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.

My work is often connected with a sense of place and escapism, exploring the landscape of the Peak District and Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, as well as locations in Sheffield.

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

With a background in fashion design, I’ve always enjoyed sewing and dressmaking, which is reflected in my ‘pattern-cutting’ 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 printmaking.

Studio visits

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

Saturday 2nd May
Sunday 3rd May
Monday 4th May
Saturday 9th May
Sunday 10th May

About my studio

My studio is in my converted garage. 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.