As a paper and fabric printer, Rhonda Ellem’s current practice is closely underpinned by drawing, nature and colour exploration. She is currently pursuing two paths in printmaking.

Her intaglio practice requires investing time in the proofing process, where the possibilities of selective wiping, multi-colouring, chine collé and collage are thoroughly trialled. Imagery and context are paramount to her work.

Rhonda’s approach to relief printing is more experimental. She finds reduction printing too exacting and so avoids traditional editioning by creating large-format works which rely on the composition of interchangeable small blocks. She also employs the half-drop repeat as a way of composing continuous lino designs on wallpaper and fabric. She challenges the idea that lino printing always needs to be neat.