Valentines Schmalentine's

Alexis Snell is a printmaker working in linocuts who is well known for her darkly humorous and characterful illustrations which have been featured in everything from a cast bronze table ‘cabinet of curiosities’ which was commissioned by the V&A Museum, to a recent Doctor Who book for the BBC.

She graduated in Fine Art Printmaking from The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 2003. Working primarily with the lino-block relief printing process, she has also experimented using small detailed wood-blocks.

For inspiration, she looks to old matchbox covers, record sleeves, tea boxes, postcards, explorers, the circus and films.