ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

now, but I’ve created seven new pieces for the exhibition as well, which are a series of exclusive prints called The Donkey Monoliths. They’re linocuts and screenprints of donkeys exploring these weird landscapes, which I actually made out of plasticine because I’m really into abstract sculpture – you know, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, stuff like that. However, I’m not a sculptor, so I made them out of plasticine. I made the sculptures, photographed them, and then made the prints from there.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO ANY ASPIRING ARTISTS OUT THERE?

I’ve always thought that it’s very important to just try and be yourself and not follow a trend. Because if you do follow a trend, you’re just going to get bored, because it’s not really your thing. You’re never going to be completely passionate about something that hasn’t really come from you.

Donkey Nonsense, an exhibition by Sheffieldbased printmaker James Green, is at the Millennium Gallery until October 8. Free entry.

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