Leah Risby

I am a multidisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates printmaking, drawing and painting. My inspiration comes from nature and the environment, and I enjoy using sketchbooks on location and to work through ideas. I also find inspiration from historical buildings and interiors.

Within printmaking, I have been exploring how to translate my drawings through lithography, monoprinting and relief processes. The main feature of these processes is the ability to layer colours and mark-making, to create atmosphere. My recent body of work has been exploring wetlands and ecological habitats.

This year, I was a resident artist at the Bower Ashton Library. I explored bookbinding and collage as a way of storytelling and produced concertina books using scrap and recycled materials.

I previously studied BA Illustration at Cambridge School of Art (2023).