Printmaking

Printmaking:

I find printmaking a really fun and challenging medium to work with and I see it as an extension of my drawing. Much of my work exist as woodblock prints or etchings but I have also made lino prints, screen-prints, monoprints, collagraphs, embossings and lithographs too.

My earlier printmaking practice began with specialising in etching. Etching is a printmaking process that dates back around 500 years. The etching process involves sheets of metal, usually made of copper or zinc, and acid is used to etch the print onto the metal. The artist can use complicated methods to create different effects, but always relies on acid to etch the plate. The more complicated the etching, the more time consuming and labour intensive it will be. I love a challenge and I find the medium very versatile and I love all the different effects you can create.

More recent works have involved me working in woodblock printing, where I hand-carve my designs into Japanese plywood to create striking print images for exhibition and sale. Again, I enjoy the physicality of the process and took to the medium quite easily, probably because of how hands-on it is and my love of working directly with materials to create something really interesting. Many have commented how my finished blocks have a sculptural quality to them and could form artworks themselves as well as the print produced. I do also like as well how woodblock printing has an oriental cultural connection attached to it and this is important to me because I think it is important to know where your roots are.

"Prints by Pui" below. :-) Click thumbnail to enlarge. Some are available for sale but opportunities to buy will be announced at a later date.

[Below:] Coming Home (2020), woodcut on plywood and monoprint

[Below:] Courage (2019), woodcut on plywood

[Below:] Stork at Sunset (2019), mini mokuhanga woodcut - this as a proof which I will develop into a realised coloured woodcut print at a later date.

[Below:] Hummingbird (2019), wood engraved block - my first ever time at this! I hope to take this up as well in the not so distant future!

[Below:] A Walk to Remember (2019) woodcut on Fabriano

[Below:] Imagine (2019) screenprint (made with hand-cut stencils) onto paper;

[Below left to right:] Dragon (2018) woodcut on paper; Two Chinese Lion Dancers (2018) woodcut block

[Below:] Coy (2018) woodcut block

[Below left to right:] Animal Antics Series: Giraffe (2018) woodcut and chine colle on paper; [also available monochrome without chine colle]; Tiger (2018) [colour versions of both will be available at a later date too)

[Below left to right:] Two Fish (2017) woodcut on paper;

[Below left to right:] Crouching Tiger (2017) woodcut and chine colle on paper; [also available as monochrome print without chine colle]

[Below left to right:] ...Because I'm Worth It! (2017) screenprint on paper;

[Below left to right:] After St. Dominic's (pink) (2016) woodcut and chine colle on paper; After St. Dominic's (bw) (2016) woodcut on paper;

[Below left to right:] Zebras (i) (2016) woodcut on paper;

[Below left to right:] Dragon (i) [black] (2016) woodcut on paper; Dragon (i) [red] (2016) woodcut on paper; Dragon (i) [blue] (2016) woodcut on paper; Dragon (i) [redyellowblue] (2016) woodcut on paper;

[Below left to right:] Still Lives series: Interior (2011) etching on paper; Still Lives series: Clearance (2011) etching on paper; Still Lives series: Standby (2011) etching on paper;

[Below left to right:] Studies: Wall (2011) collagraph on paper; Wall (ii) (2011) collagraph on paper; Close-up: Wall (ii) (2011) collagraph on paper; Close-up: Wall (ii) (2011) collagraph on paper; Wall (iii) (2011) collagraph on paper; Wall (iv) (2011) collagraph on paper; Wall (v) (2011) collagraph on paper; Tower (2011) collagraph on paper;

[Below:] Still Lives series: Calculated Opportunities (2010) etching on paper; Falling in Silence (2010) etching on paper; Carnival (2010) etching on paper; In Silence (2010) etching on paper; The Encounter (2010) etching on paper; The Last Order (2010) etching on paper; Show-Room (2010) etching on paper;

These particular etchings shown above consist of combined techniques: hard ground, soft ground, aquatint, spit-biting, selective wiping and others.

This body of work, entitled, "Still Lives", follows this recurrent character once again and brings together ideas of surveillance, existence, suppression, control and order.

[NEWS: Still Lives: Falling in Silence was voted "Liverpool Artwork of the Week!" whilst it was on show at The Egg in 2011! See http://www.artinliverpool.com/?p=15308]

[Below:] Untitled (street) (2009) etching on paper; Untitled (old man) (2009) etching on paper; No. 73 (2009) etching on paper; Untitled (desk) (2009) etching on paper; Untitled (man) (2009) etching on paper; Untitled (rocking chair) (2009) etching on paper; Untitled (watching tv) (2009) etching on paper

[Below left:] The Waiting Room (2008) etching on paper;[Below middle:] Untitled (2008) etching on paper; [Below right:] Standby (2008) etching on paper;

[Below:] Untitled (fireplace) (2007) etching on paper; Untitled (interiors) (2007) multi plate colour etching on paper; Untitled (mask) (2007) multi plate colour etching on paper; Untitled (broken vase) (2007) multi plate colour etching on paper

[Below:] The City (2007) monoprint on paper; [Below middle:] Untitled (2007) photoetch on paper;

[Below:] Untitled (2007) asphaltum sample print on paper;

[Below:] Untitled (Emboss Sample) (2007) embossing on paper; Embossing Plate (2007); photograph;

[Below:] Untitled (Little Girl Lost) (2007) lino print on paper;

[Below:] Worlds Apart i, ii (2006) etching and monoprint on paper; Breaking Out i, ii (2007) multi plate colour etching; Rebirth (2007) monoprint on paper

[Below:] Can't Sleep, Won't Sleep (2006) etching on paper; Untitled (2006) etching on paper

[Below:] Little Girl Lost i, ii, iii (2006) etching on paper

[NEWS: Little Girl Lost (iii) was voted "Liverpool Artwork of the Week!" whilst it was on show at Liverpool Academy of the Arts in 2008! See: http://www.artinliverpool.com/?p=3652 ]

[Below:] It's That Time Again i, ii, iii (2006) etching and monoprint on paper

[Below:] When Your Dreams Come to Greet You i, ii, iii, iv (2005) etching and monoprint on paper

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If you are interested in purchasing an artist original print, please contact me for more details. Reproduction digital prints are also available too. Postage delivery and collection options available. Prints can also be mounted and/or framed, if desired. Email: pui_lee@hotmail.com / Tel: 07970 785 3030.