Thomas Parkhouse makes work that is inspired by books and poems.

During lockdown he invested in a printing press, and has enjoyed the multiple sensory experiences involved in creating copper plates and how accidents can become part of the finished work. He aims to turn initial ideas and sketches into something more layered and sculptural. Using illustrations of text as a starting point, the slow process then allows these ideas to stretch and change until the illustration itself is no longer central.

Thomas graduated from The Slade in 2017, and was awarded both the Anthony Dawson Print Prize and the Max Werner Drawing Prize. He has exhibited at the Woolwich Print Fair for the last 3 years.