If you order a print larger than A4, it will likely arrive rolled up
Due to the nature of lino prints, the print you receive may have imperfections. If I think the imperfection is noteworthy, I will contact you before I pack your order.
Framed prints are available for local collection - contact me! :)
My name is Zara! I'm a Northern Irish lino-printmaker who works out of Downpatrick. My artwork mainly consists of local scenery in Northern Ireland (especially County Down) that I've visited, since I've lived here my whole life, and native wildlife, with some funnier jokey pieces thrown in.
Imagine a large rubber stamp.
I carve into a sheet of linoleum (a rubbery material) with a sharp tool, and then roll ink onto the parts that haven't been carved away (like inking a stamp with an ink pad, only bigger and more messy). I can then print this onto a sheet of paper!
Some of my pieces can be made over and over again because they are a single layer or have been made out of multiple pieces of lino. Others, however, are reduction prints; this is where there are multiple layers cut out from the same piece of lino, and they cannot be printed again as the block of lino is destroyed in the process!
I've been making art ever since I could remember, but I started lino printing during my GCSEs, where I learnt about the medium in school and used it for one of my final pieces. With encouragement from my Art teacher and a local small business owner who visited the school on an open night, I started to think about setting up my own business. It wasn't until I left after my A-Levels that I had the chance to put more effort into it. I went to my first craft fair in 2022, a small market at my college, and have been working away since!
You'll also find that some of my work is inspired by me being neurodivergent (diagnosed as Autistic back in October 2020, and ADHD in May 2025). I've occasionally wondered if it that at all has impacted my interest in such a calming, repetitive, methodical process...
Anyway, I thought I'd let you know in case I ever come off as blunt or awkward in person or in emails, or forget to reply for a while, haha!
Here is a 6 minute timelapse video of me making my iconic Red Squirrel print, that later became my logo.
This video is a bit old now (I posted it when I was 18) so please ignore the sub-par recording and editing haha.
Have a lovely day and I hope you find something you like <3
