

Mirrored Images
Hi, my name is Jill Welham and I’m a photographer and printmaker I am originally from North Yorkshire but we have recently relocated our home and business to the Highlands of Scotland. This is an exciting new chapter for us and I’m looking forward to finding new inspiration for my work as we settle in to our new location and explore the area.
My work is inspired by nature and I harness the power of the sun to create botanical cyanotypes in my garden. I enjoy walking in the great outdoors and garden visits. I collect botanical specimens which are pressed and later used to make my work. My etchings are inspired by the landscape and I enjoy creating stylised and semi-abstract prints. My etchings are created on zinc plates and printed in my home studio on my Hawthorn etching press
I love finding patterns in nature and the serendipity and experimental nature of the wet cyanotype process means that no two pieces of work can be the same. Every detail of a fern frond or a transparent flower can be captured and memories of the garden come together in each print as reminders of summer days, bringing a piece of nature directly into your home. I hope that you enjoy browsing my website. Original prints can be purchased from my Etsy shop but if you have a personal project in mind then please do get in touch to discuss your ideas. Please do email us with any enquiries or to discuss your ideas.
PUBLICATIONS
2021 – Cyanotype Toning: Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally by Annette Golaz. Jill is a contributing artist to Chapter 9 of the book Contemporary Cyanotype Artists Explore Toning with Botanicals
2019 – International Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 12, Jill was the overall winner of the competition and her winning image features on the front cover.
AWARDS
2019 International Garden Photographer of the Year – overall winner competition 12
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2008 – Jan 2009 Harrogate College
edexcel Level 3 Printmaking
Sept 2006 – Jun 2007 Northallerton College
NCFE Level 2 Digital Photography
August 2006 Harrogate College
NCFE Level 2 Printmaking
July 2006 Northallerton College
NCFE Level 1 Digital Photography
2001 – 2004 University of Teesside
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design (2:1)