Jenny Smith-McOnie

I am a printmaker and illustrator creating original hand-made prints on paper. My work is textural and colourful specialising in the collagraph printmaking technique.

I love to sketch from life and my current work takes inspiration from my daily drawings – small moments of beauty I find in the everyday.

I’ve recently been creating a series of prints inspired by the glass pavilions at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. My work combines collagraph, monoprint, and drypoint techniques to achieve a colourful, illustrative style with depth and distance.

Another source of inspiration is the landscape of Dumfries and Galloway. The region’s tranquil beauty provides a sense of escape and calm, which I aim to capture in my work for the viewer to experience.

With a background in fashion design, I’ve always enjoyed sewing and dressmaking, which is reflected in my ‘patterncutting’ series and the stitching techniques used to build my printing plates.

My studio is in my converted garage in Greystone S11, where I create prints and illustrations, and offer workshops and classes in both printmaking and dressmaking.

Studio visits

My studio will be open 11am – 5pm for visits on the following days:

Saturday May 3rd
Sunday May 4th
Monday May 5th
Saturday May 10th
Sunday May 11th

About my studio

Visitors can see my sketchbooks and printing-plates alongside my work. I will be demonstrating how a collagraph is printed on my converted mangle printing press.