There is something immediately recognisable about Maureen Nathan’s prints. Shoes, vessels and fragments of textiles – objects so ordinary that they almost disappear from daily attention. Yet in her work they become unexpectedly monumental. Based in London, Maureen works across printmaking, drawing and paper sculpture, but regardless of medium her practice returns to the same question: how ordinary objects become evidence that someone has lived.

Alexandra Motiu is our newest member, and our Artist in Focus in August here in the gallery. She is a relief printmaker who works with linocut, woodcut, and wood engraving, and makes detailed prints based on stories, creating unique worlds to get lost in. We hope you enjoy this interview where she kindly shared so much of the inspiration behind her prints.