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Mandy Benton

Mandy’s passion is for linocut. She loves the almost meditative process of carving and is inspired by the natural world and changing seasons, specifically as reflected in her suburban garden. Mandy loves combining image and text and her own cursive writing plays an integral part in her work.

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Address: The Quarterworkshop 13-15 Fleet Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 1JP
United Kingdom

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Mandy is a Birmingham born printmaker and teacher, living and working in Sutton Coldfield.
Mandy’s passion is for printmaking, primarily creating bold, monochrome single block linocut prints. She enjoys all aspects of the printmaking process, from drawing the initial designs right up to that very first tentative print reveal, but the thing that draws her in time and time again is the steady, measured, almost meditative process of carving, and of seeing the image slowly take shape in the lino, cut by cut.
Each of Mandy’s prints begins with her own sketches, photographs, templates and designs and is hand cut and burnished onto beautiful handmade papers. Each piece is a real labour of love.
Mandy loves the balance that her current working life affords, from teaching art to adults to developing her own print-based work, showcasing her pieces at arts markets and events and teaching introductory lino printing workshops to small groups in her own home.
In a bid to reduce the waste that invariably occurs when creating prints, Mandy sets aside any misprints, proofs and prints that for one reason or another just don’t quite make the grade. These pieces are then snipped, trimmed, torn and pieced together to create small original print collages, with each piece unique, a real ‘one-of-a-kind’.
Whether working on prints or collage, Mandy’s inspirations remain the same. She is hugely inspired by the natural world and its changing seasons, specifically as is reflected in her own suburban garden. Loving the combination of image and text, Mandy’s own cursive writing frequently plays an integral part in her work.
In addition to her original prints, Mandy stocks a small selection of homewares featuring digitally reproduced versions of her designs.

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Printmaking

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