My love of printmaking is relatively new. Although I received a BA Hons in an arts related degree from Brighton University in 2002, I didn’t start printmaking seriously until January 2024 and it unlocked something for me, creatively, which has lain dormant for many years. I had finally found a medium that gave me inspiration and a way of expressing my love of social history, nature and architecture. It is so exciting and really is a journey of self-discovery. When I produce a print, I try to include as much detail and texture as possible. My hope is that the viewer can explore the image and build a picture of the history of the place and its story. I use Tetrapak cartons predominantly and a drypoint technique for my printmaking. Using a throw away material that most people would see as redundant once empty, fits well with my choice of landscape and architectural inspiration. I like to explore how we travel through and experience a landscape; our footprints layered with those who have travelled there before us. I often focus on buildings or places that people may not initially see the beauty in. Often invaded by self-seeding plants, yet full of abstract lines and interesting textures. Capturing the beauty of a place that is often completely overlooked and printing it on ‘rubbish’.