Liz Hughes is a printmaker who makes open and limited-edition linocut prints which are designed, and hand printed in Norwich under the mantle of The Pepper Press.

The inspiration for her work comes from the natural world, plants, animals, insects and curiosities. She is interested in line, form and the juxtaposition of shapes and pattern and endeavours to depict the details and harmony in nature.

Linocut is a fairly recent technique for Liz, having a background in drawing and painting for many years. She graduated from Bath Spa University with a degree in Fine Art, where she explored a very different approach to image making. Her paintings were carefully planned and constructed, with as much emphasis on the ‘ground’ as the ‘figure’. Printing, by contrast, involves an area of chance or surprise. Liz finds planning the final image can change from its original point of conception and working in the ‘negative’ throws in its own challenges with the print reveal always creating something she hasn’t designed or conceived. This unexpected element is something she embraces with her image making.