About Lizzie
Lizzie grows her art.
From soil to studio, her work begins in the garden.
Lizzie's early work lived in oils, acrylics and charcoal. Today, it grows from the garden.
As climate concerns took hold, she turned to historical papermaking traditions — transforming plants and kitchen waste into pulp, and pulp into art. The results are rustic and richly varied: fibre bowls, botanical prints, anthotypes, chlorophyll prints, naturally dyed textiles, botanical inks.
Each plant fibre brings its own strength, texture and personality, and most are grown in her own garden and allotment — spaces that offer her quiet, and a daily reminder of how much a single seed can become. For Lizzie, paper is more than material. It's a living thing, pressed into permanence.
There's a kind of alchemy in the process: cooked fibres revealing forms no plant repeats. Every colour and texture comes from one plant alone, and every plant carries a memory — a story stitched into the work. When a particular colour is needed, fibres are sometimes given a second life, dyed with pigment drawn from another plant entirely.
The finished pieces are made to last. Everything else — every offcut, every scrap — returns safely to the earth: biodegradable, non-toxic, and recyclable.
Enjoy browsing Lizzie’s website.
Art that doesn’t cost the earth.
Exhibitions
She has shown her work in various group shows including
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The Art Show - Watford Herts
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Portobello Open - Metro Gallery London W11
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IAPMA - Budapest, Hungary.
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The Art Stables - London N3
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MostArt Centre - London N16
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London Digital Open - Whitechapel Art Gallery
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Suburb Art - London NW11
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Compositions - Proms at St Judes
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East Finchley Open House
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Hampstead Summer Fair
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Alchemy in Art - Peggy Jay Gallery NW3
Her solo exhibitions include:
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Paperworks - solo exhibition London N20
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Environment Centre - solo exhibition Barnet Herts
She is a member of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) and Friend of Bigwood