Judith Kerr's Kitchen Screen Print

'Judith Kerr's Kitchen' screen print by Pirrip Press
Hand pulled print on heavyweight paper.
Paper measures 8"x10" (203mm x 254mm approx.), image approx 105mm square. 
Signed, dated and numbered in an edition of 40

This print is from a series of prints Alex is working on of interiors of artists she admires with their cats.

This is based on Judith Kerr's kitchen, which you might know because she illustrated it too - famously in her picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea. It was a beloved book of my childhood (I loved that the tiger drank 'all of the water in the tap') and as an illustrator I love that Judith used her own kitchen as reference. Part of the real kitchen itself is now in a museum in Newcastle,'Seven Stories', which also holds her archive.

The print shows an imagined view over Barnes Common (where Judith lived) from the kitchen featuring the famed yellow cupboards, some lovely 70s tiles and one of her cats - Katinka (who, along with Mog, also became one of Judith Kerr's characters).-- Alex Higlett

Pirrip Press are Alex Higlett and Georgina Hounsome. They are a two-woman illustration, design and print duo, specialising in Silkscreen printing.

Alex and Georgina design and make their own products (greetings cards, books, artwork, and other printed ephemera) in Bristol, working at their home studio and printing at Spike Print Studio. They screenprint as ethically as they can using recycled card and paper, Earth Positive clothing blanks and water based inks, along with re-using leftovers, using biodegradable packaging where possible and being naturally opposed to waste!

They like to tell stories, and know that things have more authenticity if there’s research and thought behind them so there’s invariably a narrative woven into what they produce. And they love to be outdoors, so the natural world is their biggest source of inspiration.