#20: Wild Things
multiblock linocut print
Hugh Ribbans trained at Canterbury College of Art and
runs a graphic design business. Relief printmaking
was his craft subject at college, particularly
linocutting, and in 1989 he purchased a restored
Columbian press, circa 1830. He now spends as
much time as his graphic work allows, producing
woodcuts and linocuts, mixing heavily grained wood - often driftwood - and lino in his prints.
Subject matter is derived from images of animals
and birds often with a stylised treatment much
influenced by ethnic art and his graphic
background.
He has exhibited at the Barbican Gallery, the National Theatre, the National Print Exhibition, the Printmakers Council Open, The Society of Wood Engravers, the Society of Wildlife Artists and the Affordable Artfair.