London-based designer and printmaker Saskia Pomeroy has been on PrCB's radar for a while. She makes use of color and form a way that reminds us why we love screenprint. She was kind enough to answer a few of our questions for our most recent printerview.
ps. all the prints above are available through her online store, and she has a fantastic tumblr thats worth checking out too.
When did you start printing?
I started printing in my final year at Art School in Glasgow. I hand printed An animal alphabet with Haiku poems. I guess I found screen printing a really interesting and fun process. There’s a lot of skill involved too which I learned later, but it just adds to the beauty of it!
Where do you make your work? Home studio? Shared print space?
All over really, when I moved to London I got a job with K2 Screen as a printer, so I could print there then sometimes. After I left my old boss let me come back and print the stuff for “This Time” in 2012, which was awesome. It was mainly oil based inks we used there, so I’d smell really bad after each day. I have printed in the Printall studios in Bermondsey, the facilities are great, but it’s mainly textiles. Lots of interesting people to meet there. I recently printed some boxes at the East London Printmakers, which was a dream, lovely studio. Definitely going back there.
Who would you love to collaborate with?
Pia Howell, Dusen Dusen, Natalia Stuyk, Malin Gabriella Nordin.. I’d like to do some big fashion collaborations too, dream ones like Kenzo, Jonathan Saunders maybe?
Where are some of your favorite spaces in London for contemporary art or design?
Errr, The Hayward is pretty good in general, I enjoyed the Mingei show at the Pace Gallery and the Herald Street Gallery is good too. There’s some Hans Arp sculptures in Hauser & Wirth that is showing right now too.
