I Clear Breakfast Then Start Lino-Printing At The Kitchen Table

LINO PRINTER ANNA SMITH

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Anna Smith has created a lino printing business from her family home, nestled in the Surrey Hills. Her work captures an iconic mix of graphic, typographical and botanical designs. But at this time of year, it’s all about Christmas.

Her style is a definite nod to her family’s lifestyle – favorite mottos, visual references to the nature that surrounds them and singular words or emblems that echo moments throughout the year. ‘Ideas percolate all the time,’ says Anna. ‘I tend to begin with pencil scribes, often inspired by a phrase mentioned around the supper table, a sketch of a branch picked up on a walk, or a pine cone pulled out of one of my kids’ school trouser pockets.’