This is the sixth issue of Pressing Matters Magazine: The Passion & Process Behind Modern Printmaking. It is a bi-annual publication that covers both fine art printmaking and commercial printmaking, in order to inspire newcomers and give a voice and a face to modern printmakers.

It includes articles from printmakers on their techniques, creative journeys and work: celebrating the people, passion and process behind the art form.

It’s great to see that both local and global communities are thriving - all championing their favoured techniques, whilst celebrating printmaking as a whole. It’s something Pressing Matters strive to echo in the magazine; community-led stories from the USA and South Wales, shared experiences of balancing parenting with printing, new spins on old techniques and everything in between.

The magazine is also an opportunity to ask questions, like ‘How do they make paper?’ or ‘What is wood litho?’ - and the geekier the question, the more interesting the answer, it seems. Pressing Matters visited St Cuthberts Mill to witness their paper-making process and chat over the challenges they face in making paper that will withstand even the harshest of treatment in the hands of printmakers.

Featured artists and studios include the following: Ben Beach, Black Women of Print, BRED Design, Created in Slovakia, Danielle Creenaune, Marian Haf, Tessa Holmes, Molly Lemon, Anna Marrow, Off The Press Collective, John Pedder, The Printhaus, Samuel RiosCuevas, Karin Rytter, Rachel Schlothan, John Simpson, Jo Stafford, St Cuthberts Mill, Supermundane, Andrew Wilson.