Printmaking with Ruth Stanton-Macleod

Explore the exciting (some might say addictive!) artform of printmaking, with artist Ruth Stanton-Macleod.

Ruth was born in South Canterbury and moved to North Canterbury in 2001. Her formal education was in Otago. She trained in Horticulture and Gardening completing an Apprenticeship at the Botanic Gardens in Dunedin. Ruth then went on to study Ceramics at Otago Polytechnic and after gaining her Certificate in Ceramics worked as a potter until she had the opportunity to go back to studying for her BFA majoring in printmaking. Recently Ruth took another opportunity and upskilled her ceramics to complete a Dip in Ceramic Arts.

Ruth is passionate about working in both clay and print and moves between the two disciplines comfortably. Textiles and other materials can also play a part in her multi-disciplinary approach to her work where for example threads may be used to provide links within the work in the literal sense but also in a metaphorical sense.