Printmaking in the City: Tools and Techniques for the Urban Artist

Be More Creative and Discover the Art of Urban Printmaking

• features an introductory section to show the basic techniques and guide to finding inspiration for your work.
• detailed architectural skylines, bridges, drain covers, street furniture and diverse crowd scenes offer a new perspective on this traditional art form.
• experimental section prompts research and discovery of new materials

Explore your street with Printmaking in the City to create stunning, relevant and highly original work.

Ella Flavell is an art historian and printmaker who has been producing linocuts under the name Burin & Plate since 2016. Her practice focuses on prints of locations of historic and personal significance with an emphasis on pattern and graphic contrast. She had completed numerous commercial commissions both in the UK and abroad designing everything from beer can labels to Christmas cards. Her work has been featured on the cover of Birmingham Design Magazine (2023) and in Carving Blocks: Printmakers and Their Stories (2024), and she has spoken extensively on her practice in schools and at design festivals.