Jeannelise Edelsten
The constant theme in my work is represented by ‘the line’ which creates a connection between my past and my present. My working method has been developed out of necessity: very little time and a growing family which required a way of working allowing bursts of hard graft and period of neglect. As the years have passed, I can now spend time developing ideas and colour schemes all still underpinned by the line.
My artwork is not a constant narrative; it can sometimes be thematic. However, it is united by the hands that make it and the printing method used. What I like about printing is best described by artist Stephen Chambers who says: ‘printing is a mix of Chance, Recklessness and the unexpected’, that is why I am drawn to it because it has an element of control and surprise. I am interested in patterns and I am often inspired by nature, authors, art history, the rhythm of poetry and the final work has to have texture. I like exploring printmaking with different methods such as screenprinting, monoprinting, drypoint and photopolymer etching.
