - final book construction

Home - final book construction

Home - final book construction

circles E + M

circles G + ep

E cats ink text

E pets stitch text

el action miss text

el daughter home text

G family stitch text

G marbles home text

M love drawing text

M studio hotels text

all crossovers text

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress for Home exhib
Different combinations of words based on different combinations of the 4 participants.

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

Letterpress tests for Home exhibition

letterpress home tests

Letterpress tests for Home exhibition

letterpress home tests

Letterpress tests for Home exhibition

Letterpress tests for Home exhibition

Finished blanket for Ellie

Blanket for Ellie

Blanket for Ellie

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

letterpress home tests

More print tests for Home

screenprint tests for Home

card displacement

screenprint tests for Home

screenprint tests for Home

Screenprints in progress

Home screenprint tests

More screen printing
screenprinting tests for Home 2014 project.

More screen printing
screenprinting tests for Home 2014 project.

Fabric screen printing at LPW
screenprinting tests for Home 2014 project.

Fabric screen printing at LPW
screenprinting tests for Home 2014 project.

Home print tests
letterpress experiments

Home print tests
Letterpress experiments.

Home print tests
Letterpress experiments.

Home 2014 book structure tests
Probably going to be a series of 3 (or 4). Based on 3 people and the words/objects I associate with them. The structure has 4 sides like a room and a section that folds out like the floor or bits of furniture.

Home 2014 book structure tests
Probably going to be a series of 3 (or 4). Based on 3 people and the words/objects I associate with them. The structure has 4 sides like a room and a section that folds out like the floor or bits of furniture.

New letterpress room
I recently established this for graphics/illu degree students where I work. It contains 3 Adana Presses of various sizes and a large collection of type.

Lithography course at LPW
Making up the image on the stone. Tests for Home 2014 project.

early lp close up

early lp angled other v2

early lp fullon

Type testing for Home
The text is based on stories about 3 people – my grandmother, my daughter and a close friend. These experimental images are ideas for my entry to the wlyb Home exhibition (2014).
As with most of my work the text is predominantly obscured.

Type testing for Home
The text is based on stories about 3 people – my grandmother, my daughter and a close friend. These experimental images are ideas for my entry to the wlyb Home exhibition (2014).
As with most of my work the text is predominantly obscured.

Type testing for Home
The text is based on stories about 3 people – my grandmother, my daughter and a close friend. These experimental images are ideas for my entry to the wlyb Home exhibition (2014).
As with most of my work the text is predominantly obscured.

Type testing for Home
The text is based on stories about 3 people – my grandmother, my daughter and a close friend. These experimental images are ideas for my entry to the wlyb Home exhibition (2014).
As with most of my work the text is predominantly obscured.

Final Salon Badges
Final badge sets for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

A4 versions of final A1 prints
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Microscope test layouts for Salon project
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Salon micro close ups
Initial image generation using a digital microscope for The Salon project organised by EC Arts. I was one of the exhibiting artists – October 2013.
The imagery is based on close ups of items left behind in an old hairdressers.These were actual objects and pieces of the infrastructure – walls, floors and other surfaces. Much of the work was based on a sense of 'wabi sabi' – the erosion of surfaces and added accretions.

Initial microscope tests

Initial microscope tests

Initial microscope tests

Initial microscope tests

Initial microscope tests