Rach Lloyd Press

Rach Lloyd uses linocut, letterpress, and rubber stamps to create fun and light-hearted prints and handmade books. Her work is inspired by her interest in poetry, comedy, and Dadaism, all of which are connected by being non-conforming, playful, and abstract. Rach notes some main inspirations to include comedians Spencer Jones Tim Key, and artists Corita Kent and Mr Bingo. Writing poems, often inspired by Dadaist techniques, helps to trigger her design and content ideas.

“It’s really important to me to share work that is fun and makes people feel happy, because everyone needs a break from their problems, unhappiness and stresses. I feel having fun and seeing fun things is a hugely underestimated part of life. Laughter and fun helps us to talk, listen to others and be open-minded, because we’re not being so restricted and uptight to block out other’s perspectives. Art is also such a personal and thoughtful way of telling someone you’re thinking of them. I try to make my work as accessible and affordable as possible by using shapes, letters and colour in bright and vibrant combinations.”

The first time Rach realised she could combine comedy and art, was whilst creating experimental poems in college. Here, she wrote and made the poem David Bowie’s Thighs using Tristan Tzara’s technique ‘pour faire un poem dadaiste’, and was incredibly motivated by this new way of creating and thinking.

In terms of her printmaking process, Rach aims to stretch what she is able to do with the equipment that she has; a hand built printing press (made by her Dad), and big hardback books to keep the blocks and paper still. “This way of working has taught me to be very resourceful and to be inventive with how an outcome can be made,” says the printmaker. She also has some second-hand letterpress blocks that she loves to work with, and more recently has found ways to combine letterpress and linocut together. For example, in her recent prints Petalhead and Disco Poodle, Rach incorporated letters as facial features, and experimented with colour combinations.

Making her Ant Book also allowed her to experiment with combining comedy and art, for which she used rubber stamping and rebus as a way to combine text and symbols. Rach concludes; “My main mission is to keep improving, experimenting, and trying new processes”.

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