Harriet Gillett
Ellipsis No. 33Edition of 100 · Signed & numbered in pencil by the artist
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“Harriet paints the pause between endings and beginnings — moments of stillness in which something is about to change.”
I. The story behind the work
The print is cropped from Harriet’s painting Two for Joy, isolating a moment of daybreak where two magpies settle at the edge of things.
It returns to the ideas that run through her practice: cyclical time, threshold spaces, and the transitional emotional states in which we let go and begin again. The title borrows Cohen’s refrain — an invitation rather than an instruction.
II. Technique
In risograph printing, each colour is printed as a separate pass through a risograph machine — a stencil-based duplicator that presses organic soy inks into the paper. Risograph inks are naturally vibrant — they are renowned for their vivid colours and evident textures. The inks are transparent so layers build to create more colours. Slight shifts in registration and a soft grain make every impression subtly unique.
Start again I hear them say is printed on Munken Lynx natural white 170gsm, an uncoated, FSC-certified stock whose gentle warmth lets the pinks and teals glow. The edition is strictly limited to 100 and will never be reprinted. All prints were produced at the London Centre for Book Arts.
Artist dossier
Painter & printmaker · Lives and works in London
Harriet Gillett is a British painter whose work explores memory, language and the instability of narrative. Gillett begins with sketches made from life, turning observations from social gatherings and everyday encounters into layered compositions that hover between specificity and ambiguity.
Her paintings often dissolve figures into washes of colour, allowing scenes to feel both intimate and elusive. Influenced by literature and songwriting, Gillett is attentive to how language shapes perception.
Related prints
Further editions from the Ellipsis programme — each risograph-printed in an edition of 100 and signed by the artist.
