Media info for press, podcasts & writing

We are Sarah and Becky, the printmakers and writers behind Nettle Cottage Prints. We are available for talks, workshops, podcasts, Instagram lives, guest blogs, and press features. A second sentence that reveals your core expertise/subject.

Expert topics

1. Storytelling in art.

2. Connecting to nature through visualisations. Why visualising nature can give you a deeper experience with it. Visualising nature or being in nature – which is most real?

3. Poetry and print – why using words and images creates a deeper connection.

4. Art therapy and therapeutic art.

5. Slow living & creativity: eg1 obstacles to/ difficulties of SL; SL as an artist; why SL is more productive for business – why doing things slowly gets more done.

6. Symbolism and folklore of plants – in our art; floriography; plants for survival- the importance of plants through the ages; why folklore is relevant to us today ; planting a garden by folklore/ symbolism; how to attract the fairies to your garden/ what fairies think about your garden planting!/ Which plants to grow if you want the fairies to hang their spells on them!

7. Seasonal living – reclaiming winter; seasonal living as an artist/ small business.

8. Moorland living –

9. Paradoxical Theory of Change.

10. Why anyone who says “I’m not good at art” is wrong!

PR Bio

Sarah and Becky, the printmakers behind Nettle Cottage Prints, create soothing uplifting lino prints from their studio in the North York Moors. Sarah is a printmaker, writer and art therapist, and Becky is a printmaker and poet with a background in psychology.

Inspired by their moorland surroundings and slow, seasonal living, their work is strongly influenced by their deep love and knowledge of local and natural folklore. Through their journey with ill health, Sarah and Becky have decades of combined experience of implementing slow living into their everyday life, connecting to nature and expressing this through their work. Their mission, through both their prints and experiential workshops, is to help people to connect to themselves and the seasons, as well as to the strength they can draw from nature’s symbolism.

Find them at nettlecottageprints.co.uk and Instagram @nettle_cottage_prints.