Naomi Ison is a Woven Textile Designer and Printmaker based in Nottingham, UK.  

My practice explores shadow imagery and ephemeral moments. I am interested in how these fleeting moments offer momentary connection with our surrounding environment, an opportunity for calm in the turbulence and busyness of contemporary life.   

Prior to arriving at the Fish Factory, I had been exploring dry-point printing processes. Throughout my residency this became my focus, developing a series of dry-point prints responding to the Icelandic landscape, its shifting light and the fleeting shadows that shape our perception of place. My time at the Fish Factory quickly became about more than making prints; it offered a space to slow down, a space for calm.

The residency deepened the joy found in collaborative making and kinship, shaped through our shared studio space and collective rhythms. Thank you to my wonderful fellow residents, Adele, Elise, Fien, Lulu, Marina and Peter, I am deeply grateful for our month spent in Stöðvarfjörður. To Kris and Lukas, thank you for creating a space for us to dream.  

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