Jillian Harvey
I have a love of botanical, architectural, geometric, and linear designs in my screen and digital prints.
My influences are the shadows, details and patterns found in nature and architecture both when I travel in the UK and in the Far East.
Latest News:
In March 2025, I will be exhibiting at the Oxmarket in Chichester alongside my fellow alumni from University. The exhibition is called Journey... watch this space for updates.I am honoured to be a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. They are outstanding advocates of craftsmanship and artistry all over the UK.My greetings cards are sold at the Garden Museum in London. A great venue to get away from the hussle of London and a ten minute walk from Waterloo. All three designs are being sold in an array of vibrant colours.See links below -
Work in Progress - Exhibition Oxmarket 2025 - The Edge - series of screen prints exploring the meaning of that word in relation to the title of the Exhibition "Journey".
Images below:
The Edge - Coast, A4 framed screen prints.
About
My love of creating started in Kent where I was born and somehow my journey has taken me around the South East and I now have my studio in Hampshire.My passion is screen printing: the feel of the paper; the white space . I also have a love of surface pattern and digital work; all three have been known to show up in one print. The freedom and individuality of screen printing, designing the composition and mixing the colour are all part of the joy. Even the unpredictability of screen print is a plus, as you never quite know how it will turn out which is the joy of the process.In my previous incarnation, I travelled the world and those journeys have created a resource of photos and sketches for my prints. I have always felt, in my mind, as looking in from the outside, observing place and its details, especially when I am travelling, usually on my own, a flaneur observing and walking. I also love including the quirky in my compositions.My body of work is connected to observing the edge of place and nature, both in the UK and overseas.The prints start in my imagination using my photos and sketches as the springboard to an idea for a screen print. I then interpret that initially digitally , as I plot out my compositions, I enjoy manipulating an image (photo or sketch) and as a printmaker it is the process that is a huge part of the creativity and I limit each print to a maximum of five and although I have a palette of colours and how I see the screen print, it is never set in stone, I “respond and print” ……CV upon request.
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