Jo Biggadike is a full-time artist and printmaker, living in Cheltenham. Having studied Textile Design at Chelsea School of Art she worked as a designer specialising in furnishing prints for 8 years where she created designs for fabrics and wallpapers. After this she wanted to move away from the more commercial printing processes of the Textile Industry and to a more handcrafted and personal way of making prints.

She finds that the collagraph and linocut print processes give her this freedom. For her, creating the plate, or carving the lino, inking it up, and printing by hand is both meditative and rewarding. Each print is unique, its character influenced by the materials and techniques used. She now sells her work both internationally and in the UK, regularly exhibiting in various exhibitions across the Southwest, Wales and Midlands.

Her work focuses on her connection with the surrounding rural landscape of the Cotswolds. All her work is created from her drawings whilst out walking. She wants to capture the feeling that a place evokes, and it is as much about the emotion of a place as it is about the visual elements.