Printmaking has been around for centuries, but Jane Constable came up with a way to put a creative twist on this art form. She’s using a wide range of printmaking techniques to explore her love for the natural world, drawing inspiration from the green spaces around her home in Essex.
The founder of Inky Dog Studio describes herself as an artist who likes to explore ideas using printmaking and mixed media techniques. The process of printmaking involves transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, usually paper, but Constable enjoys experimenting with a variety of alternative techniques, such as cyanotype, anthotype, and lumen printing.
The natural beauty of Essex is Constable’s main source of inspiration, and she enjoys harnessing the beauty of the great outdoors through her body of work.
“Jane’s inspiration and ideas tend to come mainly from the trees, plants, and living creatures that populate the green spaces around her home. Spurred on by the global climate crisis, Jane feels increasingly motivated to make art that will help raise awareness and reconnect people to the nature that we all share the planet with,” she writes on her official website.
In addition to sharing her work on social media, Constable also published a book titled Nature Imprinted, in the hope she can help other aspiring printmakers master the basics of this art form and create their own nature-themed designs.
