Kirstie Williams

Kirstie Williams is a practising artist, printmaker and creative workshop tutor based in West Yorkshire. She primarily works with screen printing, cyanotypes and linocut for both textiles and paper printing. She creates products such as fine art prints, handmade books, cards, tea towels, pouches and wall hangings. Kirstie discovered a love for cyanotypes in her garden during lockdown in 2020, without access to her usual community print studios she was looking for ways to create from home and use elements from nature to develop some new ideas. She currently works from her studio at The Art House in Wakefield and enjoys spending time experimenting using a variety of techniques.

Kirstie is also a founder of Leeds Print Workshop, a cooperative printmaking studio located in the centre of Leeds. Established in 2016, LPW aims to offer affordable printmaking facilities to people in Leeds and surrounding areas and also to bring new people to the medium through a range of creative workshops and courses. Kirstie also works as the Maker Spaces Manager at The Art House in Wakefield where she oversees the memberships and public courses for the Darkroom, Printmaking and Ceramics community studios.

Kirstie has a wealth of experience in teaching, having previously worked as a Print Technician at Leeds College of Art and a Lecturer in Art & Design at Shipley College.