Meet the Maker

Inkshed Press

Port Alberni,  BC  

Mark Wilkinson (aka Inkshed Press) is a full-time printmaker and illustrator specialising in linocut. Born and raised in the North East of England, but now living and working in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, he is completely self-taught, having taken up printmaking as a therapeutic outlet following a 22-year career in the military. Mark is strongly influenced by the great British and Irish printmakers of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, for whom he has an enduring love, and is drawn by the medium’s timeless quality and accessibility. Working primarily in black and white, and utilising a distinctive style, each one of Mark's prints is made entirely by hand - from designing and drawing, to carving and printing - using traditional printmaking techniques. Much of Mark's output is focused on his love of portraiture and he is inspired by nature, literature, music and classic cinema.