James Green has appeared at one of our earliest reetsweet fairs and continues to support us and promote his work with reetsweet, you can also see him this weekend at craft candy's last fair in sheffield, James took some time today to tell us a bit more about what he does...'I'm a printmaker based in Sheffield and I specialise in linocut prints. I've been working in the medium for around eight years, and I'm a little obsessed with it. I produce prints of people, animals, landscapes and the occasional absurd dream. I've produced commissioned work for Domino Records, Paul Smith Menswear, Tramlines Festival and I also run linocut workshops, teaching people how to make prints. Oh, I've also recently produced some mugs with my prints on (with the help of Lianne Mellor), so might bring them along to Reetsweet!'
Find James's work at: http://www.folksy.com/shops/jamesgreenprintworks http://jamesgreenprintworks.blogspot.com And of course at Reetsweet's august fair, the corn exchange leeds august 6th and 7th!
Reetsweet would like you to meet James Green, one our latest additions...
'I live in Sheffield with my wife and young son.
I create artwork using linocuts and copper-plate etchings. I am drawn towards simple graphic images, landscapes, animals, people and occasionally the ordinarily absurd. However you probably won't see any unicorns in my work.
Influences are people like cartoonist Chris Ware, artists Stanley Spencer, Max Beckmann and Francisco Goya, and film- makers Werner Herzog, Jan Svankmajer and Mike Leigh. I have been creating printed artwork for probably the last 7 years (although i've only recently been trying to sell them), and also occasionally produce artwork for 
record sleeves too. I studied fine-art at university, but these days probably see myself more as a crafts-person than an artist. I've had one of my pieces ('Paris Buggy') shortlisted for the 2007 'International Small Print Exhibition', and was commissioned in 2008 by Paul Smith Menswear to design images for a range of t-shirts for sale in their Japanese stores. I'm a member of Sheffield craft-collective Craft Candy, and I sell mywork at various fairs/markets and also via my Folksy shop. I also am a musician and have a band called 'The Big Eyes Family Players' '
