Catherine Ade Somerset, United Kingdom

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Drawing, Lithography.

I am an artist exploring drawing and lithographic printmaking based in Bristol, UK. My work is concerned with reflecting on how to convey the internal experiences of the world. With a practice rooted in drawing and printmaking, I draw images which compel me often using the setting of domestic interiors to form structures containing narratives which play with the interconnectedness of the physical bodily sensations and emotional experiences; exploring beyond what the eyes can see. I use the lithographic printing process to collage together images; drawing on the stone and manipulating them during the processing to achieve certain affects. The stone itself has a memory of the drawing applied to it which allows the image to be transformed into a printing matrix, and once a print has been completed the image is ground off the stone and the memory erased ready for something new. Stone lithography is considered and endangered craft by the Heritage Crafts Association, so I one of the few practitioners in the UK. I run The Lemonade Press, a studio dedicated to Lithography. I am the co-author of Lithography; An Artist's Guide, published by Crowood Press in 2023.