About

My name is Jo Wright and I’ve been working as a wildlife printmaker since 2011. My home studio in Chorlton, Manchester overlooks our wild urban garden. We encourage local wildlife and have visiting foxes, hedgehogs and plenty of birds. It’s a wonderfully inspiring place for me.

I also do lots of printmaking at Hot Bed Press Studios in Salford on wonderful old relief printing presses and at the screen bed.

I've always been an animal lover and a trip to Canada set me on my printmaking journey. 

In 2011, I spent six glorious weeks with my young family in Canada. We drove from Montreal to the Rocky Mountains and back (around 10,00km!) and saw so many amazing birds and mammals including beaver, bison, elk, lynx, moose and more than 30 black bears. One young bear caught my imagination and when I arrived back in UK, I set to carving my first linocut. The little bear still features on my logo and remains one of my most popular card designs.

I’ve previously worked as a children’s literature illustrator with publishers including Collins, Puffin and Usborne. I’ve also produced printed work, trails and exhibitions for clients including Chester Zoo, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts.

These days I co-organise the annual Wild Art Fair in Didsbury, run print workshops and attend special art fairs and events.