Claire Willberg is a London-based contemporary printmaker whose work transforms overlooked everyday objects into intricate and visually compelling compositions. Combining traditional printmaking techniques with drawing, photography, and stop-motion animation, her practice explores themes of collection, memory, materiality, and reinvention.
Willberg studied Sculpture at the prestigious Royal College of Art before completing an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts. Her multidisciplinary approach draws on both sculptural thinking and fine art printmaking, resulting in richly layered works that blur the boundaries between abstraction, archive, and object.
Her recent work is inspired by small discarded plastic items collected from the streets of London. Using photography to document these found materials, Willberg reinterprets them through drawing, relief printing, etching, and animation, allowing familiar objects to evolve into entirely new forms and identities. Through colour, repetition, and intricate spatial arrangements, these everyday remnants become poetic visual structures detached from their original function.
Working with repurposed and recycled materials, Willberg constructs detailed cut-outs and stencils that form densely layered compositions reminiscent of shelves, archives, or storage systems. These imagined spaces suggest acts of preservation and documentation, inviting viewers to reconsider the value of forgotten and overlooked objects.
Claire Willberg’s contemporary prints and animations are recognised for their precision, complexity, and playful visual language, offering collectors distinctive works that combine craftsmanship, conceptual depth, and a unique approach to contemporary printmaking.
