About Rosanna
Rosanna has worked in the realm of print for well over 10 years. She first got excited about relief print at 18 during her foundation diploma at the Bristol School of Art. During the course she took a trip to Paris where she encountered huge relief wheat pastes around the city. Once home she wanted to make her drawings big and began carving huge life size woodcuts of British farming and pasted them on abandoned walls around the city.
She went on to study Illustration at Camberwell School of Art, where she developed her own unique style, evoking the traditional feel of British Wood Engravings within the aesthetic of contemporary illustration.
Rosannas interest in Printmaking took her to Mexico, where she visited various Printmaking collectives. It was while learning from Printmakers in Oaxaca that she deepened her relationship with the medium of Relief, and began to understand the potential for Print as a means of communication and a collaborative process. In 2016 Rosanna co-founded Cato Press, where she prints, teaches and facilitates grassroots and community lead projects.
Rosanna has also long been interested in sustainability, food sovereignty and growing food. Many of her prints explore themes of agriculture, horticulture and the natural world. She believes in the use of print as a medium of communication and the exploration of ideas and is always seeking to inspire change with her work.
Rosanna also teaches printmaking and drawing at various art schools, including the Bristol Drawing school at the Royal West of England academy and at Spike Print.
Some previous clients include -
Harper Collins, David and Charles, Leaping hare press, Pavillion books, Lush, Resurgence and Ecologist magazine, The Bristol Cable, The Soil Association, Pukka, The Royal College of Art, The Landworkers Alliance, The Land Magazine, La Via Campesina, Nylenie, Vital seeds, Taproot Magazine, Bloom Magazine, Juno Magazine, Oeffa- Ohio ecological food and farming association.
Books -
‘Botanical Block Printing’ - Written + illustrated by me for Harper Collins + Pavilion Books
‘Gardeners Folklore’ - Illustrated by me for David and Charles Press
'Plant a Tree’ - written by Ben Raskin and illustrated by me for leaping Hare press
’Mother food’ - Written by Vanessa Clarkson and illustrated by me for Bateman Books
Awards -
Modern crafter of the year 2022- Holly Tucker
DYCP - Arts council 2022
