Louise Worthy is a passionate printmaker, using different techniques including monotype, collagraph, relief and drypoint. She also loves painting in mixed media, and primarily uses acrylics, inks and pastels. She is drawn to pattern and texture, and attributes this to her background in textiles; before moving to Sutherland in 2005, she worked as a designer in the fashion industry.She enjoys experimental printmaking and has never lost that feeling of anticipation before revealing a new print, ‘as it is usually a nice surprise!’.