Jill Woodward

Jill taught in Suffolk schools until 2015, including time as an Advisory Teacher for Primary Art and Design, where printmaking was central to fostering creativity in children. Years in the classroom led to a collection of unfinished ideas, which Jill began to explore more fully after retirement. Returning to the print studio rekindled her joy in making prints and inspired new techniques. The expressive mark-making of young children now shapes the core of her abstract, investigative practice, combining personal emotion and a response to contemporary issues. Jill primarily uses etching and carborundum, balancing tone, texture, and colour, often letting the medium guide her process. She describes her work as continuing from the 1970s, with an ever-growing wealth of ideas awaiting completion.