Making Nowhere Somewhere

Making Nowhere Somewhere by Gail Mallatratt (

This full colour hard-back book celebrates the printmaking works of Gail Mallatratt. ‘Making Nowhere Somewhere’ takes us through Gail’s reactions to her family background and formative years, and her many ‘meanderings’. It provides a legacy of her work and with a re-evaluation of her prints, Mallatratt has forged a new response to her own work.

In so much of the work, there is a story waiting to be told. There is a sense of occasion and an edgy energy about it. Using colour in a dramatic and often surreal way, Mallatratt captures a situation, a place or some aspect of history; making the familiar seem startlingly new.