Emma McCleary has a love of making prints – in particular woodcuts. Working from a home studio in the Wairarapa, McCleary prints with the use of a rolling pin. Adding further elements to the work by hand, she considers her works incomplete until they are drawn, painted, sewn or stamped on.

The artist has a deep love of the homemade, the era’s of the 1930's, 40's and 50's and is inspired by the New Zealand landscape and bird life.

Drawn to the magic of old wallpapers, McCleary is influenced by Florence Broadhurst and has recently used the Victorian Flower Language in her prints: a secret code from Victorian times where each flower is given a meaning. Rose for love, Rosemary for remembrance, Clematis for mental beauty.

Emma McCleary holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking) and a Post Graduate diploma in Museum Studies.

	Rose relief print with drawing on 230 x 240 mm paper, from an edition of 5, 2011. NZ$270 incl GST.
	Drawing an Underline woodcut, hand stitching and pencil on 210 x 260 mm paper, from an edition of 3, 2010. NZ$275 incl GST.
	Come To Me Woodcut and pencil on 380 x 280 mm paper, from an edition of 7, 2009. NZ$425 incl GST framed; NZ$310 incl GST unframed.
	First Flutter Woodcut, hand stitching and pencil on 300 x 300 mm paper, from an edition of 9, 2009. NZ$310 incl GST.