As the moon retreats from us
£360.00
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As the moon retreats from us by Lucy May Schofield
woodblock print on handmade paper, 3/20, 2026 – framed £360
This print has been made with earth and mineral pigments, hand printed with a Baren (no mechanical press used) on 100% mulberry paper, handmade in Japan.
Lucy May Schofield (1979) is a British artist. She studied Printmaking and Book Arts at London College of Printing, and is now based in rural Northumberland where she continues to practice water-based woodcut. She regularly travels to Japan to study under master craftspeople using traditional and contemporary mokuhanga techniques. Her prints have been presented at The Kentler International Drawing Space in New York, The London Original Print Fair, and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Her work is held in private and public collections including Tate Britain and Yale Centre for British Art. In 2021 she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust award to develop her sustainable printmaking practice. Lucy was awarded the Flourish Award for excellence in print-making by WYPW in 2020. In 2022 she was elected as an associate member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and the selected print fellow resident at the Scuola Internazionale Grafica in Venice in 2025. She is the recipient of various residencies in Japan, Iceland, California, Quebec, Florence, Scotland and Wales and notable commissions from Diageo for site-responsive expanded print works for the interior of the Port Ellen distillery on the island of Islay. She is a founding member of the Mokuhanga Sisters collective, an international group of nine artists across five countries who together, curate, collaborate and exhibit to promote the art of mokuhanga.
Lucy May Schofield (1979) is a British artist. She studied Printmaking and Book Arts at London College of Printing, and is now based in rural Northumberland where she continues to practice water-based woodcut. She regularly travels to Japan to study under master craftspeople using traditional and contemporary mokuhanga techniques. Her prints have been presented at The Kentler International Drawing Space in New York, The London Original Print Fair, and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Her work is held in private and public collections including Tate Britain and Yale Centre for British Art. In 2021 she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust award to develop her sustainable printmaking practice. Lucy was awarded the Flourish Award for excellence in print-making by WYPW in 2020. In 2022 she was elected as an associate member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and the selected print fellow resident at the Scuola Internazionale Grafica in Venice in 2025. She is the recipient of various residencies in Japan, Iceland, California, Quebec, Florence, Scotland and Wales and notable commissions from Diageo for site-responsive expanded print works for the interior of the Port Ellen distillery on the island of Islay. She is a founding member of the Mokuhanga Sisters collective, an international group of nine artists across five countries who together, curate, collaborate and exhibit to promote the art of mokuhanga.
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