The spark of ‘Like No Other’ originated during the COVID lockdowns of 2020, where Owen suddenly found himself faced with the freedom to experiment with different approaches to his work. This included creating watercolour washes, exploring gradients and in turn, combining these with his hand-crafted paper artworks. 

This opportunity of exploration led to Owen reaching out to Harvey Lloyd to collaborate on a single artwork, who in turn took the idea and evolved it into something completely new, creating an array of wonderful mono-screen prints inspired by Owen’s initial concept. Through this creative ‘call and response’, Harvey Lloyd helped grow this seed of an idea into an amazing array of printed possibilities.

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The initial idea, 'Like No Other', was to do with individuality. We are all one-of-a-kind and all the more amazing for it. As the project expanded so did my repertoire of references, responding to song lyrics, and passages from books and poems, relating to themes of light, space and colour, the importance of connection and finding beauty in imperfection.

Like No Other tells a story of human connection and collaboration, stepping out of one’s comfort zone with the exchange of techniques and ideas, and the freedom that comes with embracing unexpected results. Owen’s papercut elements are created using the very same paper stock as the mono screen prints they interact with, bringing the two together in unison, as well as providing a natural colour limitation to the paper cut elements in perfect contrast to the vibrance of Harvey Lloyd Screens’ prints.

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One of my biggest challenges was trying not to be too precious with the prints – each is its own unique piece of art. But over time I built up my confidence, even cutting into a few, which I feel has really helped heighten the series.