VENUE 18 - Maureen Mitchell, 2 Alva Place
Monotype Prints, Collage & Watercolours
Maureen Mitchell trained in art and design at Edinburgh College of Art. Her main subject was Jewellery and Silversmithing. After completing a post-graduate diploma, she set up her own jewellery workshop in Fife. In more recent years, she returned to college to study graphic design which in turn developed an interest in printmaking. After doing some courses at Glasgow Print Studio in collagraph printmaking and etching, she discovered gel printmaking which was a wonderful way to spend the lockdown months.
Some of Maureen’s new work is inspired by a recent move to Portobello. Living so close to the sea has inspired new work which will be on display as well as many handmade prints of plants and flowers, many of which have been dried, flattened and then printed using a gel plate. This is a lovely method of printing which you can do without a printing press. Each original print is unique and handprinted. Maureen’s work is also available to purchase in her Etsy shop. Just search for Grafikmo on Etsy.com.
