Powsels II (Herringbone)

Powsels II (Herringbone)
Monotype on Japanese Tosa Washi paper 
Unique
94 x 63cmcm
2026

Miriam Hancill (b.1992) lives and works in Edinburgh. Her Powsels series of monotypes are made by taking CMYK-layered impressions from scrim fabric, a process which produces unpredictable and unique moiré interference patterns in the surface of the prints due to the misalignment of the scrim’s printed weave. 

Miriam is a printmaker and practice-based researcher who recently completed her PhD at Edinburgh College of Art. Her practice teases out the generative sensations of print making through material-led inquiry. It makes explicit the media, tools, decisions, and actions of the printmaker within the workshop setting – harnessing print's inherent uncertainty, and adopting a practical methodology driven by processual awkwardness. Textiles play an important role in Miriam's work, their malleability and variable scale providing points of potential through which the conventions of the discipline can begin to be unpicked.