Rosanna Morris
Printmaker and Illustrator based In Bristol in the Southwest of England. Making prints, teaching printmaking workshops and taking on illustration commissions.
Up Coming Courses
Come and join me in my studio and begin your linocut journey. For total beginners and those with some experience, I guide you through using carving tools, printing by hand and how to handle an etching press. After four weeks you come away with some beautiful prints and the skills you need to carry on printing at home.
BOTANICAL BLOCK PRINTING
My first book, published in the spring of 2024
Discover the world of botanical block printing through an approachable guide that unveils a plethora of practical techniques and processes. This guide invites you to create stunning prints inspired by the natural world, all crafted by your own hands.
Recent years have seen a surge in the popularity of linocut and woodcut printmaking. People are finding joy in working with their hands again, and these methods make it easy – it’s possibly the only printmaking medium you can do easily on the kitchen table at home.
Botanical Block Printing is your companion on the journey of crafting relief prints from scratch, always with a botanical theme and beautifully presented in, printmaker and author, Rosanna Morris’ contemporary and gentle aesthetic.
Richly photographed, the book is a practical how-to guide covering getting set up, what you need, equipment and so on, followed by a comprehensive introduction to processes and techniques. You’ll even learn how to make your own botanical inks, adding a personal touch to your creations. Step-by-step projects including making block prints on both paper and fabric are included and there are interviews with fellow printmakers who specialise in natural subjects.
Bound with a special exposed-spine binding allows the book to lay (and stay) open without any bending whilst it’s being used as an instructional manual. The inside flap extends outwards to reveal an accurate ruler; handy to have nearby for when measurements are needed. The flap can then be folded inwards again, to bookmark a page and come back to a project later on. Finished with a burnt-orange thread running through the spine for an organic touch, this book is a real hands-on experience that’s both durable and artistically crafted.
‘ Rosannas work is at once beautiful and powerful. Her ambitious and masterful lino prints celebrate the natural world and the forms of plants aswell as advocating for sustainable farming practices and calling for positive social change. We think of her Bread and Roses print as encapsulating a great deal of what her work is about – the right for every persons basic needs being met - 'Bread' but also the need for 'Roses' – beauty, art, and the things that make life worth living!’
Handmade original Linocut prints
for your home.
Rise up for Palestine
Available to download and designed to be printed on your home computer.
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Inks &
Papers
I use natural and compostable materials in all my printed pieces. My papers are all handmade from natural, unbleached fibres and hand pulled with a textured surface. This means they have a natural ragged edge . The inks I use are none toxic, with natural pigments and wash away with water.
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Recent Awards
Winner of the 2023 round of DYCP funding