“The Friendly Chef” by Ianthe Hope

Ianthe Hope is a local Glasgow illustrator. During her final year at Glasgow School of Art Ianthe found herself preoccupied with creating portraits. “The face has always fascinated me, how we are all the same but also visually completely different, and this has played into my work a lot,” Ianthe explains. “In my head I give each portrait a personality, a job and a name. Some are based on people I know and some are fictional characters.”

“The repetition of various facial features in these portraits acts as an othering device, toying with the human instinct to compare and judge.”

Each print was originally created using the collagraph technique, in which a design is carved onto a piece of hardboard, varnished, inked and then printed. The original prints have then been reproduced as Risographs.

Available as: A5 or A3 Riso prints.

Made in Glasgow