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alison hardcastle
Alison Hardcastle is an illustrator, designer, book artist and printmaker making handmade books, prints, screenprinted cards and general screenprinted bits and pieces. Based near York, Alison works from her studio at home and her print studio nearby.
Alison finds inspiration in words, phrases, language, the oddities of other people, colour, pattern, structures and buildings, cities, the countryside, car boot sales, signs, collections, type, personal experience and finding ways of collecting, recording and documenting all of the above. She’s also very fond of afternoon tea.
As a member of the illustration and artists’ book collective 'Lucky Dip', Alison exhibits her work at a number of book fairs. The collective consists of a small group of like-minded illustrators and book artists who share a love of making fun and affordable original handmade books, cards, badges and printed matter. They can often be found peddling their wares at various book fairs across the UK.
Alongside her freelance work, Alison teaches on both the BA and MA illustration courses at Edinburgh College of Art. She also runs workshops and weekend classes in artists’ books and bookbinding for all ages.Alison has done a number of commissions for bespoke hand printed stationery and also editorial and design work.
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