Jo Horswill

Artist Jo Horswill is a nature-inspired natural dyer, printmaker and educator living in the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria, Australia.

She operates Paper Cloth Studio, a studio nestled in Sassafras, a small village on the upper ridges of the Dandenong Ranges. Her studio is surrounded by majestic forests of eucalyptus trees, a constant source of inspiration to her work.

“Looking deep into the forest ignites the creator inside me. I use elements like leaves, bark and other natural finds that I gather on my daily walks for my nature-inspired work.”

Jo’s passion and expertise lies in various techniques of printmaking. Some of these techniques include;

• Botanical Contact Print

• Collagraph Printmaking

• Mono Printing

• Experimental Cyanotype

All these printmaking techniques combined supports Jo’s nature-inspired work, in the formation of her artist books, textiles, prints and collages on paper.

Years of experience facilitating workshops for community-based organisations, guided Jo to naturally progress into wanting to run art-based workshops of her own. This led to the opening of Paper Cloth Studio in 2014 where she ran workshops in-house, for art societies and other community groups.

In 2021 Jo released a highly successful online workshop Botanical Contact Printing on Paper.

In recent years, Jo has travelled to Italy, Japan and within Australia to teach artist retreats.