Hand crafted lino prints to adorn your wall space.
Charlotte McClean
“I have 3 prints from Stems and Paper, and I need more!!! Everyone who comes into our house compliments them."
Sam Bilderbeck
"We can’t wait to fill our home with more of your beautiful work, would highly recommend to anyone!"
Holly Townsend
"I own four of her prints already - they are such excellent quality and look beautiful in my space."
"Invite my artwork into your space as your creative expression."
- Katrina Alexandra
Behind the art.
Katrina Alexandra
Having passionately pursued many creative expressions my background is in illustration, design and floristry. I discovered lino print when a tattoo artist I follow on instagram started experimenting with print making. I was living in Melbourne and faced a 2 week isolation on return to New Zealand at the peak of the covid pandemic. After a mad dash to my nearest art supply shop to stock up on lino, carving tools, ink and paper I caught the last flight home. Over the next 2 weeks isolating in an airbnb in Hawkes Bay I created my first lino prints. I haven't stopped since. Now we are on our journeys together as you invite my artwork into your space as your creative expression. Thanks for having me.
How lino prints are created.
A lino print is a type of relief printmaking, similar to the better known woodcut but carved into a sheet of linoleum. I'm using a natural linoleum made from linseed oil and wood flour backed with hessian. The process of creating a print has several steps.
Design - I design my prints with an iPad and Apple Pencil on procreate before printing and transferring to the lino block.
Carving - Using Pfeil carving tools, I cut away the parts of the lino I don't want to print. The areas that remain raised pick up the ink.
Inking - Using oil based inks on a brayer I roll the surface of the lino with ink.
Printing - With help from my beautiful antique print press created from repurposed parts, I press paper onto the lino block creating the ink trasnfer.
Reveal - The most exciting moment when you lift the paper and see the mirror image outcome of the carved design.
