A Celebration of Print Making & Associated Arts
Saturday, 11th April 2026
10 a.m.
Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DG
Exhibitors
Andrew Morrison Books
Handmade books and prints using letter press and woodcut.
Blaze Cyan
MA Fine Art, Fellow of the Royal Society of Printmakers (RE) and elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE)
Etching and wood engraving tutor at the City & Guilds of London Art School.
My work focuses on the aesthetic beauty of trees in nature, my fascination with their complex structures and with the great sense of presence and meaning they embody within the landscape and human history. Interpreting them through drawing, etching, and wood engraving, I return to them again and again, out of an enduring sense that their richness can never be exhausted. Landscape ecology has always mattered to me, and my work is a way of paying attention - of inviting others to see what I see. They shape the landscape, but they also synthesise into us, settling the mind and reconnecting us with something older and more tranquil.
Mark Daffin - The Gilded Tower
My work is rooted in the visual language of the medieval world: illuminated manuscripts, woodcut impressions, and ancient iconography.
As a printmaker, I reach back through time, seeking to revive the symbolic depth and narrative traditions of antiquity through the carved surface of relief print.
Each print becomes an invocation of the past, patiently cut and carefully shaped in reverence to historical methods, guided by a fascination with the esoteric and the unknown. Through the union of antiquity and handcraft, I strive to create illuminated relief prints that carry the echoes of ages lost to time.
Sarah Amatt - Suminagashi Artist
Japanese marbling, or suminagashi, is the art of floating ink on water to create abstract designs. These are then absorbed onto washi or paper to be framed or made into books. A preference for simple, pared-back images and a love of paper and ink has inspired my current work. I enjoy the meditative aspect of the craft; each piece of suminagashi capturing a moment of time in flowing ink. I enjoy teaching and run suminagashi workshops here in The Marches.
My papers are held in various collections including: The Olga Hirsch Collection, The British Library, The Rosamund B. Loring Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard, The Schmoller Collection, MMU, Manchester.
Richard Studer
Richard Studer is a printmaker, opera designer/director and founder of Studer Fine Art. He has both exhibited at and curated exhibitions across the borders and beyond.
His humorous and eclectic collection of Linocuts are held permanently athis the gallery as well as being available for purchase online.
After years working with textiles through his costume designs, 2021 saw the launch of a collection of cushions based on the Linocuts. His work has a strong illustrative quality. All his prints are produced on his studio press in Presteigne.
Tina Williams
I am a printmaker and illustrator based in the wilds of Herefordshire.
I carve linocuts inspired by the landscapes of my home county, and its feathered and furry inhabitants.
Each hand cut block either become limited edition artworks or I print them onto cotton fabric to become part of my ever growing range of handprinted homewares.
Ellie Garraway
Ellie's passion for books led to discovering artistic expression through making her own hand-made artist's books. Her unique art works capture the joy of moments in time and place, respond to events and themes or hold explorations of print and mark making. She enjoys the process of immersing herself inexperimenting with a range of techniques, media and materials as well as unusual book structures. She also enjoys making small sketchbooks to pass on the spark of creativity to other people!
Kath Littler - Wood Engraver
I came to wood engraving around 2003, having seen the Exhibition of The Society of Wood Engravers that year, and been astonished at the beauty, skill and creativity of the medium’s practitioners. Since 2009 I have been part of that Exhibition.
I love the medium’s invitation to explore and express, in diversity of cuts, the rhythms, pattern, contrast and textures of the natural world.
Being a graphic medium it is also a vehicle for communicating ideas and making social comments which I also sometimes engage in.
I am based in Abergavenny, though I was born in Pembrokeshire and I have always had a love of the land and the sea which inspired me to make my images. To that end I completed a degree in graphic design/illustration in 1973 followed by an Art Teachers Diploma in 1974.
Since then I have followed a double career of teaching and generating art works.
I have work in galleries in Pembrokeshire, Brecon and Orkney as well as the Society of Wood Engravers Annual Travelling Exhibition.
Most of my work can be seen on my website: www.kathlittler.co.uk
The Index Bindery
The Index Bindery was born out of the desire to honour and re-use the top quality remnants from the fine binding industry which would otherwise go to landfill. Established on 1st April 2020 we moved from retail premises in the centre of Ludlow to the business park on the edge of town to be beside out sister company Ludlow Bookbinders Limited, producers of award winning fine books. A great deal of excess leather, paper and cloth is generated by commercial bookbinders in awkward shaped pieces. We are able to re-purpose much of this into our products. We also undertake rebinds and repairs of a domestic nature alongside bespoke projects - we love a challenge!
Personalisation of our products will be available at the Printer’s Fair.