The bold and immediate nature of her work as a designer and illustrator shows through both in the structure of her designs and the use of a single colour in her prints. Louise’s patient cutting skills are clear in the mark-making; she savours the fact that the movement of a pelt in water or the dappled markings of a feather can be captured with nothing more than lino, ink and gouge. It sounds simple, but relief printing is an exacting medium that requires a methodical and precise approach to designing and cutting teamed with a kind of zen understanding that all could be lost at any moment with a slip of the gouge.