I use drawing and printmaking to explore notions of time and root the work in close observation and experience. Objects and places are charged with meaning; moments when an event happens and then is dissolved.

I am concerned with how to convey two opposing ideas; tracing memory and the interior world and what it’s like to experience the physical present ( moment, gesture – everything passing quickly) of being in a body as we navigate our positions in the world. My practice is rooted in drawing. I draw images which compel me often using the setting of domestic interiors to form structures containing narratives or convey a presence. I use the lithographic printing process to collage together images; drawing on the stone and manipulating them during the processing to achieve certain affects. Each colour layer is printed by hand and I make small editions at my studio in Bristol, The Lemonade Press.

In 2019 I opened The Lemonade Press, a lithography studio in Bristol.

 

 

 

My work can be viewed here.

Also, a selection of my work is available here:

etsy.com/uk/shop/CatherineAde