“Knit Picker.” All images © Strangford, shared with permission
Animal hijinks and playful puns fill the colorful prints of County Down-based artist Jo, also known as . Whippets in knits, bagel-scarfing badgers, and roly-poly felines are just a few of the characters that emerge from lino-cuts and Risographs. “The main surface I’m carving into is flooring lino—it comes in bigger pieces than artist lino—and plywood, though I’m a beginner at wood carving,” she tells Colossal. “I work from home. I’ve basically taken over the whole house now.”
With a background in ecology, Strangford discovered printmaking when she joined local groups, decentralized initiatives designed to persuade governments to act on the climate emergency. “I had previously done a bit of digital work but fell in love with the process of carving and printing,” she says. During the pandemic, her work took on a more humorous and light-hearted quality. “When the world got more serious, my work became more playful.”
A solo exhibition of Strangford’s work opens tomorrow at and continues for two months. A selection of prints are available in the shop on her , and you can follow updates on .
“Hole Food Diet”
“Silly Billies”
“Some Gulls Are Bigger Than Others”
“I’m Just a Paw Boy From a Paw Family”
“Semi-Snaked”
“Le Beak, C’est Chic”
“Long Otter”
“Ribbit For Her Pleasure”
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