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
