Dan Mathers is an independent screenprinter whose designs are rooted in graphic design. Recently he has been working specifically with water based hand bench printing to create screenprints that have a focused attention to detail, and simultaneously hand crafted and personal feel, due to the method by which they've been made. I'm really interested in the relationship between maker and work, as I much prefer personal prints that have been made by one man who cares about the presentation of the work, rather than a group of distanced people who are just replicating something on a production line.
The first aspect of his work that stood out to me while researching was his confidence incorporating type into his designs, which his fluid geometric style lends itself really well to. This is a hurdle I want to get over in my own work, so seeing Dan Mathers' designs has given me some inspiration to try and work with type moving forward. The main thing I find so inspiring about Dan Mathers and his practice is the fact that he's a one man operation, as he says it: "from quote to dispatch". This gives his work another layer of personality to me, as it feels like exactly what he wants to be making without the compromise of working underneath anyone else.
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