Jean Edwards

I am a printmaker, collage artist and urbansketcher working from my kitchen and spare bedroom in Abington, Northampton.

As a printmaker I make collagraph prints using found and recycled materials. These are inspired by the local landscape and buildings as well as responding to the natural world and weather. I enjoy trying out printmaking processes including using a Gelli Plate to create collage materials. I have recently exhibited at the Derby Print Open; Open24 in Leciester; Art in the Park in Abington Park Museum; Artworks in Kettering and the Northampton Town and County exhibition 2024.

I moved into collage because I began to make and collect materials to use in a process called chine collé in printmaking. This led me into making collages and joining in collage challenges and projects. Many of my collages are on UK train tickets.

I love sketching outdoors and I organise the Northampton chapter of Urbansketchers. We meet in Northampton and around the county to sketch outdoors together. This is a great way of exploring and appreciating our local area. My sketches often inspire my printmaking.

Square print of a stylised woodland scene in red, pink, black and white. Bare trees with twisting black and red trunks and branches fill the image, creating an intricate web of lines against a pale background. The ground is layered with sweeping bands of pink and red, dotted with fine grasses and small dark leaf-like marks. The artwork has a textured, hand-printed appearance with strong contrast between the dark trees and vivid red tones. Handwritten text beneath the image reads “a/p In the woods” on the left and “Jean Edwards” on the right.