Amanda Hancock
I am a visual artist investigating printmaking techniques as a means of describing imagined narratives. Through ongoing interrogation, drawing, making, and writing, these narratives evolve – but it's through a combination of print processes that the stories unfold.
My current project began after discovering jars of many shapes and sizes, each containing unidentifiable preserves. This encounter has led me to lithography, finding its autographic qualities allow me to capture these enigmatic vessels and an affinity with their maker.
Previously, a discarded ball of blue wool unravelling in the street became the catalyst for an installation of textural etchings and carborundum collagraphs based on irregular paving patterns, cast iron grids and makers' marks. Each print has a corresponding blue-thread collage
Developing long-term projects allows my work to ebb and flow, the fusion of curiosity, concept and process resulting in images that relate to one another irrespective of technique.
Lived Experience
My continuing print fellowship at Artlab Contemporary Print Studio in Preston, with the opportunity to explore ‘A Pathway to Stone Lithography’ within my creative practice has led to a shift in my learning and research. Part of the University of Lancashire, Artlab CPS is described as ‘a hub for incubating ideas and methods, developing innovative thinking about printmaking as a fine art discipline’.
Before a career shift from design for print to printmaking, I made a conscious decision to explore traditional and contemporary print techniques on the Complete Printmaker Course at Hot Bed Press in Salford, where I remain a member. I’m also a member of the Regional Print Centre in Wrexham, North Wales, both of which provide access to amazing facilities and the camaraderie of fellow printmakers!
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